Stephanie Hammond Author

Stories of heart, hope, and second chances

Welcome!

I write with honesty and a belief in the power of healing threaded throughout my books and the posts in this section.

These posts are snippets of the hard and the beautiful bits of my life. I hope you find something here that speaks to you, lifts your spirit, or simply makes you feel less alone.

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  • News! … of babies and new status …

    NEWS, MORE NEWS & PROCRASTINATION News: Additions to the Family Joyous news! My grandson Isaiah and his beautiful Amber’s daughter, Noa, and my great-grandson Glenn and his beautiful Elizabeth’s son, Octavius, were both born on August 23rd, in Australia. Welcome to our family, you beautiful precious souls. It’s amazing to realise that Octavius and Noa…

  • Our Family Circle is rich with …

    Dear Reader BIRTHDAYS, FAREWELLS, AND WELCOMES Birthdays For two months of the year my husband and I are the same age. The rest of the year I’m those few months older. He’s just had his 3/4 century birthday and we celebrated with a no fuss day. We did our daily forty minute walk along the…

  • Age – is it just a number?

    How old am I? Am I as old as I feel? Or am I as old as my numbers say? Dear Reader Age – is it just a number? Is 70 really the new 50? Are you as old as you feel? I honestly don’t think about age very much, at least not in the…

  • My Writing Life…

    Dear Reader I’m often asked ‘How do you spend your day?’ and ‘How’s your writing going?’ Being a writer is a multi-faceted occupation. There’s a lot to managing the peripheral processes that bring the story to life. There’s the editing, proofreading, cover design, writing short blurbs about the book, publishing. Each has its own criteria.…