About the Author

Welcome!  Thank you for visiting!

Heather Blair is a Kentucky girl at heart, growing up in a small town she'll never leave and has a love for backroads and bluegrass landscapes.  She finds joy in the little things, like butterflies and farmers markets, friends and family gathered at the table, and catching more fish than her hubby.  Her best-selling novel is currently in her head but, in the meantime, she has been published online for over a decade.

She was honored to be among the contributing authors for two compilation books,  "360 Degrees of Grief" and "Still Standing - Because they Lived."  

You can find her monthly at stillstandingmag.com, where she shares her journey of child loss.  On a regular basis, you can read about her daily joys at joyfulchallenge.blogspot.com.

Contact: joyfulchallenge{at}gmail{dot}com 

"Joy is the smile we have inside, no matter what is happening around us."

How Joyful Challenge began....

In 2008, my world as I knew it changed forever, with the sudden loss of our 14-year-old son, Austin.  Therapy, and often survival, came in the form of writing, beginning at a memorial blog remembering him.  Along the way, I realized the pouring out of our story was also helping others.  With a gentle nudging, I chose to take another path, challenging myself to find the JOY in every day, despite the sadness I still felt.  I love and miss Austin daily but I'm living my life to honor him - and celebrating every moment it brings.  

“It is His joy that remains in us that makes our joy full.”  ~ A. B. Simpson