memoirs

this past week

two new books

hit the store shelf

.

they are both memoirs

written by women

who have wildly popular blogs

that i have been following

for some time

which is the reason i could not wait

for their release

blogging somehow

 makes us feel like friends

they both were living the good life

handsome husbands

with good jobs

adorable child(ren)

supportive extended families

oodles of great friends

in quality neighborhoods

they often wrote of

fun weekend get-a-ways

awesome vacations

homey crafts were a plenty and

they entertained with parties

that always looked to be

 out of a magazine

then tragedy struck

or so they thought

for kelle

it was the birth of her

 second child

as soon as they placed her baby girl

in her arms

she knew nella had down syndrome

her grief for the perfect daughter

she did not feel she received

 was

intense

for stephanie

it was a plane crash

that left eighty percent

of her body badly burned

she lay in a coma

for over four months

a very different challenge

 each woman faced

yet each one realizing

in their own way

that life is to be lived

and enjoyed

and celebrated

a book critic

i am not

yet i think you will find

enjoyment in

both of these reads