Turning Dark Into Light

I’ve been thinking about views– how so many people can look out upon what objectively might seem like the same landscape or feature but see it so differently from others. 

I especially get this feeling about office buildings and apartment buildings. All those identical windows and balconies– portals to the people and families inside, but not one life the same. 

And when we look out at the world from our own little landing pads, the sky stretched out above us, the world going on below us, what is actually there is only a fraction of what we perceive because where we’ve come from and what we wish for and how we’re growing are in everything we see. 

And this reminds me of how all of us have stories, which is why I think I’m so captivated by rows of windows and balconies and lives and  memoir. No two people will ever tell something the same. That is why your perspective always matters. 

Memoir is captivating to me for this reason. It’s the story of our experience, what we understood about it then, have come to understand about it now, and all the parts we’re still trying to make sense of. I feel so lucky to have been able to bring my own memoir into the world this year. A few weeks ago I learned When She Comes Back is a finalist in both the 2021 Best Book Awards in the Autobiography/Memoir category and the 2021 Book of the Year Awards in the Memoir category. If you’d like to listen to a sample chapter or purchase a copy, please visit: https://ronitplank.com/book/