Little did I know as a thirty-something frequent flyer at Ellen’s Ultimate Workout Gym that I was preparing for getting extremely uncomfortable. In 2009, I was a happily married, globetrotting professional living in Plantation, sweating my stress away on the bikes and reformers at Ellen’s at least four times a week. Then on one of my…
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Happy Look Up Day – Reading From When All Balls Drop in Hanalei Bay, Kauai
Happy Look Up Day my clan! On this Look Up Day, I wanted to share with you a beautiful and inspirational location, Hanalei Bay in Kauai, as well as read to you a vignette from When All Balls Drop, "Creating a Holiday: Look Up Day." To enjoy the view and the reading, please click below.…
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Heidi Siefkas Takes the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge from Hawaii
After being challenged, I took on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge from Lihue, Kauai. Not only did I accept the challenge by dumping a bucket of ice water on myself, but also I donated to alsa.org and stroke.org. Now, I pass on the challenge to three inspirational female authors that influenced my memoir, When All…
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Looking Up Feature on When All Balls Drop by The Garden Island
LIHUE — On Sept. 27, 2009, Heidi Siefkas was visiting upstate New York’s Hudson River valley. She was happily married. A globetrotting marketing and public relations executive. She had everything. “In one fell swoop a 1,000-pound tree limb fell — healthy tree — while I was taking out the trash,” Siefkas said. “Broke my neck…
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When All Balls Drop Spotted in NYC – Where You Are Reading It?
FYI: A couple of advanced copies of When All Balls Drop: The Upside of Losing Everything have been spotted pre-release, this September. It isn't a surprise that a New York City bookworm sent in these photos as the book begins in New York's Hudson River Valley. Most New Yorkers would recognize the leading image of…
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Look at What the Storms Blew In – When All Balls Drop in Print
Having left South Florida to return to my home in Kauai earlier this week, I thought I had escaped hurricane season. However, it seems not to be the case with a double whammy of hurricanes heading this way, Iselle and Julio. After battling the crowds at Costco, the store on Kauai, I believe we are…
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