Summary of 'Life's Challenges, A Short Story Collection'

'Life's Challenges, A Short Story Collection' touches on some of the things that many can associate with. Some of the stories are written in a serious vein while others are written with humor. But all are written keeping in mind the unique relationships between people and the diverse situations in which many find themselves involved.

'Life's Challenges' includes twenty-one stories encompassing unique situations, some based on a small piece of fact on which the story was built. In "My Mother's Fur Coat', Ms. Behnish's mother did actually fall into a ditch in her fur coat, however the rest of the story is pure fiction. Included also is the story of a daughter's struggle with her mother's increasing dementia, and one on the feelings of aging by an elderly woman.

All of the stories in 'Life's Challenges' are written from Ms. Behnish's unique perspective and will cause the reader to think about life's possibilities.