For anyone who needs a reminder tonight, here’s one just for you…
What do you see when you look in the mirror?
I see a writer, a mom, a daughter, a sister and a friend.
I see a person who is loved.
I see everything that I am and everything that I want to become.
Believe in yourself.
You are so much more than who you think you are.
You are amazing.
Wishing you love and light,
~Anne Dennish~
I am so excited and grateful to announce that my new novel, “The Mind of a Heart” is in the publication process and will be released soon! I’m also incredibly grateful to my very dear friend, Bill Scannell, for designing the cover for this book! He had the vision of this cover long before I did and am so thankful for his talent, hard work and dedication to my book!
Here’s a look at what the book is about:
~ “The Mind Of A Heart” is the story of a married woman who finds herself back in touch with her old high school sweetheart. After several months of emailing each other they meet in person and their love affair begins.
As the affair continues, she can’t help but remember the memories of the innocence of two 17 year olds falling in love at the Jersey Shore and planning a future together.
When her husband loses his job and is hired by another company, she becomes entangled in a web of lies and deceit because her husband’s new boss is her high school sweetheart.
A life that she simply “existed” in was about to change and it was about to change forever .~
Thank you to all of you who have supported me throughout my writing career and I hope that you will enjoy this novel as much as I enjoyed writing it.
I will let you know when the official launch date is!
Wishing you love and light,
~Anne Dennish~
I don’t need easy, I just need “not so hard.”
Have you ever felt that way? I know that I have. I get tired of the obstacles that I have to get around, the hurdles that I have to jump over and the situations that I have to deal with. Life hands us some crazy situations yet I’m not alone on this one. I know that you’ve felt the same way once or twice in your life as well.
Moving to Florida was a difficult transition for me, even though I made the move for the right reasons: to be closer to my parents. It’s been almost 7 months and I still feel as though I’m searching for that feeling of “home.” There are days that I miss my Jersey Shore, the surf, the sand and the ocean. I miss my friends back home and I miss Asbury Park.
But this is where I live now.
And I’m trying to make it “home.”
Life has been a bit tougher than I thought it would be but I’m plugging away at it, trying to find my balance and trying to get my “groove” back. I’m trying to find my place and where I fit in. It’s a process and I’m willing to do what it takes to get to that “happy place.”
Today I had a day in which I thought to myself “I don’t need easy, I just need not so hard.” And I’m okay with that. It’s just for today, not forever, and for each day that I open my eyes to face another day in my life, I’m grateful
Life has never been easy for me, but that’s what makes me “me.” It’s what made me into the person that I am today, the one trying to make others feel better, to feel less alone, and to try and change this crazy world into a better place.
I can’t thank all of you enough for your support, for following me, and for your beautiful words of encouragement.
We’re all in this together and together we can make a difference.
You’ve got this and I have to believe that I do, too!
Wishing you love and light,
~Anne Dennish~
Tonight is my last night in Delaware and I’m filled with so many mixed emotions. We trekked up to Jersey yesterday to empty our storage unit and came back today to load it with the rest of my things. Tomorrow we leave for the West Coast of Florida. It’s a very bittersweet time for me. Life is about to change and it’s a big one! I’ve lived at the Jersey Shore my entire life and spent this past summer in Delaware. Tomorrow I leave both places behind to begin a new life, a new adventure, in Florida.
I’m exhausted and will certainly keep you posted on my next adventure but for tonight, I’m spending a quiet night silently saying good-bye to all that I’m leaving behind and saying a silent prayer of gratitude for the amazing life I’ve had for all these years at the Jersey Shore and in Delaware.
Tomorrow another chapter begins and tonight this chapter closes.
Here’s to change and all the wondrous things that life has to offer.
I’ll talk to you when I get to Florida.
Wishing you love and light,
~Anne Dennish~
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“Overwhelmed and bittersweet” are two words that have been in my vocabulary these last few weeks and there’s a good reason as to why.
My parents are moving out of our childhood home and I’ve been spending much of my weekends and days after work packing them up and selling their furniture. It’s bittersweet finding so many memories of my childhood and selling off furniture that we all spent time around as a family. The packing can be overwhelming and it’s bittersweet in knowing that this house was our connection to the Jersey Shore.
