Mary Fields
Mary Fields

A professional juggler of deadlines, snacks, and the occasional existential crisis - under the watchful eyes of her four cat ambassadors. She’s a mom to four amazing kids, wife to a pretty cool dude, and the reigning queen of weird dances and questionable jokes.

Through her business, The Merry Assistant, Mary helps others tell their stories with social media and virtual assistant magic. Her memoir, Forever and a Day, explores trauma, identity, and resilience - and shows that no matter how hard life gets, we always have a choice: to do good, to be good, and to foster change.

Forever and a Day : A Memoir of Trauma, Identity and Breaking the Cycle

Abandoned by her mother, ghosted by her father, and silenced by her grandmother, Mary Fields grew up fractured by abuse and neglect.

Forever and a Day
is an unflinching memoir of survival.
From a mother who signed letters with love but left her behind, to summers with a ghostlike father at the carnival, to the cold silence of her grandmother’s...