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A special visit with author Tia Shurina

2/20/2017

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by Gwendolyn M Plano
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Indie author Tia Shurina visits today as part of her Blog Tour with 4WillsPublishing. Her journey has captured the attention of many in the media and in the writing world. Her book, Everything and a Happy Ending, is an award-winning memoir published by Mascot Books. It is the soulful story of Tia and the trail she took to transform her life. After moving through her own metamorphosis, she helped an old friend, Ray Romano, move through his own transition, going with the flow very privately, but most profoundly. I extend my special welcome to Tia Shurina.

      Thank you so much, Gwen, for hosting this last day…a happy ending indeed for my book’s first blog tour. Your generosity and each of your kindnesses are a special first for me.
 
I am a woman of great faith…in a Universe that we, as humans, co-create our lives with.  Beautiful balance…divine purpose and human free choice.  When I shared very privately a prayer to my God with Ray to “give it all back” if it meant I could give it all to him…everything, and it was answered by a God that, for me, is only ever a loving force, by helping to guide that prayer into action, it was a gift of a lifetime.  I really did give everything, not just tangible and obvious, like precious time and physical stuff, but everything that rippled out from the very intangible as well, including my trust.  After the long journey to learn just how to do that, place my trust in another, any movement at all came to mean to me that I no longer trusted him.  In that devotion to trust, I truly did,  “give it all back”…and after giving it all to Ray, it really, truly, returned me to a place, internally, that I spent many years trying to get out of.  And that internal state of strife and angst quickly manifested on my outsides again as well.
 
I thank God and that loving Universe, always at my back, for answering another prayer I eventually placed before them…to help me start moving again…in the stillness and peace I had started to finally move in as an adult, with my dad’s help, quite different than the standstill that started rotting me and my life in my lack of movement.

​A short excerpt from my book:

      As children, we don’t have a lot of choice. Our decisions are usually made for us. As an adult, the choices and decisions become all ours. Our choice, to accept or not accept, become the question.  We each take our own journey, we each get our own choice. We can’t make choices for each other. We have to choose for ourselves. Otherwise, we’re still man-children and women-children, as we let others make our decisions for us, as we allow others to tell us what to do, as we forsake our true selves and give our power away to others. As we accept that for ourselves. It’s the only life we can control, our own. The only life we can save is our own, at least that’s what Mary Oliver’s insightful and inspiring poem, “The Journey”, shares as her truth. A lot of wisdom is held within its incredible moving words, that I connected to and claimed as truth along my way. I couldn’t save my parents, nor could I save Larry, nor… Emilio.


Contact information:

Website: http://everythingandahappyending.com

​Twitter: @everythingAAHE

​Amazon

​News Release: PRNewswire
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​Sponsor: 4WillsPublishing
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17 Comments
Joy Nwosu Lo-Bamijoko link
2/20/2017 11:00:54

With God, everything is possible, Tia. And remember, God is LOVE! He doesn't have favorites! :D Thank you, Gwen for hosting her.

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tia shurina link
2/21/2017 06:34:36

Good morning Joy, I agree. And, what a blessed way to "be" in this world...firm in faith that everything is possible! I also agree, trusting also that since God is only love...how can I be anything other? #AllYouNeedIsLove! Thank you for the beautiful remind as i start my day! I hope yours is just divine.

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Gwen Plano
2/21/2017 09:07:08

Thank you, Joy. It was a pleasure hosting Tia.

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Mae Clair link
2/20/2017 11:34:36

That's a riveting excerpt filled with many truths. And the ending is something that would keep me reading ahead.
I'm glad you found peace and balance, Tia. Wishing you much success on your tour and, of course, a happy ending! :)
Thank you, Gwen, for hosting Tia today.

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tia shurina link
2/21/2017 06:41:47

Thank you so much Mae, for stopping by & sharing your thoughts. I feel so strongly "true" happiness can only come when we are at peace inside, feeling a balance within our own self. It took me awhile...& oh what a challenging journey to get there...but, an oh so beautiful one that I would never turn back on! Thank you for your warm & caring wishes, and I same right back your way!

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Gwen Plano
2/21/2017 09:10:54

Thank you, Mae, for visiting. And, Tia, thank you for being radiant YOU!

John Fioravanti link
2/21/2017 05:59:58

A great finale for your blog tour, Tina! Thanks for hosting, Gwen!

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Gwen Plano
2/21/2017 09:09:20

Thank you for visiting, John. Always appreciated....

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tia shurina link
2/21/2017 19:06:42

Thank you so much John!!

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tia shurina link
2/21/2017 06:48:02

Dear Gwen, what a perfect Viktor Frankl quote to just spot to reinforce you were a right & perfect host for my last day of my 1st tour. All about choice & control over our own attitudes. Another one of those wonderous Winks & Nods from God I am so fond of....that your lovely angel wings were the last thing I looked at before heading to bed other night after reading your own post with another host, & awaken to see those wings smiling at me again as my host!! I feel so blessed. Thank you.

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Gwen Plano
2/21/2017 09:08:38

It was my honor to host you, Tia. I wish you blessings abundant and continued joy. You are an inspiration.

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john howell link
2/21/2017 11:03:21

Giving is the essence of sharing the true spirit. Happiness is found in doing so. Wonderful story, Tia. Thanks, Gwen for hosting today.

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Gwen Plano
2/23/2017 06:53:26

Thank you, John, for stopping by and for your beautiful comments.

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tia shurina link
2/25/2017 18:51:35

Dear John,
Thank you for those gorgeous thoughts on giving. And also, for stopping by again to read a bit more about me. I agree...happiness is found when we share of our true selves...whether we are giving to ourselves or others! Namaste John.

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Jan Sikes link
2/22/2017 08:25:12

I have enjoyed each stop on your blog tour, Tia, and loved learning about you. Your profound faith shines through your words. Love the excerpt and the entire content of this post. Thank you for hosting, Gwen!

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Jan Sikes
2/23/2017 06:54:43

Thank you, Jan, for visiting. It's been a pleasure hosting Tia.

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Tia Shurina link
2/25/2017 18:57:06

THANK YOU! I love that word, "shine". It was so important to me I stay true to my intentions for the story & my sharing of it...& to see you choose that word brings a very special smile indeed. Peace, Joy, & Om to you dear Jan.

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