Written with wit wisdom and a grateful heart A Tender Distance presents fifteen finelycrafted vignettes that explore the perils and joys of raising two fearless boys from toddlerhood to young men. Mothers everywhere will relate to the hard familiar choice between holding close and letting go.Presents parenting on a highvoltage tightrope between adventure and safety in rugged conditions.Foreword FootnotesA Tender Distance is written with a calm deep grace. It is a poem of a book infused with courage sadness and beauty.Richard Goodman author of French Dirt The Story of a Garden in the South of France and Soul of Creative Writing.This is a mothers story about raising her two boys in Alaska were wilderness is just out the back door of their home. Written with wit wisdom and a grateful heart A Tender Distance presents fifteen finelycrafted vignettes that explore the perils and joys of raising two fearless boys from toddlerhood to young men. Mothers everywhere will relate to the hard familiar choice between holding close and letting go.