"Would you do it again... would you give Maya the letter?"
Some who know about it have asked me, as if I could actually turn back time. Would I give her the letter, knowing it would push away the person who'd been my comfort through my dad's alcoholism and parents' divorce; knowing that it would destroy a friendship I'd worked years to build; knowing I'd have to endure lies and unkindness from someone I believed in more than any other....
...knowing that the fallout would inspire me to attend my dream college; knowing I'd conquer homesickness and so many other fears there; knowing I'd make friends who'd become like family; knowing I'd find rewards I could have never imagined?
"And Then it Rained" is the story of how I lost my most trusted confidante... and found myself.
Some may call me a writer, an author perhaps. Yet my 80,000-word memoir, And Then It Rained: Lessons for Life, exists first and foremost because I am a dreamer.
I graduated college with degrees in Business Administration/Marketing, and Psychology, and work as a project director at a large technology organization. I enjoy my work, and love that it's allowed me to travel to many different parts of the country and overseas. But my ambitions reach well beyond my day job.
My mission is about helping kids follow their dreams, and my memoir is about showing them how. I find inspiration in any circumstance, using good times as reinforcement, and bad times as a catalyst for new and more fulfilling opportunities. A famous quote states: "Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain."
I've seen a lot of rain… and I've done a lot of dancing.