Welcome to More French Twists! This will be a monthly newsletter to tell you more about me, Janine Winters, my memoir (French Twists–A Tale of Testing, Travel and Triumph) and hopefully some exciting and interesting things I can share with you.

I have lived a good long life and I am grateful for the many blessings. Some of these came after dealing with trials and tribulations, various challenges, many of which are detailed in my memoir.

Why I Wrote My Memoir

I spent a lot of time thinking about my life story. And I researched to find out more about it.

But why did I want to have a memoir? Why tell my story?

I suppose like most people I had a few reasons. First of all, I wanted my family, my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, to know more about me. I remember when I was young seeing a portrait of my great-grandmother when she was twenty years old. I marveled at it and wondered about her life.

I also realized that I had led a challenging life. And I have had many triumphs over the years despite troubles and much travel.

I didn’t want others to spread false information about me and my life.

I owed it to myself and to my family to tell the true story and this motivated me to share my journey.

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One of the benefits that came from doing a memoir is that I could look back over my life, the struggles and the triumphs, and see how all my experiences taught me much about life.

These life lessons are very important to me. I hope that in sharing them I will help others, especially my younger family members, the descendants who are living their life and finding their way and purpose.

Most important to me is to be loving and kind. I had to learn to forgive, not just others, but also myself. We all make mistakes. But if we learn from our mistakes then we grow. And hopefully, we can avoid making the same mistakes again.

Other life lessons I have learned include not giving up when the going gets tough. My experiences have included learning much about business and I have had some success. I also have learned to paint, to cook, to do hydroponic farming, and more. You can read more about those experiences on my website.

I hope that you continue to read my newsletters and visit my website. And please feel free to tell others. We are building a community of fellow readers and life voyagers and this makes me very happy. Thank you for reading and may your days be filled with life lessons, joy and love!