Former chef, with a lifelong desire to write. Having lost my mother two and a half years ago, I have spent that time since, simply lost. She was a writer, an editor, a lover of words . . . I am trying to organize my writing now, with my mother’s voice, wisdom, and cheerleading always leading me. Her love of writing inspires me every day; and her ability to transport her reader to the very heart and soul of what she wrote about, is what I aspire to.