{"product_id":"9781946043122","title":"Learning to Enjoy the Roller Coaster","description":"\u003cp\u003eMy gran chose to compare life to a roller coaster, and I could see the wisdom in that. So I went along with it, even though I really didn’t understand the full meaning when I was younger.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eGran told me about the amusement park attraction when I was a little girl, but being content to live in rural South Dakota, I haven’t had the opportunity to ride the real thing. I thought the dips and loops my life had taken were exciting enough without it, and by thinking that way, I completely missed the point Gran was trying to make. I always reacted to the events in my life instead of creating them, which proved to be a problem when I found myself with an empty nest, divorce papers, and no life goals the year I turned forty.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eI drifted for a while, but with the nudge of a younger man who turned out to be another wonderful accident that I embraced, I found the strength to start over in a different direction and, for the first time, on my terms. I realized that forty isn’t the end of the ride and that from now on I want to be the one who determines my own fate. I just needed the courage to grab the controls and to make up my mind to begin learning to enjoy the roller coaster.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Merissa V. Grayson, Esq.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154646089968,"sku":"9781946043122","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781946043122_p0.jpg?v=1763798486","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781946043122","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}