By Jenny Milchman
This clip proves I’m not cut out for Cirque du Soleil. But I had so much fun, and if it’s not Instagramable–well, maybe it is! Maybe we don’t need a Facebook face so long as we’re joyful and try to do some good while we’re doing whatever it is we do. What if we lived and read and wrote with as much abandon as life allows us, letting the river take us to points unknown, tolerating the bumps and bruises along the way?
What about you, readers? The concept of letting the river take us to points unknown can be scary. Do you have a favorite memory of a time you lived with abandon?
Jenny Milchman is the Mary Higgins Clark award winning and PEN/Faulkner nominated author of five novels of suspense. Her work has been praised by the New York Times, chosen as Indie Next Picks, received starred reviews from PW, Booklist, and Library Journal, selected for numerous Best Of’s including Suspense Magazine, Pure Wow and Popsugar, and appeared on the USA Today bestsellers list (once, but we authors like to name these things). In 2013, Jenny rented out her house, traded in two cars for an SUV that could handle Denver in February, and pulled her kids out of 1st and 3rd grades to “car-school” them on what Shelf Awareness called the world’s longest book tour. Jenny now speaks nationally on the literal and figurative road to a dream.
What a great video, Jenny. It reminds me of the time I took a ridiculous risk and went down a raging river on a raft when I was 8 months pregnant. (My doctor had a fit). At least I made it, and the baby was fine.
Love those adventures that turn out so well, Karna!
I love the idea of going where the river takes us. Those experiences are often the lasting memories. River sliding looks like fun!
Nope. Never lived with abandon. On my list of life’s regrets, that will be in the top five!