Des Moines Storyteller‪s‬ The Des Moines Register

When literally nothing goes right, how do you respond? By choosing joy over everything else.

As presented at the Des Moines Storytellers Project's "What Happens Next" on Feb. 25, 2020. Learn more about the series or get tickets to future shows at DesMoinesRegister.com/Storytellers.

When life handed lemons to this lawyer, she made lemonade (and hot fudge pudding cake and quiche and cheese bread).

As presented at the Des Moines Storytellers Project's "What Happens Next" on Feb. 25, 2020. Learn more about the series or get tickets to future shows at DesMoinesRegister.com/Storytellers.

How an Iowan’s long-term stay in Macedonia taught her to focus on what happens now.

As presented at the Des Moines Storytellers Project's "What Happens Next" on Feb. 25, 2020. Learn more about the series or get tickets to future shows at DesMoinesRegister.com/Storytellers.

How a near-death experience taught this cancer doctor how to truly live.

As presented at the Des Moines Storytellers Project's "What Happens Next" on Feb. 25, 2020. Learn more about the series or get tickets to future shows at DesMoinesRegister.com/Storytellers.

How putting words of loss on paper turned into something special.

As presented at the Des Moines Storytellers Project's "What Happens Next" on Feb. 25, 2020. Learn more about the series or get tickets to future shows at DesMoinesRegister.com/Storytellers.

As an anchor at WHO-HD, Erin Kiernan has put her life in the spotlight. During the Des Moines Storytellers Project's "What Happens Next" she shares a part of her life hidden from the bright lights and TV cameras — the highs and lows of trying to start a family.

Learn more about the series or get tickets to future shows at DesMoinesRegister.com/Storytellers.