“I know God promises not to give me more than I can handle. I just wish he didn’t trust me so much.” –Mother Teresa
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” — Marcel Proust
“A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” — John Steinbeck
“I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it.” — Rosalia de Castro
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow’.” — Mary Anne Radmacher
I’m like a kaleidoscope. I’ve been many places, done many things. My life is not predictable and one of my worst fears professionally is to be anyone’s foregone conclusion. Writer. Artist. Web developer. Trained death investigator. Companion. Librarian. Student. Navy. Lay visitor/minister. A mish-mash of so many different careers.
Writer is dearest to my heart, of course. Like God, it’s been with me my entire life. I wrote my first poem when I was 4. I wrote my first novel and had my first professional article published when I was 14. It is my blood. It is my breath.
Cats. They’re a part of me, too. All rescues who, like me, have seen worst times and better times. Lucullus “Lucas” Maximus, a 7-year old, 30+ pound red-headed gentleman, Kira Nerys, my petite flamepoint Siamese and Alpha female, and Curzon Dax, my darling dilute red tabby baby. They are my children and add unconditional love and boundless humor to my days. Like God, they’re always here and love me even when I’m wretched and no good to anyone, even myself.
And now, as I prepare to finish the final edit of my novel, TYPICAL MALE, and struggle to survive as a low-income, disabled person. . .I continue this journal of the journey. Won't you join me along the road?
Welcome to my strange Bootsie life!
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