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Archives for May 2012

UNEXPECTED GIFTS

May 29, 2012 By Lisa

Unexpected - cake

Okay. To tell the truth, I’ve been in such a major funk these past three months and I haven’t wanted to write about it too much. It’s been a different kind of grief and feeling bad, as terrible as it’s ever been because this one has had the element of hopelessness thrown into it. And […]

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BAD SAX

May 22, 2012 By Lisa

Bad Sax Newspaper Headline

  A few days ago, I was having a lovely lunch overlooking the harbor in Marblehead, Massachusetts, and I had to admit, I’d been totally charmed by this city’s narrow winding streets with American flags hanging over green, crisp gardens in front of wood-sided homes. Not to let me down, the local paper, The Salem […]

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FLT 3354 TO SANTORINI – UPDATE

May 11, 2012 By Lisa

FLT 3354 AT CAR

If you read my last blog about finding bliss and comfort while waiting for my delayed flight at the Athens airport, chances are, you then imagined me, spending the rest of my time in Greece sipping a cocktail on a pristine white, Santorini balcony, and watching the sun set over the Mediterranean. Uhm, no. That’s […]

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DON’T CRY FOR ME SANTORINI

May 7, 2012 By Lisa

Don't Cry - airport

I wrote this (below) in December 2011 when I was visiting Greece. I never posted it because suddenly the difficult and all-encompassing holidays were upon me, and then, before I knew it, my book “Worth Fighting For” was released, and I was swallowed up. But I opened this up just yesterday and I liked it, […]

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Growing up as a shy, uber-quiet girl, I never imagined in a million years that I would be getting up and speaking in front of hundreds, even thousands … [Read More...]

Announcing Lisa’s Newest Book “Worth Fighting For”

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Lisa Niemi's new book, Worth Fighting For, is available now from her publisher Simon and Schuster and other stores. Below you can read an excerpt … [Read More and Order New Books...]

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FIGHT PANCREATIC CANCER! In 2008, when my husband, Patrick Swayze, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, I didn’t know much about the disease, but he did. And he said to me, … [Read More...]

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