It's been such a long time - 10 years!

Greetings Readers:

I cannot believe that it’s been almost 10 years since I published From Pigtails and Pinafores: My mother’s life growing up in the Florida gulf, the book of anecdotes as told by my mother, Elsie Smith. Yes, time flies by fast. In early 2005, I began writing down some of the amusing stories that my mother used to share with me when I was a little girl about her childhood growing up in Pensacola, Florida. 

Writing this book was truly a labor of love and also a way for me to share some of the intimate details about my mother with the rest of the family. My brothers, nieces, nephews and other family members never heard these stories.

Over the years, some of my grandnieces and nephews have read the book and are amazed by stories about their great grandmother. Discovering this book is serving as wonderful forum to share the family history with future generations is a happy consequence.  

Friends and colleagues still ask me when I will write another book. The answer is soon.  I'm currently writing about my father’s side of the family. However, I have not ruled out a continuation of anecdotal short stories about my mother.

Until next time, happy reading!

Liz Hawkins