Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen

It would be good to read a novel by Anna to see her general style.  This was a lot of reflective thoughts from her past 50+ years.  She muses about motherhood, friends, marriage, girlfriends, women in the workplace, culture, faith---some ideas I have voiced, some of her faith thoughts not at all as I see my life with God.  All interesting and good to hear though, always challenging to re-think.  She, just as my mom, mention that girlfriends are keepers and desperately needed in our lives --and as I think of my friends, it saddens me once again, to know that my 2 sisters are not in my life. Grateful for my long distance friends as well as my "locals".  I could thoroughly identify with thinking through what I have accomplished and looking forward to the next "phase" and weeding out what used to be so important, yet knowing better who I have become--and what it is that is important to me now.