Changing Gears Launch Day!

Today is the day. My book “Changing Gears” is out. I feel like it is my birthday, graduation, anniversary and Mother’s Day all in one. I believe I am what some would call titillated.

Yesterday, I celebrated by taking a long, 70-mile bike ride through the White Mountains with only the company of chipmunks and Pileated Woodpeckers. It was a beautiful, warm spring day and I gulped in the smells of warm pine-needled forest floors, wet-mossy streams and the earth coming to life. The sights of bluets, forsythia and daffodils and the tenderest of translucent green leaves peeking out from their buds made the land seem to glow from within.

All through the ride my head was full of gratitude for all the people that have supported this journey. So many people have encouraged me and put up with my totally self-indulgent, self-centered musings that I am overwhelmed. I can only hope that I have learned through them how important support for each other can be. I came home exhausted, but only in body, inside I felt incredibly alive and awake.

This morning, when I mentioned to my son Oakley what was happening today he beamed. He is still so proud. We took pictures in the back yard with our book. I cautioned him that people might start taking to him about the ride again, and he said that he didn’t mind a bit. This journey has gotten us through a lot. It feels like it is the center of our compass and we still hold on to it and refer back to it again and again on good days and bad. “Remember how… remember when…remember who we are?”

So, thank you. Really, truly thank you. When I listened to a bit of the book on Audible this morning, I am embarrassed to say that I cried a little. Not because I was sad, but because my heart was so full that it couldn’t hold any more. A little bit had to slip out of my eyes.

If you are interested in reading the book, please buy or order it from your local bookstore. If that is not possible, it is available for purchase on Amazon and Audible or you can order it directly through Familius Press at https://www.familius.com/book/changing-gears/

And lastly, please come celebrate with us! My book launch is May 26^th at 7PM at Lighthouse Bikes, 72 Ocean St Unit 106, South Portland, Maine 04106. Oakley and I will be giving a brief talk with a Q&A and a signing. Makes me nervous as anything, but I have definitly learned that being uncomfortable is often what growing it is all about.

For those eager to continue helping please consider:

-Share this title with as many people as possible. A quick note to friends and family can go a long way in getting it out there. If you are able-please spread the word.

-Sharing your favorite quote from the book on social media platforms with #(ChangingGears)

-Let me know which blogs, podcasts, and shows you think would enjoy my book! Better yet, give them a heads-up that they should read my work.

-Ask your local library or bookstore to purchase and stock Changing Gears

-Leave a review on Goodreads, Barnes and Noble, and Amazon- you can even copy and paste the review from one platform onto the other two!

 Please shoot me an email leahdaylcsw@gmail.com to let me know your thoughts about the book and to share your reviews, so that I may express my thanks to you, personally.

Please reach out to my publicist Jaiden at Jaiden@familius.com with any questions about my book. Okay, now I will pipe down.

Thank you for humoring me,

Leah