For my friends living in and around Pennsylvania, I'm so grateful to my friends at The Benedictine Gift Shop for their amazing support for my work and for their customers. One look at their Facebook page shows the wonderful array of gifts and books they carry, including now MY books!

With Mother's Day, Spring sacraments, and graduations coming up, you can find my Ave Maria Press books for Moms, the entire Chime Traveler Kids series, and my children's picture books there, plus all kinds of other great things for you and your family.

If you stop in, please give a big thanks to Bonnie and her team for the hard work they do to support our families.

Find the store at 139 Church St, St Marys, PA 15857.

(Are you a bookstore that shares my books? If yes, please reach out so I can share your store here!)

Sharing today on the blog some insights on ANGER that came from a surprising source: the bad guy in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. Read about it at https://lisahendey.com/on-anger-heart-changing-wisdom-from-grindelwald/

Grateful to my sister and bestie Erin for recommending “From Scratch” by Tembi Locke.

This book had me alternating between tears and an unshakable craving for pasta! Seriously though, such a great audiobook listen, beautifully written and narrated by Locke. As we near almost a year of being without our beloved mother, I am finally almost able to emotionally handle books that lean heavily into the topic of grief. In journeying with Tembi, I learned so much about my own emotions.

If you’ve read this book I would love to hear from you!

Latest audiobook: “Little Fires Everywhere”. This engrossing story of mothers and daughters and family really left me thinking. I will probably watch the series soon.

Have you read or seen it? Thoughts?

And isn’t the library the best thing ever? Loving my Libby app so much.