“Each story is intended to lead into the next, building on it and adding to it in the same way a house is built; prepare the ground, build the foundation, create walls, ceilings and floors, then paint and furnish to create a thing of beauty and function.

For me, this is a gathering of the very best, deepest, most beautiful flowering of my mind’s efforts to – essentially – write what my body experiences, and what has helped me to recover and improve myself, in an effort to help you, too, and maybe offer some hope. I like the idea of gathering all of it – the flowering and the transformations I’ve undergone -into something that, hopefully, is a gift to others. And this is really why I wrote this book - for others – because I receive the deepest delight in my core when someone reads something I’ve written, and says, “That’s what I felt, but I thought I was the only one!” I want everyone to know that they are not the only one, that they are not alone, and that more people understand than they might think. We are all connected to each other.”