More AT books - memoir Lessons Beyond the Horizon

 Lessons Beyond the Horizon by Jeff Mitchell

From the Jeff's websitoe

Lessons Beyond the Horizon is about my 2022 thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. It is my sixth book and first memoir.

Lessons Beyond the Horizon is different from other trail memoirs. It’s a coming-of-age story of someone who has lived over half of his life. It not only describes my personal journey but also focuses on the people I met along the way. Other thru-hikers, trail angels, section hikers, local residents, and people on their second, third, or fourth thru-hike attempts taught lessons, lessons that would build upon each other as I traveled north. Lessons also came from the natural beauty and history along the trail. These lessons varied from the personal–insecurity, aging, loss, and empathy–to larger societal issues, such as family dynamics, war, race, crime, gender, economic, environmental, and even life itself. As the miles passed, the trail became a common thread, representing the interconnection of these lessons. This book does not judge others. Rather, with brutal honesty, I realized the beliefs, assumptions, and stereotypes I had long held were in need of a second look. And after my hike was over, these lessons delivered a simple, humble change I never quite expected.

Lessons Beyond the Horizon will make you laugh and cry. It is inspiring and sobering. This book is thoughtful, vulnerable, and fearless. It will challenge you to look and feel beyond yourself. Its words will paint the Appalachian Trail’s breathtaking landscapes within your mind. This book reveals our spirit to always try to be a little bit better.

And now it’s time to take that next step…

ALS - Memoir

 Before reading this book I really did not know anything about ALS. Sure, I saw challenges and awareness bur no idea. 

LAST NERVE A Memoir of Illness and the Endurance of Family 

 Mindy Uhrlaub

One woman’s story of confronting the monster under the bed Last Nerve is much more than a trauma memoir. The story begins as Mindy Uhrlaub learns that she carries the gene for the fatal neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The news, while not surprising, is compounded by the fact that she is caring for her husband, who is undergoing chemotherapy for stage four lymphoma, raising a child with serious behavioral issues, and watching her own mother die of ALS. As she navigates the new territory of having three close relatives with life-threatening situations, she also has to come to terms with the fact that she may have passed the fatal gene to her two sons. Not one to fold, Mindy faces her circumstances head-on, realizing that her race for the elusive cure for ALS is not only for herself but also for her kids, her cousins, and the thousands of other carriers of the fateful gene. 

 Despite the incredible strain of all these challenges, Mindy manages them with amazing tenderness, persistence, and love. Far from a depressing story of misfortune, Last Nerve is as uplifting and witty as it is raw and real. It’s a testament to hope, the endurance of family, and the resilience of the human spirit.

Mother Range, Cattle in MT, women owning the work

 

In the neighborhood

 More discovery as I attempt to slow down and have less things on my list.  We have moving stream nearby that has loads of fresh watercress. Amongst the fall leaves and poked up vibrant green cress. Immediate joy.

Hesed, Steadfast Love

 The mornings I remember, I am always fed.

Hesed, Steadfast Love

You are pulling away and there will be consequences, I concur, I concur.

Build back the kingdom.

Thank you,

Bless all those that suffer in any way.

Read Etna

grief and rememberance

 

powerful

 Subtitles - 

 

Women support women.

grateful and reminder

 

 

The grace of the creator.