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I am striking while the fire is hot! I've now published my fourth book entitled Camp Unity - Where Everyone Shines! This book I started back in 2010 or 2011 when my son was young and started attending the YMCA Claim Flaming Arrow in Hunt, TX that closed two years ago due to budget constraints. Sean loved attention camp so much. I would even get emotional at the closing ceremony when the kids would march in all smelly and dirty, chanting their songs. I didn't even know about camps when I was...

I haven’t blogged since the beginning of the month, but I have been working.

I completed the audio recording for An Anthology of Loss, Healing, and Resilience and it is currently undergoing a quality review by ACX. Fingers crossed, it will pass and I can publish the audiobook to Audible!

I also dusted off two children’s books that I wrote back in 1998 and 1999 - Clara and Karen’s Big Adventure – A Guardian Angel Story and The ABCs of the Fairy Realm. Clara was penned when my niece Karen, at...

Happy Forth of July! For the last several days, I have been working to record the audio book. I have each chapter completed but need to review the last for chapters to clean up and misstatements or audio sounds. I hope to have an audio book published in the next few weeks. Stay tuned!

I turned 21 on June 18, 1982. I was not killed as I had feared. As my life progressed, I flinted from one relationship to the next, each with a person that was only meant to be a temporary passenger on my life’s journey. In 1987, I was asked by a friend if I would agree to become the President of the local Claims Association. I did. It was the sitting Treasurer who informed me that United Services Automobile Association (USAA), a company out of San Antonio, Texas, was coming to New Orleans...

As I stated in the last blog, my former boyfriend’s new girlfriend – I will call her “Sue” - would be the bridge for me to communicate with Karen. The year is 1982, and my 21st birthday is approaching. I started having the irrational fear that I might be killed just like Karen was in 1972. I also started having dreams about Karen where I tried to reach out to help her, but she would just run away from me every time I got close. I had also started feeling Karen’s presence around me. This...

Taking the day off to celebrate my 65th birthday! I hope you all have a wonderful day!

In the years following Karen’s murder, life continued as normal - her death was never mentioned and she was never discussed.

In January 1973, my mom gave birth to my little brother. When she was not at work, her full attention was on him and rightfully so. My parents are still drinking, and my home life is always chaotic. My older sisters, four and five years older than me, are busy with their own lives, finishing high school and starting careers. I was effectively raising myself. Generally,...

It was 1998, and I was 37 years old, when I attended a two-week advanced hypnosis class with some friends. Yes, hypnosis is real. No, not everyone can be hypnotized – you must be able to focus for the time it takes to go under. Hypnosis cannot make you do anything that is against your moral, ethical, or personal beliefs. In other words, if you would bark like a dog under hypnosis, you will likely do so during your everyday life without prompting. Anyway, we were practicing parts therapy that...

It took 28 years to complete An Anthology of Loss, Healing, and Resilience, though it feels like a blink of an eye compared to publishing the book. The original name was Love's True Heart - A Reflection on Love, Loss, and Healing. I changed the name after getting feedback that readers might find the title confusing since it deals with more than one type of loss. I agreed and An Anthology was born! At first I tried to go the traditional route (under the original title) by finding an agent, but...