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Heather Balog
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Friends From the Edge
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2018
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The 8 Mistakes of Amy Maxwell: An Amy Maxwell Cozy Mystery (Amy Maxwell Series Book 1)
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2014
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Letters To My Sister's Shrink
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2014
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Note to Self: Change the Locks
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2013
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Best Friends & Other Liars
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Amy Maxwell & the 7 Deadly Sins
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2015
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Amy Maxwell's 6th Sense (Amy Maxwell #3)
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The Dead of Summer
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2015
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When the Bough Breaks
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2014
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Amy Maxwell & the Long 9 Months (Amy Maxwell Series)
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Give Yourself Grace (Week 7)
I had a pivotal moment in my project to Getting Uncomfortable (Losing 23 lbs in 23 Weeks) this week. I discovered that sometimes, you need to give yourself grace.
It was a busy week…you know, one of those weeks where there truly aren’t enough hours in the day? You have a list a mile long and you cannot possibly get it all done…unless you give up sleep, that is.
While I wasn’t willing to give up slee
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“Kathryn, Shannon's letters are her perception of reality. Whether or not the events happened exactly as she described them or not is actually irrelevant. I am interested in how she thinks these events happened or what she believes was going through her mind even more than I am of what really happened. As well as your perception of what happened. Would you share with me, please?"
I recoiled in my chair, slightly indignant.”
― Letters To My Sister's Shrink
I recoiled in my chair, slightly indignant.”
― Letters To My Sister's Shrink
“Blood had been pouring from my body, so much more than could be held back by a simple bandaid. Maybe I had been to the hospital and they stitched it up? Were there stitches underneath this bandaid? I didn't remember going to the hospital, but then again, I didn't remember much from last night. Why wasn't I in the hospital now? Shouldn't a suicidal teenager be in the hospital? Or some sort of mental institution? Why was I here, lying in my bed?
Confused, I struggled to sit up. "Who put this bandaid here?"
Katie rolled her eyes and leaned towards me, not attempting to help me sit up. "Mom did, of course. You cut your wrist on the glass bottle that you smashed all over my bed." She narrowed her stormy gray eyes at me. "Thanks a lot for that, by the way. We had to throw my bedding out. I guess I have to keep an eye on you at all times, don't I? You're like a baby."
I was stunned. They thought I had cut myself by accident! They didn't realize I had done it on purpose! Didn't I make it clear that I was trying to KILL myself? Wasn't my desperate plea for help loud enough?”
― Letters To My Sister's Shrink
Confused, I struggled to sit up. "Who put this bandaid here?"
Katie rolled her eyes and leaned towards me, not attempting to help me sit up. "Mom did, of course. You cut your wrist on the glass bottle that you smashed all over my bed." She narrowed her stormy gray eyes at me. "Thanks a lot for that, by the way. We had to throw my bedding out. I guess I have to keep an eye on you at all times, don't I? You're like a baby."
I was stunned. They thought I had cut myself by accident! They didn't realize I had done it on purpose! Didn't I make it clear that I was trying to KILL myself? Wasn't my desperate plea for help loud enough?”
― Letters To My Sister's Shrink
“He was mayor and assemblyman, but had died tragically in a plane crash during his campaign for senator. I think fulfilling his father's dreams was part of Brad's drive into politics. So needless to say, I was representing his family, and it was imperative to be presentable at all times in public. No more running to the store in pajamas and hair curlers. Oh, wait, I never did that. That was Shannon, I thought smugly.
"Dr. Wallace," I repeated, my train of thought having completely derailed. "I'm sure you are aware that my sister is not only suffering from a deluded sense of present reality, her memory of past events is also incredibly warped. This.." I lightly touched the notebook paper on which Shannon had written her letter. "Is nothing more than a pack of lies."
Sitting back in the comfortable chair, I crossed my arms over my chest. I was a little sore,”
― Letters To My Sister's Shrink
"Dr. Wallace," I repeated, my train of thought having completely derailed. "I'm sure you are aware that my sister is not only suffering from a deluded sense of present reality, her memory of past events is also incredibly warped. This.." I lightly touched the notebook paper on which Shannon had written her letter. "Is nothing more than a pack of lies."
Sitting back in the comfortable chair, I crossed my arms over my chest. I was a little sore,”
― Letters To My Sister's Shrink
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