Do You Remember?

    When college girl Kate Ryan looked up and met eyes with Canadian Sam Coyne in a Chicago bar, the world went into slow motion and time stood still. It was a moment in time that few experience, but they

ran. 

    Now in midlife, Kate is an author and the mother of three grown daughters. Sam is a widower and the father of one grown daughter. 

    Kate’s willingness and openness helps Sam heal his deep wounds while she nurtures her ever-changing relationships with her three grown daughters.

    Ryan, Sam’s daughter learns the true nature of her mother’s death and Kate holds the biggest secret that Sam will ever have to come to terms with.

    This is a true love story for the ages. It is a story that proves life doesn’t give up on us and with love, the truth can be told. It brings life to the surface and these characters are ready to live it.

    Empty-nester and Celebrity Personal Trainer Bo Shain appears to be successful in all aspects of her life, but underneath it all, she is unraveling. The business she spent her life building now feels more daunting and punishing than fulfilling. 

    She has to accept that she has fallen into one more unhealthy romantic relationship  when she thought she knew better.

     Then, with one knock on her door, everything changes. The woman standing on the other side is the wife of her past love, holding Bo’s unfinished manuscripts and unfinished dreams. She has come to tell Bo that Cal is in the hospital. 

     Through the tragedy of Cal’s accident, Bo has to look at her own life and have the courage to follow her dreams. The time has come and there is no more Until Next Time.

This is a story about true friendships, love, and living the life you are meant to live.

    One day, when I was jogging, I found myself internally berating myself as my body wasn’t moving like it once did and my lungs certainly were not cooperating as they once did. It dawned on me: This IS why people give up as they get older. We pull the past into the present and feel defeated. I know on that day I felt worse with every step as I carried the past with me rather than being right where I was and feeling grateful that I am still running.

    I realized this is the virus that spreads through the different aspects of our lives as we realize we have less years ahead of us than behind us. Everything seems more challenging, whether it's working out or reading a label on the back of a bottle. At times it seems easier to do nothing

than do anything.

    I want to change this and give this aging thing some life. I believe and teach that our

thoughts are everything and we can’t spend our precious time and energy comparing our present with who and what we were in the past. We still have a lot of life. In fact, for some of us, it’s the first time that our

lives truly belong to us.

     In this book, I will offer stories and exercises to honor the past and to put it behind us where it belongs — to be where you are right now, looking forward with excitement and gratitude.

    This is your time right now. This is where it begins.