Publisher LaShaunda Hoffman caught my attention several years ago when I read about her website, Shades of Romance, in the Writer's Digest magazine. Her website was one of the top ones on the Net and remains that. I've gotten to know LaShaunda via email and she inspires me with her energy and commitment. Here's LaShaunda:"When I think of strong women, I think of my mother, Brenda J. Turner. She lost her mother at the age of nine. I believe that’s what made her the kind of mother she is today. She always wanted a mother, so she took all those feelings and became the mother she wanted.
She instilled in her three daughters a commitment to family, a hard work ethic, and to give back. She taught me to be strong even when my world is falling apart. When she was diagnosed with Lupus, she didn’t withdraw into herself. She kept going. She once told me if she stayed in bed every time she didn’t feel good, she’d never get out of the bed.
She is one who believes in dreams. She gave me my first typewriter at sixteen, when I decided to be a bestselling writer. She’s my biggest encourager even when 27 years later it hasn’t happen. She says God has a plan and I believe her.
My mother now battles diabetes. It keeps her from doing a lot of things she use to do, because she has dialysis three times a week. However she stays positive and is grateful the Lord keeps her here. I too am grateful for each day I have with her and for the example she sets in being a good strong woman.
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About LaShaunda:
In the real world, LaShaunda C. Hoffman is a happily married mother of three. She works for the government and is a Navy vet. In her fantasy life she loves, she is the publisher of Shades Of Romance Magazine - SORMAG. An award winning online magazine for readers and writers of multi-cultural literature. She is a contributor for the anthology, How I Met My Sweetheart. She is currently on the path to publication, working on a Christian romance and hunting for a literary agent.
Catch her online: SORMAG - http://sormag.blogspot.com, See Ya On The Net, her personal blog - http://lashaunda.blogspot.com
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Thanks Lyn,
For having me here. I always stop by to read about other strong women.
LaShaunda,
What a wonderful story about your mother! So sweet.
My mother inspired me by going back to school to become an RN. And she always taught me I could do anything I wanted when I grew up. :)
An interesting note. The type nursing my mother ended up doing for many years was working with dialysis patients. :)
Thanks for entering me in your generous giveaway!
My mother was only 16 when I was born and she inspired me in so many ways, but most importantly in my faith and my love for reading.
Blessings,
Hi LaShauda,
So nice reading about your mama. Mothers are so special, aren't they?
My mother believed every woman needed to have a profession. Because of her encouragement, I became a medical technologist, which was my day job for a number of years.
Like you, LaShaunda, I also had a burning desire to write. Eventually that dream came true. Unfortunately, my mom died before I published, but I know she's smiling down from heaven and proud of the work I'm doing now.
Congrats on your success, LaShaunda, and thanks for your service to our country!
A Navy vet!!
I'm former Army!!
Great story.
My mother is the prayer warrior of our family and everyone calls her for prayer!!
Hi LaShaunda,
My mother inspired me because she raised three children and always provided for us, even when my parents got divorced. You know how mothers can sometimes be your best friend? I always felt like she was that for me. I think I had great values and teenage years because of her.
Thanks for this post, LaShaunda.
LaShaunda, your mother is an inspiration and very strong to keep a positive attitude with chronic illnesses. God bless her and thanks for sharing her story.
My mother believed in me, too. She was getting up in years when I told her I was writing a novel. She said she hoped to live long enough to see me published. She didn't, but I'll always treasure her assumption that it would happen.
Janet
LaShaunda!!! Wonderful blog, girl, and very inspiring!! You are blessed to have such a great and supportive relationship with your mom. Regrettably, my mom and I didn't get along, so the "strong woman" who encouraged me was my little sister who supported and loved me like no one ever has. I began writing my debut novel A Passion Most Pure when I was 12, and my sister Kate (then 9), would beg me to read it to her every night. Today, true to her nature, she has become an incredibly supportive mom herself and still one of my biggest cheerleaders today.
Hugs,
Julie
Hi, LaShaunda. I loved the story about your mom.
My mom had eight kids in eleven years and we lived in a two bedroom farmhouse until her sixth child was born, at which point we added on and then lived in a THREE bedroom farmhouse.
And you know what? She always made us feel like we were a blessing. That is one gifted woman. :)
LaShaunda, your mom changed the world by changing her own life. Wonderful inspiration.
I learned God's concept of how He is strong in our weakness by watching my very fragile mother at the end of her life. Even though severely mentally ill, she did to the least of these. She went around her nursing home getting water, feeding other patients, or getting a nurse when they needed it. I learned strength is in the giving not the taking from my mom.
Angie Breidenbach
Wonderful Comments! My mom, a single mom, inspired me too.
Wow I checked the message before I left work yesterday and didn't get a chance last night. So I want to say thank you so much for all who posted.
What wonderful mothers and sister you all have. My mom is my best friend and I pray one day my daughter will say the same.
You guys have blessed me with your comments that I would like to give out a SORMAG goody bag to one reader. I forgot to mention that in the blog. Its a bag with a few books and other goodies.
I let Lyn do the honor of choosing our two winners.
Thanks again :)
LaShaundra, how lovely to hear about your mom...and what poignant words they are, to me, because I lost my own mom October 17th, and from the time I was a little girl, she was sure that I would become a writer. Her last full sentence to me was, "You know what's so bad about this? I never got to finish you last book, and I'll never get to read your new ones." To be thinking about that while she was slipping away just emphasized how much loving support she'd given me all these years.
Best wishes to you in all your endeavors, laShaundra.
Oh, Roxanne, I'm so sorry for your loss. What a sweet, sweet mother.
Hi Lyn, I hope it isn't too late to comment. I loved the interview with LaShaunda. What an inspiring story about her mom.
Thanks for sharing that with us.
My mom was very instrumental in my writing career. She always believed in me. But the most interesting thing she did was she typed or processed all my early manuscripts on a pc computer. I wrote by hand and didn't know how to use a computer. She went to the local junior college and learned and processed all my manuscripts for me.
It was a special time when a manuscript was finished. I'd fly up to her house at Lake Tahoe and we'd spread the pages all over the floor and proofread them. so fun.
She encouraged me for many years and I feel her encouragement from heaven now.
Thanks again for sharing.
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