Melissa's husband passed away, when she was in her mid 40s. She knew she had to go on for her children. Initially, Melissa found herself on autopilot. She had a realization that she needed to live for herself, because life mattered to her. Melissa always wanted to be a novelist, so she took a bold leap of faith and became a writer/author/novelist. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: live for ourselves we need boundaries change and growth are always possible even a small step at a time gets us through it life is constant change we have the agency to make the changes we want to see in our lives tags: Melissa Connelly, writer, author, novelist, What Was Lost, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,