
Finding My Voice I remember telling people that I wanted, or rather, that I was going to write a book. I felt stupid but yet heavily expectant that this was my 'thing.' No matter how silly I felt I would say this over and over again, out loud, but honestly nothing happened for years. I took advice and trie d to do the whole thing of, 'write what you know' deal and just nothing clicked. The projects I would start would hit walls or I would lose interest, and who would want to read my book if I didn't even want to write it. Life then took over and I forgot about this dream. Then one day my career and employment changed dramatically and my life felt upside down. I didn't know what to do with my life, or what a positive step would look like in that moment. I was completely stuck. One morning I woke up with a single word on my lips, 'books.' I immediately recalled the meeting I had with my son's school teacher just a couple of days before and