The conversation with Meg Stafford was a very interesting conversation. We both talked about the relationship that I have with my daughter and her relationship with her daughters. Meg Stafford is a writer who loves exploration of all kinds. Her 2011 memoir, Topic of Cancer, won six literary awards (including being named "Best First Book" by the IBPA's Benjamin Franklin Awards) for its engrossing and hilarious portrayal of surviving and thriving after a life-altering diagnosis of breast cancer. For 25 years, she has been observing how small, remarkable moments enrich our lives in her monthly newspaper column, "A Moment's Notice." As a social worker in private practice, she's been helping others negotiate the terrain of relationships and connections for over 35 years. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband, two dogs, and one large cat. Award-winning memoirist Meg Stafford has an adventurous spirit, and this time, she takes us along for the ride. When her daughters venture into terra incognita – one of them meditating in the Himalayas and the other providing unarmed protection in the Colombian countryside – Stafford decides to go too. In the process, she reflects on her own lifetime of wanderlust and what it means for a parent to love and let go. Generous, insightful, and deeply funny, Stafford is the ideal tour guide for a journey as big as the world and as intimate as the human heart. Keepin It Real w/ Caramel Podcast know readers are going to read the perspectives from both daughters, giving readers a three-dimensional look at Nepal, Bhutan, and Colombia, as well as what it’s like to negotiate relationships between parent and young adult. This heartwarming book earned early praise and is now available in select bookstores north of Boston and online at major retailers, including Amazon. Please read this novel "Who Will Accompany You?: My Mother-Daughter Journeys Far from Home and Close to the Heart"

“Meg Stafford hopes that readers will see a bit of themselves and new possibilities in these pages. For young adventurers, she hopes from their experiences, fans will have enthusiasm and remind them that there is so much to discover and embrace. For parents, Meg hopes their reflections help peope know that you can be the air under your children's wings -- even when clipping those wings might feel like the safer course of action,” said Meg Stafford. “Our travels highlighted that parent/child relationships don’t end, but they do change shape over time. It was enlightening to reflect upon that gradual transition throughout the pages of the book.”

Stafford’s first memoir, Topic of Cancer: Riding the Waves of the Big C, won six literary awards, including being named Best First Book by the IBPA’s Benjamin Franklin Awards. Since first appearing on Amazon, Who Will Accompany You? is earning early accolades as well and has become an “Instant #1 New Release in Travelogues and Travel Essays,” as well as an “Amazon Bestseller in Family Travel Guides, Family Travel, and Parenting Teenagers.”

“With Who Will Accompany You?, her second memoir, Meg Stafford, illuminates how there may be no greater test in parenting than trekking around the globe with your adult daughters. While she will always be Mom, this is a delightful masterclass in auditioning one another as adult fellow travelers,” commented Mark Gianino, Ph.D., MSW, Clinical Associate Professor, Boston University School of Social Work. “The voices of Meg, Kate, and Gale are distinct, while their love, humor, and trust are the bungee cords holding these three together, supple and strong. A humor-filled and colorful triumph!” If you want to contact with Meg Stafford, please Visit her websites @ www.MegStafford.com and http://www.whowillaccompanyyou.com/ - get social with Meg on IG | Linkedin - Thank you for listening and if you want to be heard email [email protected] or follow me on Instagram @mscaramellucas