A lot of you know that I, by no means, ever considered
writing as a way for me to express and communicate what is in my heart and
soul. Writing didn’t come easy to me as
a kid. Doing papers in school were not
my favorite. I had a hard time putting
words to what I was feeling. However, if you
gave me a research paper to do then I was all for it! I loved and still do love research type of
papers.
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| 1st edition of book |
It was not until 2014, when my angel prayer was published in
the book 365 Days of Angel Prayers, did I realize I might have something to share in the world. I felt a stirring in my heart to explore
writing; writing as a way to express and
share my love with the world.
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| 2nd edition book signing |
The second edition of the angel book came out in 2016. I had the opportunity to be part of the book
signing for the book in Phoenix, AZ in May 2017. I met the publisher as well as the other
wonderful co-authors in the book.
I was beginning to feel that the Universe wanted me to
write. Everyone has a story to tell but I had to
ask…what was mine? What did I have to
share with the world that could help make a difference? So many experiences up until this point…what
needed to be told and shared?
I asked the Universe ‘if I am meant to write and share a message to the world then show me how and what that message is. I am open to the guidance.’
So…now we come to how Women Who Influence came about…
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| with Kate |
A bit of a back story of how I met the wonderful publisher,
Kate Butler. In the summer of 2016, Kate
had attended one of my events where I was playing the crystal singing
bowls. She had come up to me afterwards
and asked if I would be interested in playing for her retreat. I said YES!
She took my card and we moved on.
In January 2017, I was playing the crystal singing bowls at
an event and guess who was there?
Yes…Kate! We glanced at each
other thinking we knew each other but couldn’t place each other where we had
met…you know that sort of thing. During
the lunch break we got talking to figure out where we had met. We remembered it was at the workshop in the
summer of 2016! She then goes on to say
she had misplaced my information and her retreat was coming up at the end of
the month – would I be able to play at her retreat? Seriously?????? I did have a busy looking month but you know
the date she was holding the retreat was the only Saturday in the month I had
nothing planned! LOVE!!!!!!!!
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| At Kate's Retreat |
We returned from the retreat on Sunday, June 4th. Monday, June 5th, Kate and I touched base and by the end of the conversation the seed was planted…Women Who Influence co-author!
The Universe wasted NO time here to answer my question! I still had NO idea what I would write
about! I am also thinking (the mind at work here) am I a woman
who influences? Me? So much going through my head but my head was
NOT in charge – this I knew. Even
though my mind was telling me all sorts of things, my heart and soul were
JUMPING FOR JOY!
I took a VERY deep breath and committed to the book project.
That commitment was made on the New Moon, June 23. Most of you know my passion for the moon –
how I flow through life and my work with the phases of the moon.
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| Captured by my brother-in-law 2 weeks after I committed to the book project on our family vacation in Outer Banks, NC |
A month later – in July 2017 - there was another opportunity
to write. This time the book
collaboration was about meditations. I
am a sound healer and offering meditation is part of my mission. So, of course, this book was in complete
alignment with my soul. I was spending a
week in my favorite city, NYC, and the meditations poured out of me while I was
sitting in Central Park. I couldn’t
believe it. The words appeared magically
into my journal. There are two
meditations published in the book 111
Morning Meditations.  |
| Central Park, NYC |
The message provided by Divine Intelligence is
clear…WRITE!!!!!!!! But now the question
still remained…what do I write about?
Stay tuned to my next blog post as to how my chapter topic and title
unfold…
