Synopsis
Do you want a long, successful marriage? Hjelmstad's third award-winning book brings insight, courage, and hope to any couple--youg or old--in this richly detailed, moving story of a long marriage. A unique contribution-few are married 60 years, fewer write about it, fewer still have the guts to tell all. Some core advice: - Nurture your primary relationship tenaciously - Fall in love with each new person your mate becomes - Foster a lifelong sexual connection "By turns heart-warming, funny, and perceptive. Open yourself to the wisdom in this book and you'll improve your marriage and your life." - Greg Godek, author of 1001 Ways to Be Romantic "This Path is fabulous! First off, because of its honesty. Then for its values. My kids have to read it." Martin Rubinowitz, MD Winner of the Living Now Book Award and others.
About the Author
In 1990 Lois Tschetter Hjelmstad planned to continue teaching piano and music theory to children as long as she could stand in her tennis shoes. But the discovery of three primary cancers in her left breast shocked her right down to the toes of those tennis shoes. The night before her first mastectomy, she wept as she wrote the poem, Goodbye, Beloved Breast. Other poems followed. Her oncologist said, Do something with these. So she wrote Fine Black Lines: Reflections on Facing Cancer, Fear and Loneliness (1993, 2003). Then she traveled over 400,000 miles (mostly by car) and spoke more than 550 times in all 50 United States, Canada, and England. She appeared nude from the waist up on the cover of the October 1993 issue of Colorado Woman News in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. She participated in Living with Cancer: A Message of Hope, directed by Fred Silverman, and several other cancer documentaries. She wrote articles, including pieces for American Medical News, Health Progress, PARENTHOOD, Your Health, and an op-ed in Atlanta Journal-Constitution. In 2001, Lois was featured in Rosie Magazine (formerly McCall's) and subsequently appeared on the Rosie O'Donnell Show. She was the 2005 recipient of the coveted Sue Miller Day of Caring Award in Denver. When her mother died on Mother's Day in 1995, she began writing The Last Violet: Mourning My Mother, Moving Beyond Regret, published in 2002. At their 50th wedding anniversary, Lois handed her husband, Les, a packet of poems and promised to write the story of their love. It took a while, but in April 2010, This Path We Share: Reflecting on 60 Years of Marriage completes her trio of memoirs. Lois and Les live in Englewood, Colorado. They have four children, twelve grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren. Lois loves walking, entertaining family and friends, being involved with children, and thinking about the larger issues of life. Her mission is to bring clarity, validation, and joy to others.
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