Beverly Beckham began her writing career in 1979. Her articles and essays have appeared in newspapers and magazines around the world. Beckham wrote columns and editorials for the Boston Herald for 20 years, then moved to the Boston Globe where she wrote a Sunday column for 19 years.
Beckham is the author of A Gift of Time, a collection of personal essays; Back Then, A Memoir of Childhood, and The Best of Beverly Beckham, a Boston Globe e-book. Many of her columns have appeared in the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series including A Second Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul, A 6th Bowl of Chicken Soup for the Soul, Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul 2, Chicken Soup for the Soul - Children with Special Needs, Chicken Soup for the Soul, New Moms. Beckham is also a frequent guest on radio and TV as well as a keynote speaker for organizations nationwide.
Beckham's articles often give a voice to people who cannot speak for themselves. However, she is most known for her reflective words and ability to make her readers appreciate the joys in everyday life.
FAVORITE TOPICS
I like writing about the eternals: family, friendship, love, work, hopes, dreams, life, death, feelings and events which, even as the world changes at a dizzying pace, do not. A young person in love for the first time is a young person in love for the first time, whether it’s 1820 or 1920 or 2020. I love how these eternals connect us.
FAVORITE WRITINGS
Many of my favorite columns were written by other writers. For years, I’ve cut out essays and poems and saved them in a file. Now I cut and save them digitally. I’ve learned a lot from other writers. I’m going to share my favorite columns and poems and some of what I’ve learned here.
WHO WANTS TO SHARE AN ESSAY?
I’m thinking this should be a page for people who write to share their essays. I coach writers and I am surprised at how many unsung writers there are in this world. If you have something to share, please send via the contact page.
Quotes not only inspire me. They also intrigue me because they offer both history and a kind of immortality. “Wee steps and slow,” my Scottish mother-in-law always said. It means take one step at a time. Don’t look at the whole picture. The whole picture is too overwhelming. We say “Wee steps and slow” so often in our family that even the great-grandchildren, who never met her, who were born years after she died, when faced with an overwhelming task, say, “Wee steps and slow.” They persevere. ~ Beverly Beckham
