My Life and Numbers

Hi, I’m Judith Ashley, author of The Sacred Women’s Circle series, soul nourishing romantic women’s fiction with light paranormal elements. My stories show you what life could be like if you had a place like The Circle where you are unconditionally accepted, supported and loved. And where, with this support, you make choices to overcome the darkest nights and choose love and light.

I’m writing this post on my son’s 60^th birthday. At the time, it was not my favorite day. Sixty years ago I’d been in labor about 30 hours and I still had 3+ more to go. When you read this, my son will be 60 years and 2 days old. We will have celebrated with his favorite meal from the nearby Chinese restaurant and he’ll have spent time with his daughters and grandchildren on Zoom. Oh, and he’ll have a store of his favorite snack - shelled pistachios!

My comments on Ann Chaney’s Wednesday post are about numbers that consistently show up in my life: 2, 4, 8 and I’ll add to that 19 (both my dad and I were born on that day).

Actually I’ve lived long enough and have had a varied enough career that I can think of something special that is attached to just about any number.

Here are a few:

Children - 1

Grands and Great Grans - 2 of each

Siblings – 2 although only 1 is still alive

Best Birthday Ever! – my 80^th – my 3 circle sisters treated me to a long weekend at the Oregon Coast

Number of years I’ve lived in my house – 47

Number of moves before I bought my house – too many to keep track

Number of years I’ve been officially involved in the work of Dr. William Glasser – 45

Number of home studies I’ve written for adoption families - 300+ home over almost 30 years

I’m also a published author.

Published:

8 fictions novels (The Sacred Women’s Circle series and Visions of Happiness)

1 non-fiction (Staying Sane in a Crazy World)

Website:

This, my 3^rd one, is my favorite.

What I realize in writing this is that there are many areas of my life where I’ve not kept track of how often or how many. I know I’ve made virtual friends around the world through writing and Romancing The Genres.

I’ve written numerous blog posts. My rough guess is I’m well over 200. Not sure I've reached 300 yet.

I also know that most of the above would not have been possible without my very best friend, Michele. 

None of the Glasser work would have been possible without my friend, Marty. 

None of my writing adventures would have been possible without the support of Maggie Lynch, Paty Jager and the other authors at Windtree Press.

And as for being here celebrating Romancing The Genres’ 12^th Blog-O-Versary? Well, without Co-BQ (Blog Queen) Sarah McDermed, there wouldn’t even be an RTG.

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