Mute Mama: Journals From My Month Of Silence

By Donna Rae Sanchez

Donna Sanchez challenged herself to a month of silence after listening to a TED talk which encouraged her to "think of something you thought you could never do and do it for a month, just to prove you can." She has ADHD and her kids were sure that she could never go a month without talking, so she decided to try. Her husband thought she'd talk just as much with texting and social media, so to prove him wrong, she banned the computer and her phone. Donna hoped to improve her listening skills and learn to be more present with her family and friends, so she banned the TV and radio for herself as well. Sound crazy? That's what her friends and family thought, but she was determined to try. The month didn't exactly turn out as she imagined. What she discovered was that she used busyness and technology to drown out her own difficult emotions and in the silence she was forced to come face to face with herself. She gave a TED talk about her experience and this book is simply the unedited contents of her 413 pages of personal journaling from her month of silence. If you'd like a glimpse of her life as a wife, a mother of ten and thirteen year old daughters, a caregiver, a daughter, a granddaughter and a friend fallen silent, this is the book for you. She shares deep insights into her thoughts and feelings about her home, her life, our society, and unflushed poop.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1659841216
• ISBN13: 9781659841213
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 189 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"