This book has been in my thoughts for so many years prior to my actually writing it, that it feels a bit weird to be just about there. I didn’t expect to have the urge to write my story until I was much older and “retired”. But I soon found myself in my early 40’s and not working after selling a business. I made a conscious decision to stay home while my son was in high school and there I was, one snowy day in February, not working and looking at my computer. “It must be time,” I told myself. When I finally mustered the courage to actually begin typing, the words that had been locked in my head all those years flowed freely.
I found my writing coaches who guided me and encouraged me to continue writing and thinking about everything I had been through in my life. They kept my momentum going even when I thought this project would never end!
This book means so much more than just words on a page to me. It has been a therapeutic journey that I need to complete to move on with the rest of my life. I have written, and I have helped myself heal in the process. I hope that this journey you are about to take in reading my book is as sad, funny and mentally stimulating for you to read, as it was for me to write. I will then know I was able to get my feelings and words across. I hope I will be able to reach and help others heal the way I have, throughout my life and during this writing process.
