Author Archives: Ann C. Averill

Where, Oh Death, Is Now Your Sting?

Posted on October 31, 2025 by Ann C. Averill

I am of an age where I go to a lot of funerals. Robert Redford and Diane Keaton, icons from my youth, recently departed. A close friend lost her husband, another her mother-in-law, another her beloved dad. That same week … Continue reading →

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The Write Words at the Right Time

Posted on October 28, 2025 by Ann C. Averill

I recently read this quote on the FB page of author Robin Gunn. “On days — or weeks — when life seems to enter a floundering pause, I take comfort from this thought Lilias Trotter wrote in 1903 when she … Continue reading →

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Discovering Recovery Church

Posted on August 29, 2025 by Ann C. Averill

A few nights ago, I went to a local Recovery Church with a friend who, like me, had devastating alcoholism in her family.  I wasn’t sure what I’d find or exactly what I was looking for when I walked into … Continue reading →

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No Overnight Success

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Ann C. Averill

I just published my memoir, Unmoored, How An Adoptee found Her True Identity. I am 72 years old, and I couldn’t have done it a moment sooner. Let me explain. I’ve always loved stories. As a small child at my … Continue reading →

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Painting and Publishing

Posted on July 29, 2025 by Ann C. Averill

I did two bold things yesterday. First, I pressed the PUBLISH button on Amazon for my memoir, Unmoored, How an Adoptee Found Her True Identity.  TA DA! And two, I finished painting my living room a deep oceanic blue. This … Continue reading →

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As an Outsider

Posted on June 17, 2025 by Ann C. Averill

More than twenty years ago I was teaching first-generation immigrant students in a public high school. They came from every trouble spot around the globe. They had crossed oceans, continents, deserts, and landed in my ELL classroom. My charge was … Continue reading →

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Where Have I Been? I Finished my Memoir.

Posted on June 7, 2025 by Ann C. Averill

Dear readers, Why haven’t I blogged for over a year? First, I broke my wrist. Then my husband was hospitalized with a complicated case of pneumonia. I fell out of the habit of weekly blogging and became distracted by the … Continue reading →

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It Takes a Village

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Ann C. Averill

This week, as part of my book launch activities, I’ve been reading up on how to formulate a request for an endorsement of my memoir, Unmoored: How an Adoptee Lost and Found Her Deepest Identity in Jesus. In other words, … Continue reading →

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Go for it!

Posted on April 5, 2024 by Ann C. Averill

Last week I wrote about giving myself permission to publish my memoir, resting on the God given truth that my worth does not rest on the quality of my achievement, behavior, or anything I produce. I am not my work. … Continue reading →

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Harriet and the Rest of Us

Posted on March 27, 2024 by Ann C. Averill

I haven’t written here in a while. I could say it was because I broke my wrist and my family has had everything this winter from norovirus to pneumonia, but the real reason is because I was struggling to finish … Continue reading →

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