  “Rachel needed to uncover WHO AND WHAT she was dealing with.”
“This would be her coming out party and she was ready to go. She was NOT in Mommy Mode. NO!” “This was her Pearl Harbor attack - not expected.” “Staring into the eyes of her bespectacled predator, Rachel said, ‘You may say that Mrs. Sanders, his wife is here. I AM Rachel Sanders.’” Editor’s Note: It took a lot for Rachel to confront her husband’s mistress with a carefully planned surprise visit to the office. She didn’t know how it would end. Would it be Maria’s end - Michael’s End? Get your copy of The Feeling to find out!
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 VARIOUS TYPES OF HAPPINESS
1. There is Selfish Happiness: "The only thing more important than your happiness, is MINE!" 2. There is Sports Happiness: "My tennis opponent was not happy with my serve. He kept returning it!" 3. There is Animal Happiness: "My horse was so happy, because he lived in a stable environment.!" 4. There is Career Happiness: "If you cross "The Godfather" with a lawyer, you get an offer you can't understand." 5. There is Smart Happiness: "I have chosen to be happy, because it is good for my health! AND THAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE, FOLKS! " I am so pleased and proud of the reviews The Feeling has been receiving. Please check them out, and if you're intrigued, order your copy and submit your own review!  Have you read, “The Feeling?” Who was Roz Daniels-Lesser?
Let me introduce you! Roz Daniels-Lesser was the mother of our heroine, Rachel Sanders. Roz Daniels-Lesser’s life was turned upside down when her husband, Gary Lesser, unexpectedly left their home in 1948 for “another woman”. It was not a time when divorce was prevalent and was clearly a huge shock to her and her family. Roz was a housewife and did not work outside the home. This was the usual structure of family life in the forties. The phrase, “single mother,” was unknown at that time, but that is what she had become! Life would be different for her and her small daughter, Rachel. Roz was 37 years old and her daughter was 10 years old. The word “infidelity” now became a household word. Roz and the Daniels family closed ranks around Rachel. The family, comprising of Roz’s sister, brother, and parents would become, one household emotionally. However, Roz lived independently on the “fair” sum of money Gary sent each week. For the times, it was a decent amount. $75.00 a week, at that time, would pay for rent, electricity, food, clothing, transportation, medical, and assorted living sundries. There was not much left over, except for an occasional movie, which was definitely a treat. Roz was pretty, intelligent, neat as a pin, kind, and especially fierce when it came to Rachel who would become her whole life. When asked why she didn’t remarry, Roz would say, “I am not picking up anyone’s socks anymore, and no man will tell me what to do with my daughter.” Roz entrenched her life with family and Rachel developed the same closeness. Raising Rachel in a quiet atmosphere, with an abundance of love, she taught her child generosity and good sense A code of ethics was instilled early on, and an adherence to The Ten Commandments and a wish to strive for a good future family life. Roz had a ferocity of protectiveness for her child and grandchildren as though they were the only people in the world. She was strong but gentle. She was demanding, but loving. And her dedication would last a lifetime. Does this ring a bell?
We don’t do it today. Perhaps the generation of the thirties, forties, and fifties were more nostalgic. This memento was an idea that started in 1930. A Cleveland housewife and kindergarten teacher by the name of Violet Shinbach saw a department store window display that featured a bronzed pair of baby shoes. She loved this idea and felt that new mothers would want to preserve their baby’s first shoes in this way. She started a company called Bron-Shoe Co. in 1934 and it became a profitable business for her. Would you believe that 14,000,000 baby shoes were ordered? It became a keepsake or tradition over the years. The wear and tear of a child’s first year’s steps were made into an art object for eternity. The company was in existence until 2018, which is when they closed their doors. What happened? No one wanted their baby’s shoes immortalized anymore? I am one of the 14,000,000 whose baby shoes were captured and preserved, as displayed above. Thank you, Mom! Do any more of our readers have bronzed baby shoes? It’s September…School’s Starting…Let’s Learn and UpdateAs early as 1910, the hashtag symbol, #, was described as the symbol on military jackets. Hash referred to stripes. In the United States, the symbol, #, was called the pound sign when it came after a number. Pound refers to a unit of weight, i.e. lb. The number sign was prominent on typewriters to denote numbers and became standard. In the 1960s touch tone dialing came into being and the telecommunication industry adopted an “Octothorpe” symbol. The Octo portion refers to the 8 points of the symbol and was used by Bell Labs, primarily for fun - “#”. MORE MODERN TIMESTechnology developer Chris Messina tweeted one year after Twitter was launched, “How do you feel about using #(pound) for groups?” His idea was not well received… Forging ahead, he still chose the symbol as it was the easiest keyboard character to read on his Nokia phone back in 2007. His persistence credited him as the one man who brought the concept of tagging social media groups or topics with a hashtag. IMPORTANCE OF HASHTAGS IN 2023Now, hashtags are creatively used to reach target audiences and promote content. Examples are:
#Feelings #Whatnots #feelingspluswhatnots #BUYTHEFEELING by Carol-Rose Marshall, a non-fiction work sold on Amazon. #FiveStarReviews #TheFeeling “has all the elements of a compelling story that engages the reader.” #TheFeeling “will find little rest on your nightstand.” #Riveting - Read “The Feeling” |
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