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This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness Excerpt Chapter #46 Off The Mountain Of Silence Flows A River Of Words When my mother came to live with me… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: #46 Off The Mountain Of Silence Flows A River Of Words

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness Excerpt Chapter #44 Cranes On The Cliffs Of Moher In County Clare Art is my way to find the good in… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: Chapter #44 Cranes On The Cliffs Of Moher In County Clare

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness Excerpt Chapter #43 Part II. Light Where Darkness Had Been By the time I arrived, my father’s friends were gathering in… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: Chapter #43 Part II. Light Where Darkness Had Been

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness Excerpt Chapter #43 Part I. Heavenly Souvenir On The Vacation To Hell My task was the fire maker, which was the… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: Chapter #43 Part I. Heavenly Souvenir On The Vacation To Hell

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness Excerpt Chapter #42 Part II. Longing For Belonging I had surrendered my shields and stood bare before them, and those who… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: Chapter #42 Part II. Longing For Belonging

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness Excerpt Chapter #42 Part I. Raining In The Monastery Outside the window, silver olive trees follow the roll of the Italian… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: Chapter #42 Part I. Raining In The Monastery

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness Excerpt Chapter #41 Bodhi Is Born If I wished to get pregnant, I would have to take hormones, gain weight, and… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: Excerpt Chapter #41 Bodhi Is Born

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness Excerpt Chapter #40 Part II. The Lavender Karate Gi The first phone conversation with my son filled a dark, cold place… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: Excerpt Chapter #40 Part II. The Lavender Karate Gi

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness Excerpt Chapter #40 Part I. Waiting Is Worth Waiting For Twenty years, five months, and fourteen days ago, I watched my… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: Excerpt Chapter #40 Part I. Waiting Is Worth Waiting For

This art featured in my memoir, Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness is included as a moment of serenity between chapters and does not necessarily have any literal connection to the story. Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness Excerpt Chapter #39 Hummingbird Heart I awoke remembering a vivid dream of a woman with her two small children clinging to… Continue reading INCANDESCENCE: Excerpt Chapter #39 Hummingbird Heart