WIGS AND HUSBANDS

The sad truth is I'm going bald. This is due to illness, meds and stress. And, of course, I'm balding in the front, the hardest place to make a hair piece look natural. So, today I bought my second wig.

My husband went with me. The lady at the wig store was extremely helpful and knew her stuff. We paid for our purchases and headed out the door. The lady stopped us and complimented my husband on how he treated me while I was trying on the wigs.

I thought "how sad." A woman loosing her hair, for whatever reason, or just wanting to change her looks, is in a shaky emotional place. According to the sales woman most men are impatient, don't take the time to tell their wife if the wig looks good, but are quick to point it out if it doesn't compliment her face and coloring.

No wonder we have a high divorce rate.

Jesus told men to love their wives as they love the church. There are some men out there who are poor stewards of their church and show it in how they treat their wives.

I thank God for the wonderful man I married almost 27 years ago.

Smoky Mountain Romance Writers

PERMISSION GRANTED TO FORWARD THIS TO WRITERS.

The Tenth Anniversary Mountain Laurel Conference sponsored by the Smoky Mountain Romance Writers (www.SMRW.org) will be April 6-8, 2007.

We want to make this a memorable conference for our attendees and for you to be part of the fun. You can participate in three ways:

1. You can attend conference. If you are a former presenter or Laurie winner you are eligible to attend for the member’s fee. (Send in a copy of this e-mail with your registration.)

2. You can send goodies for our goody bags. We will be listing all the contributors to the conference in a special newsletter that will be given to each attendee.

3. You can donate a basket for our basket auction to raise money for victims of domestic violence.

This will probably be our last conference. The rising cost of food is becoming prohibitive. In the coming years we are looking to do one day workshops.

If you are a published, any publisher, and want to participate in the book signing please contact

Sharon Griffith before March 11^th at

KenTenhike@comcast.net

With a book list of your titles you want to have on hand at conference

Promotional materials may be sent to

Deborah Brent

4225 McCloud Rd.

Knoxville, TN 37938.

If you have any questions, e-mail her at DeborahBrent@comcast.net.

Baskets may be sent to

Ginger Hood

3508 Blow Dr

Knoxville, TN 37920

If you have any questions, e-mail her at ghood05@comcast.net.

And, lastly I want to apologize for the lateness of this e-mail. After the first of the year both of my parents developed illnesses that required most of my time. Things have leveled off and there is plenty of help to care for my folks. I should have passed this off to someone else, but I’ve written this letter for every conference. I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to serve my chapter for this last conference.

I look forward to seeing you at conference.

Deborah Brent

Smoky Mountain Romance Writers, Knoxville, TN