like all the candles
represented in the sweep
of a lighthouse beam
so does each of our stories
shed light on the downfall of
individuals, our homes
our cities, our nation.

together we can take the heat
and scrutiny and public disbelief
because there is power
in each of our stories
the power of hope, of heart
of healing

silence is our weakness
the perceived baptism of fire
becomes our deliverance
heat cannot harm us
finding our voices from
within the adversity
will bring us back
to our beloved freedom.

Announcing - A Brand New Book!

"Spin Cycles: Tips for Mental Wellnesss!"

This mini-book was inspired by the "The Messengers for Change" movement. Click on the image link below to find out more about this program.

Books Available Now

If you would like to purchase the books by check or money order, please print out a blank invoice.

"Spin Cycles: Tips for Mental Wellnesss!" Plans are underway to create a new E-book for this publication! But don't wait, this book can be ordered now in hard cover.

 "Rungs of A Ladder"

Steps Out Of Darkness

Rungs of A Ladder

This is a twelve-step program that I wrote for myself as I moved from a group identity to an individual and personal identity. It was adapted from A Hunger for Healing by Keith Miller.

 "Life On Tap"

Prayers Under Pressure

Life On Tap

The contrast from living in a pressure cooker world where every move, look, emotion, choice of clothing and hair style was scrutinized to facing social and professional pressures as I struggled to find balance in a new world - where I had no history - taught me to retreat deep inside where a rich prayer life developed and spilled out and over into poetry.

 "Spin Cycles: Tips for Mental Wellnesss!"

A portion of this new book is part of the personal journal taken by the author -- how she evolved from being a 'basket case' into a new way of being and living.


Click here for a list of poems found in
  • "On the Rungs of a Ladder"
  • "Life of Tap: Prayers under Pressure"
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Completed Manuscripts:

Snapshots: Moments in Recovery

This selection of narrative poems were actual issues I found myself dealing with in the aftermath of leaving one world and entering a new world, outside all I had ever known.

Moon Beams: A Peek at Feminine Energies

After a life-time of repressing my natural talents, creativity and emotions, I was frightened by the emergence of energy. At first, I channeled this energy into poetry as a way to look at what was going on with me.

Other Completed Manuscripts: