I just recently returned from a trip home… my first home, I should say, Oregon. It was a visit with family. reconnecting with many people I hadn’t seen in years. The trip made me think of Gabe, of The Bones of Who We Are and his mental and emotional journey back in time. (Definitely check the trigger warnings if you dive into that book). There’s a saying that “you can’t go home” again… and maybe that’s true in the sense when you do return home you are changed . . . but I do think there is power in returning home—just like any hero’s journey and the return with the elixir (in this case knowledge and experience).
As I write this—March 21—it’s Gabe’s birthday—and I’m on an airplane returning to my new home. I am getting ready to dive into the next newsletter installment of The Wedding Assignment (in which he returns with everyone else from The Cantos Chronicles). I’m having a lot of fun writing these characters as adults, but you can only read it in the newsletter.
Want to read more Gabe?
Here’s a link to the letters (his is included here).
Here’s a bunch of posts I put together when I first marketed this story (the cover is different!)
5 Thinks to Know About Gabe and 5 More Facts and 5 Reason Gabe thinks he’s a monster
The Bones of Who We Are Playlist (the list) and here’s a link to the Spotify list)
Where you can find Gabe:
