{"product_id":"the-ten-thousand-things-my-mother-the-desert-and-life-on-the-colorado-plateau-9798992424218","title":"The Ten Thousand Things: My Mother, The Desert, And Life On The Colorado Plateau","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do you make peace with a cold, distant mother who is slowly dying? \u003c\/strong\u003eThe author was faced with this very question. Diving in to help her, she soon recalled harsh, lonely childhood memories in remote red rock country, during the West's dam-building era. There, she escaped her silent home by wandering outside-befriending lizards, plants and the native sandstone landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlongside her sisters, the author navigates the maze of her mother's needs and sees her through her final days, \u003c\/strong\u003e but then finds herself alone at a dark abyss filled with ten thousand unanswered questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho was her mother? \u003c\/strong\u003eWhat made her so secretive and unable to connect with her daughters? What was she hiding, and why? \u003cstrong\u003eThe author's young memories hold clues\u003c\/strong\u003e that lead her back to her parent's hometown, where she spent long-ago summer weeks at her grandmother's house. There, a spry, 90-year old aunt now willingly shares old tales about both her parents. With her aunt's help, the author finally fills in-yet doesn't find-a singular meaning resolving who her mother was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCome along on this soulful, generational journey of loss and love.\u003c\/strong\u003e Find a deeper acceptance of family, belonging, and a surprising meaning of one's own purpose, illumined by a universal Love that shines through all beings everywhere, including ancient peoples there from the beginning of it all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlittner, Debbi:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Debbi Flittner is a licensed psychotherapist and former lawyer who has followed the spiritual thread of her life for thirty five years. She lives with her husband and two cats in their overgrown cottage outside the city limits of Portland, Oregon, near her daughter and grandchildren. She returns frequently to her much-loved red rock country of the Colorado Plateau, and to the Rio Grande valley. This is her first book. You can find out more about her writing, photography and travels on her website, at DebbiFlittner.com.","brand":"Lizard Wisdom Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661355385106,"sku":"9798992424218","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_688da93e-447e-4cd9-8f8e-8de392f26e05.jpg?v=1760441261","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ten-thousand-things-my-mother-the-desert-and-life-on-the-colorado-plateau-9798992424218","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}