KATHRYN R. BIEL: AUTHOR

One of the fabulous authors I've come to know and love along my journey is Erin Huss. We met and became fast friends, instantly bonded with a sense of humor and shared parenting experiences with children who are not neuro-typical. To put it mildly, 2018 has not been Erin's year. She's having some medical issues, and yesterday she wrote a blog post about finding The Silver Lining in it all. I'll wait for you to go read her blog post and then come back. No, seriously. Go read her post. The rest of this post won't make sense unless you do. So like the friend I am, I wrote her some nice words of encouragement. Despite the fact that people pay money to read my books, sometimes I'm not the most eloquent. I also use inappropriate humor as a defense mechanism. So I sent Erin a message that said this, "Hang in there. Eventually shit will go right. You can meme that." The following pictures are what happened next. So let's take a minute

This was my feeling after the weekend dance recital. Let me clarify-- my  dance recital. It was also my daughter's recital. I guess we should call it our dance recital. But still, I want to go all Stephanie Tanner on the audience. Let me set the stage (see what I did there?): We dance at a decent-sized family run studio. I've been with this studio since I was 5. The people there are like my family, and my dance girls are my crew. Many of us have children now dancing as well, and it's fantastic to see the next generation rising up. The studio is non-competitive. We don't have teams and there's a welcoming atmosphere. The studio is inclusive, including all shapes, sizes, and abilities. While we strive to do our best, it's certainly not a Dance Moms  atmosphere, and I don't think any of us are auditioning for So You Think You Can Dance?  That's not why we're there. We're there because we love to dance. Week after week, parents sch