SimpleGiftsofLove

My life is an extraordinary adventure. I experienced the loss of children at a very young age.  I am a survivor who has chosen to learn to transform my losses into relational touchpoints to reach and assist other hurting people.

I have always wanted to learn to write.  Some of my early poetry has been published. 

I am a mother, wife, and have been a step-parent for the last 12 years.  I have been a transportation manager, truck driver,  Real Estate agent, sold cosmetics, been a bi-lingual dispatcher, translator and hostage negotiator for a police department in metro LA, counselor for prisoners, and most recently for drug and alcohol treatment clients both in-patient and now in transition. 

I serve as a Christian Community Chaplain, doing weddings and funerals, visiting hospices, hospitals, prisoners and recovering addicts.  I am a student of life as I support and mentor people in recovery and life altering transitions through relationship and spiritual direction.

I believe that because life is complex, there are neither quick fixes, nor easy answers.  Listening is paramount to hearing the heart of others.  It is through sharing our life stories that we and others are healed, learn that we are not alone and experience hope. 

My time with the struggling, hurting, and grieving, I consider a priviledge.  My experiences are the essence of my writing.  My life work, I consider to be "simple gifts of love", hence the pen name. 

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