Nudges.

I just finished Golden Girl, the latest novel by Elin Hildebrand and it was everything I needed and didn’t know I needed wrapped into one glorious book. People magazine says this book “[combines] Elin Hilderbrand's trademark beach scenes, mouth-watering meals and picture-perfect homes with the heartfelt message that the people we lose never really leave us, Golden Girl is a beach book unlike any other from 'Queen of the Summer Novel’”. I literally read this book from the time I woke up on Saturday until I went to bed.

When the main character, a successful author, dies she is given a viewing window and 3 nudges to help change the course of events in the world she left behind. This book evoked all the emotions, grief, sadness, happiness, and heartwarming. When I finished the book I couldn’t help but to think…what a wonderful thought that there is someone in each of our lives “nudging” us along.

I started thinking about times when I have felt like I was being guided, or nudged by a loved one or The Universe and how those nudges have shaped the person I’ve become and the life that I’m living. I wonder who “nudged” Tom to ask my mom to dance at Westview Lounge in 1987? Or if being waitlisted at Clemson which lead to my attending Florida State University a “nudge”. Or the if the hostess job that I had my first summer working at Margaritaville in 2003 that introduced me to my keys family today was a “nudge”. Or maybe the random job I got at a title company while I was in college that lead me to get a degree in real estate and my profession for the last 15 years, maybe that was a “nudge”. I’d like to think so anyways because I don’t know about you but it’s a bit of a relief to know that I’m not the only one calling the shots in my life; makes it that much easier to quiet my ego and trust the process.

Cheers!

P.S. I included the link above to purchase the book through Elin’s hometown bookstore Nantucket Bookworks because… Support Independent Bookstores & #shopsmall.