Thel­ma Zirkel­bach has writ­ten per­son­al essays, poet­ry, and romance nov­els. Writ­ing as Lor­na Michaels, she authored the first Jew­ish romance nov­el pub­lished by Har­le­quin. She recent­ly co-edit­ed On Our Own: Wid­ow­hood for Smar­ties pub­lished by Sil­ver Boomer Books. Her blog can be found at www​.wid​ow​sphere​.blogspot​.com. A speech pathol­o­gist in pri­vate prac­tice, she lives in Houston.