by Author Gale Owen Holt | Dec 24, 2020 | Family issues, Health, Parenting
The Baby and His Gift Grandbaby and a Conflicted Grandmother One winter day, my older sister called and announced to our family that she was expecting her second child. I could read the discomfort in her voice. She believed my mother would be dismayed, and she was... 
by Author Gale Owen Holt | Mar 25, 2020 | Adolescence, Adolescent issues, Family issues, Health, Parenting, Young Adult Fiction
Getting grief from crushing stress In the stress of sheltering in place, we all feel we are getting grief. However, we may not be giving grace to our loved ones. In addition to the strain on our health care system, COVID-19 is taking a toll on our nerves. As a result,... 
by Author Gale Owen Holt | Dec 14, 2019 | Adolescence, Adolescent issues, Adoption, Animals, Family issues, Introversion, Parenting, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Women, Young Adult Fiction
When readers get the heart of your book A golden moment occurs when people get the heart of a writer’s novel. Especially, when they, for the moment, love to talk about it as much as you do. I was blessed with two such golden moments. My first golden moment I had just... 
by Author Gale Owen Holt | May 14, 2019 | Adolescent issues, Country Music, Music, Parenting, Texas history
The Same Old Controversy For generations, it has been a rite of passage for young people to zero in on a given form of music and for their choices to annoy or even alarm their parents. Sometimes teens and parents will practically battle over music. Nothing personal,... 
by Author Gale Owen Holt | Apr 29, 2019 | Adolescence, Adoption, Animals, Family issues, Introversion, Parenting
An Introverted Narrator? Who chooses an introvert as the narrator in a novel? Introverts are quiet, introspective, private. I do—on purpose. You see, they are quiet, introspective, and they are privately taking in everything and everyone about them. It...