April Follower of the Month: Sherri Matthews

Genie, over at Espirational, recently and so very kindly invited me as a guest blogger. Very excited and honoured to do so. Thanks so much Bob and Genie!

Our follower of the month for April is Sherri Matthews who blogs at A View from my Summerhouse. Her blog is fun, informative and she takes great pictures. I’m sure you will want to stop by and say hello.

Three years ago I lost my job at the same time that my now 21 year-old daughter was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome. Unable to find another job offering the part-time hours that I could cope with and my daughter, who was suffering from crippling social anxiety (a common problem for ‘Aspies’), needing my help, I became not only Mum but her full-time carer. But deep inside I struggled with the rejection of being laid-off and I began to feel old and useless, insignificant, washed-up.

As I prayed about it, one day I read this by novelist George Eliot: ‘It’s never too late to become what you might have been.’ I realised that I could use this time…

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About Sherri Matthews

Sherri is a writer with work published in print magazines, anthologies and online. As a young British mum of three, she emigrated to California and stayed for twenty years. Today she lives in England's West Country, a full-time carer within her family. Her current WIP after completing her memoir is a psychological thriller.

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14 Responses to April Follower of the Month: Sherri Matthews

Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:

April 8, 2014 at 12:44 pm

Congratulations

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- Sherri says:
  
  April 8, 2014 at 4:10 pm
  
  Thanks so much Irene 🙂
  
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brickhousechick says:

April 8, 2014 at 2:52 pm

Congrats on being the April Follower of the Month! 🙂

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- Sherri says:
  
  April 8, 2014 at 4:11 pm
  
  Thank you very much Maria 🙂
  
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Pat says:

April 8, 2014 at 4:40 pm

Congratulations, Sherri, on April Follower of the Month. It’s good to see your happy face getting out there. 🙂

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- Sherri says:
  
  April 8, 2014 at 5:08 pm
  
  Ahh, you are a star Pat, thanks so much! Genie and her husband Bob run Espirational, a very positive, uplifting and spiritual blog. You will love it 🙂
  
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  - Pat says:
    
    April 8, 2014 at 10:10 pm
    
    You’re welcome, Sherri, and I’m looking forward to getting to know Genie and Bob. I’m always looking for inspiration. 🙂
    
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  - Sherri says:
    
    April 9, 2014 at 7:54 pm
    
    You won’t be disappointed Pat and you will be given a wonderful welcome. Thanks so much too for your lovely comment over there, you warmed my heart so much, what a kind, beautiful message to leave there, bless you my friend 🙂
    
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Steven says:

April 9, 2014 at 5:25 pm

Follower of the Month? Follower of the Year, shirley? Oh wait, your name’s Sherri 😉

Woop!

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Sherri says:

April 9, 2014 at 5:35 pm

HaHa!! Very clever…but I’ve been called worse…! It was lovely to be invited to write a little blog for Espirational. Woop indeed, thanks JG 🙂

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anotherday2paradise says:

April 9, 2014 at 5:39 pm

Congrats on the well-deserved recognition, Sherri. 🙂

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- Sherri says:
  
  April 9, 2014 at 7:52 pm
  
  Thank you very much Sylvia, ‘Espirational’ truly is inspirational 🙂
  
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Marylin Warner says:

April 10, 2014 at 11:26 pm

Yea, Sherri! You ARE an inspiration.

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- Sherri says:
  
  April 11, 2014 at 9:57 am
  
  Ahh..you are too kind Marylin, but I would say thank you for inspiring me, my friend 🙂
  
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