Letters to the Moon....

 " Hello Dear Friend" (A letter to my friend Sally, in Heaven) Hello Sally, dear friend. How are you? How have you been? I hope you are well. I am fine. In fact, I am living the dream! So much has happened in my life since I wrote you last year. Three days after I wrote you, I published my first book, “I am Hope.” I tried to get it ready to publish on my birthday, which was my original goal. However, it ended up being between my birthday and my Mother’s birthday. That was fine with me; it made for a nice birthday present for my Mother. Also,  I published my second book two weeks ago. This book is the Spanish language version of “I am Hope.” Life has changed so much for me in the last year. It means so much to me to see my dream realized, to actually be living this dream. To publish a book is a monumental achievement. To publish two books in a year makes me incredibly proud. I have received many lovely comments about the book. Many people have spoken to ...

I sit and begin to write on a dark and dismal day, one of the first days of spring. The rains have come and washed away all of winter. Dark clouds gather on the horizon. This is one day in which the weather is in contrast to my reality. On March 11 of this year, I published my second book, pictured here:  The book is the Spanish version of my first book, published in April of 2015, in English, pictured here: The response I have received for both of the books has been completely overwhelming. I have received such wonderful comments from readers of both books. It means so much to me for a reader of my work, a person I have never met, to take time out of their day to write me and share their thoughts with me. It is truly an honor to hear from people whose lives have been impacted by something that I have written. I have had readers comment that they had a change in the way they viewed an experience they had in their life. I have had readers say that their perspective ch...

I received a peculiar flyer in the mail last week. It was for an educational advancement association, an organization that  I had never heard of. I did not recognize the name of the association on the flyer; I had no idea why they were contacting me. Upon further research,  I discovered it was the alumni association of the township I went to school in. Darn it, they found me, I thought to myself. As I began to read the flyer from my school, I thought I was being invited to a reunion, a special concert performance, or being informed about changes going on in the school. I have not received any mailings or informative pamphlets about the school, about class reunions, or anything whatsoever since I graduated over twenty-five years ago. Yet, as I read the flyer, I quickly learned that it was a solicitation for a monetary donation to the school. Receiving the flyer made me begin to think about high school. My school was a behemoth. There were over 4,000 students in the...

Hello everyone, I have some exciting news to share.  My second book, "Soy Esperanza," is now available on Amazon.  Here is a link to purchase the book, in paperback and Kindle formats: http://www.amazon.com/Soy-Esperanza-colecci%C3%B3n-po%C3%A9tica-Spanish/dp/0991510445/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1456943152&sr=1-1&keywords=soy+esperanza This book is the Spanish language version of my first book, “I am Hope”, which I published in April of 2015. http://www.amazon.com/I-am-Hope-Esperanza-Habla/dp/0991510410/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 The official launch date for "Soy Esperanza" will be on Friday, March 11, 2016. I am hosting an online party on Facebook that night at 6pm, Eastern Standard Time. If you are a member of Facebook, please join in the fun. If are not yet a member of Facebook, it is the perfect time to join! https://www.facebook.com/ The book launch party will be an online party, a virtual event, in Faceboo...