Jo Nestor, retired adult educator, won the Leitrim Guardian Literary Award 2020. Her workhas been published in the FISH Anthology 2024 with an Honorary Mention. Her flash fictionhas also been published in A Word in Your Ear – Roscommon New Writing Anthology 2019-2023; the mental health charity Havin’ a Laugh’s Little Book of Inspiration 2020; as well asseveral editions of the broadsheet Autumn Leaves. Jo’s book reviews are available online at writing.ie She chooses to live in hope.