I always lamented that I never knew what I wanted to be when I grew up.

Then I did grow up--I travelled, taught, got sick, got healthy, volunteered in soup kitchens and shelters, worked with young offenders, the elderly, and the dying. 

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Finally, I realized that through all of it, I was writing. 

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I wrote my first book, Seven Year Summer, to help me process my journey with cancer.

It was named a Finalist in the Whistler Independent Book Awards and then became an audiobook narrated by LA-based actor, composer, and filmmaker Jacqueline Kim (Netflix film "Advantageous"). 

One of the unintended surprises of Seven Year Summer was how many people—who have been ill, who have taken care of someone, or who are grieving—found something of themselves in the book. 

 

I hope there is a balm here, waiting for you.