Facing some monsters from your past?

Our past shapes us, doesn’t it?

And I have found that we must, at times, embrace some experiences that we initially wanted to keep buried because holding it all in can make you sick.

Don’t you want to release those ghosts?

I bet you do & you want to heal.

That’s why you’re here.

You may just find yourself in some of my short narratives.

Let’s explore together how to face our past.

And grow stronger as we overcome some of the little monsters we have fed over the years because storytelling is transformative, even when those stories are difficult to tell.

Look at this one: Tell Me A Story.

All of the stories here elicit questions of how we become the people we are.

Join me in the wonder: Is it Nature or Nurture? Can we forgive the past?


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📖If you like the voice in these stories and want to go deeper, check out my memoir on Amazon. It can be transformative, especially if you need to forgive your past. Readers are calling My Father’s Daughter a page-turner. A story that might have you “laughing & crying & gasping at times.” “A complicated story told with both honesty & beauty.” 🔗LINK to Book🔗

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IDENTITY & PURPOSE. Explore how family stories shape us. Not afraid to tackle some skeletons in the closet & show how to overcome those beasts.

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An accidentally retired English teacher turned storyteller. Grinding stories of life & brewing wisdom for us to share. ☕️ Author of My Father's Daughter, a poignant story of overcoming.