I will be leaving my job at the end of this month and have decided to spend a few months in Delaware to promote my new book and write the sequel. In addition to that I will continue working with the publisher on the final edits for my new novel, “The Mind of a Heart ” which should be ready for release in the next few weeks. I’m also working on creating a weekly podcast and motivational/inspirational virtual group.
I’m okay with all these changes but they do mean that I will be moving away from my beloved Jersey Shore in May. I’ve lived here all of my life and can’t imagine being so far away from the beach and the local towns that I love but it’s time for change. These changes are overwhelming at times and most definitely bittersweet.
I have to remind myself to enjoy what time I have left at the Jersey Shore and focus on the excitement of the next chapter in my life.
And I am very excited about where this next adventure will take me.
I’m saying goodbye to feeling overwhelmed and hello to feeling grateful for the “bittersweet” because that means that it all meant the world to me.
And for that I am grateful.
Wishing you love and light,
~Anne Dennish~
Today is the first day of my next trip around the sun and my mantra for this year is “61 And Get It Done.” Time is marching on and while I have no plans of leaving this Earth anytime soon, time is becoming even more precious. I have so many books that I’ve not yet published, so many places that I want to visit, and so many things that I want to do. It’s time to “get them done,” and I’m making a promise to myself that I will.
So as I celebrate another trip around the sun today I count all the many blessings in my life, am grateful for all that I have done so far in these 61 years and have faith that everything else I want will get done.
And I’m grateful for every beautiful morning that I wake up and have a chance to do life better than the day before.
Today I say good-bye to 60. I do so with love and gratitude, taking all the lessons that I have learned right along with me into 61.
“Here’s to another trip around the sun, here’s to an awesome 61!”
Wishing you love and light,
~Anne Dennish~
I stopped down at the beach before work this morning. It was absolutely beautiful, as always, and I thought about how grateful I am for this life of mine.
And I couldn’t help but think that this was the perfect way to spend my last day as “60” and the perfect way to get ready for my next trip around the sun tomorrow.
I’m truly grateful for my life, no matter what it’s handed me.
My prayer is to take each year around the sun that I’m gifted to have and do whatever I can to change someone’s life for the better and to help make this world a better place.
And my prayers every day are for peace for all of us.
Wishing you love and light,
~Anne Dennish~
Every so often Mother Nature smiles down on the Jersey Shore in the middle of winter and gifts us with a springlike day. The temperatures were well into the 60’s, baby blue skies and plenty of sunshine! And what do all us locals do when we wake up to such a day? We head to the boardwalk and walk the beach.
Yesterday we took off before noon and strolled down the boardwalk into one of my favorite towns, Asbury Park. We had lunch at the Seahorse, which is located in Convention Hall, complete with live music. We were surrounded by many vendors at the Valentine’s Market inside the Grand Arcade. It was the perfect day!
It seemed as though everyone was on the boardwalk, sitting on the beach, or strolling through the town. What a breath of fresh air in the middle of winter to be outside without a coat and hat, just a hoodie.
It was a wonderful surprise to have a day like that in the middle of winter but it was no surprise to wake up this morning to freezing temperatures, gray skies and light snow.
Life at the Jersey Shore is always interesting.
And I’m grateful to live here.
Wishing you love and light,
~Anne Dennish~
Life is changing, I can feel it to my toes and it’s happening quickly. There are days that I have to remind myself to breathe, that it’s all happening just as it should.
And experience has taught me throughout the years that it always is happening as it should.
I’m so excited about my new book and am praying that it brings the changes in my life that I want, perhaps even need.
So each day I wake up I’m grateful.
Each day that I wake up I try to do better.
Each day that I wake up I try to do what it takes to turn my dreams into my reality.
And each day that I wake up I remind myself to keep moving forward and never give up on my dreams.
Life is always changing.
Dreams can be turned into reality.
And each day is a chance to do it better than the day before.
Keep moving forward, no matter how difficult the path may be that day.
Everything is happening just as it should.
You have to believe.
And you have to have faith.
Wishing you love and light,
~Anne Dennish~
Anne Dennish - Writer/Author 