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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Happy Look Up Day – Let’s Groove
I invite you once again to my backyard, this time from the comforts of my hammock, where I share my story, why I created Look Up Day, and the concept of looking up! I share Look Up Day—the twenty-seventh of every month—with you. So, please join me, receive a free forty-page excerpt of When All…
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Inspirational Female Authors in Writing When All Balls Drop
As I talk about my memoir, When All Balls Drop, many ask me about the process of writing, in particular where I found my inspiration. Since my book is non-fiction, I didn't have to brainstorm about content; however, I did need to come up with the guts. I can't lie. Although my story is powerful and…
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Women Who Want It All – Free Excerpt of When All Balls Drop Pre-Release
Calling women who want it all! Come and join me as I share my true story! It has been almost five years since a tree struck me down in New York's Hudson River Valley, breaking my neck and leaving me unconscious. As you can imagine, suddenly my life as I knew it stopped. It was…
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Look Up – My Mantra
This year, I completed writing a memoir of my life change, which happened nearly five years ago. It is entitled When All Balls Drop - The Upside of Losing Everything and will be released this fall. In it, I share my amazing story where in an unpredictable, split second, my life as I knew it…
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Homecoming
Every summer I make a pilgrimage to one of my former homes whether to Wisconsin for my hometown's Catfish Days celebration, South Florida after all the snow birds have already flown up North, or Beantown sporting a Red Sox cap. This year, my homecoming is to South Florida. Although happy to be back in the…
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A Conversation with Author of When All Balls Drop
As a more intimate way to get to know me and my story, I thought it only appropriate to invite you to have a conversation in my backyard. Let me share with you why I wrote my inspirational memoir, When All Balls Drop, its take aways, and who helped me along the way. I look…
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Look Up Day – The Shoe on the Other Foot
Although Look Up Day started as a way for me to reframe various scares that were happening in my life: traumatic accident, long, out-of-home recovery from a broken neck, relationship turmoil, relearning tasks as an adult, and lost of career, I want to share this day and philosophy with you and others. Celebrated each 27th…
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