Terry Helwig's Blog - Posts Tagged "nature"

I posted a picture on my Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/terryhelwig... of a sun-bleached dolphin bone that curves perfectly inside my closed fist; it is approximately the length of three-pound weight. My friend Sue and I delighted to find it one afternoon washed up on the beach of a nearby barrier island. Not only do we love dolphins, but it seemed to us that the bone also symbolized the indestructible nature of our friendship.

Since friendship is about give and take, we decided to share the bone. Sue displays the bone in her study six months of the year and I display it near my desk the other six months. We have passed it back and forth for over twenty years.

Life-long friendships are like bone—enduring and indestructible.

I want to thank everyone who signed up for my Goodreads Giveaway for an autographed, first-edition copy of “Shifting Shorelines: Messages from a Wiser Self,” which was a Finalist in the 2022 Feathered Quill Awards. We had over 1,960 entries! I mailed books to the winners today, and I hope to run another giveaway for Mothers Day, as I believe “Shifting Shorelines” would make a perfect gift for mothers, daughters, grandmothers, and granddaughters.

Here are a few comments from some of my readers:
“Shifting Shorelines,” inspires, comforts, and enlightens…Exquisite…How many ways can I say I love this book…It is a heart-warming invitation to the treasury of the shoreline and reawakens the joy of being alive…At the close of each chapter, Terry Helwig shares a few words of encouragement to her younger self, about the path that awaits ahead…Terry’s wise, universal messages inspire hope and offer a welcome respite from a troubled world.