Let's Talk About Words

   After we get our ice cream, we push a couple of tables together. I get coffee flavor with chunks of chocolate, and Ashley gets bubblegum ice cream. Everyone in my family just talks over each other. Most people just sit and wait for a pause to talk, but Ashley has been around my family long enough that she just jumps into the conversation.    “The valedictorian’s speech was so boring,” Ashley says.    “No it wasn’t,” says my mom with a chuckle, “So University of Evansville this fall Ashley?”    “Yes, but it doesn’t seem real yet.”    “When is orientation?” my dad chimes in.    “Sometime in July when we get back from our family reunion in Georgia.”    “Is your whole family going?”    “Yes. My mom said that we all must go, no if, ands or buts about it!” Ashley says with a laugh, imitating her mom’s voice.    “That will be nice.”     “Can I go with them?” I as...

    The e-book is for sale at iBook, Amazon, Barnes and Noble and more! http://www.amazon.com/Riding-Waves-Susan-Marie-Schulhof-ebook/dp/B00LQABJLW/ref=la_B00IBPFHV8_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1409801829&sr=1-1 https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/riding-waves/id898142854?mt=11 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/riding-waves-susan-marie-schulhof/1119940881?ean=9781483531601 As I sit back in my seat and watch the rest of my classmates receive their diplomas, I reflect on my past as well as on my future. Should I have tried out for the play without Ashley? Will I enjoy being on the tech crew? How can I help and inspire others? Do I want to become a teacher? Would I be happy as a teacher? What would I want to teach? What age group? Since I didn’t love high school, would I want to teach that? Will I have kids of my own? Who will I marry? When will I fall in love? And what will he be like?      My life is not perfect, but I am happy most ...

Riding Waves is a book about learning to navigate the joys and trials of growing up, falling in love and going to college. When Harper's relationship with Dan starts taking her down a path she doesn't like, she will have to make some hard choices.  Can Harper ride the waves of life or will they take her under? This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons living or dead is entirely coincidental. Riding Waves. Copyright © 2014 by Susan Marie Schulhof. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced. This book is dedicated to all of the people who taught me about life, the good as well as the bad. Now January 2012    As I stare at my reflection in the mirror, I look the same as I always do, but I don’t seem to recognize myself. I wash my face and brush ...