I have been writing since I was a child, and reading others with equal interest. Story telling is a part of my cultural heritage. In my experience, I see that sharing personal anecdotes is a way of helping people to easily connect with and understand complex human issues.

I have never accepted the status quo. As a wife, mother and grandmother, it is important to me to access information through many venues because I accept that we are all different and our styles of learning and understanding are as multifaceted as the issues. I have lived in different countries long enough to be aware of how culture, values and belief are deeply ingrained and help to form our character. Culture is at the heart of our souls.

Currently, I live in Southern Ontario with my husband Harold. We have two sons David, Paul and four grandsons. My sister, Gertrude King, and I operate a women's health and wellness service in a small community where part of the story originates. I continue to work as a nurse helping new mothers negotiate the ups and downs of early motherhood. My ministry work consists of officiating at weddings, funerals and baptisms or baby naming ceremonies. Each role offers a unique way for me to touch people and to learn from them.

I feel blessed to have found my eternal muse, an energy which has given me the steadfastness to complete what I start, something I have not done consistently. I am moved to write from the heart by the music I listen to every day. This story, in particular was inspired by songs written by Jane Sibbery and ably performed by k.d. lang. 'The Valley' and 'Love is Everything' and of course, 'Please Help Me I'm Falling', made popular by Hank Locklin. The lyrics of 'Please Help Me I’m Falling' challenged me to find a reason why someone could unknowingly be drawn into a situation like that.

My favourite author, Daphne duMaurier wrote a similar type of love story called Frenchman's Creek.

As I move through my autumn years, it is imperative to me that lifelong goals be fulfilled with as much energy as I put into my early career. Maturity allows me the wisdom to be more open and understanding seeing the value in facing life's challenges with courage, not always accepting that the status quo is best.

Her mouth was one big 'O', but the excitement of the discovery was too much for her nervous system. Beth who was well practiced, soon had the white face of her dinner partner discreetly tucked between two very wobbly knees."

In today's society we seem to have gotten caught up in power, image and money, forgetting about those we love or care about. The author's characters Stephanie and Peter Atkinson are just like that. Peter is a high-profile businessman who has no personality and shows little emotion for the needs of his wife. He is emotionally unavailable and abusive. She on the other hand is upfront, caring and wants more from her husband. Now that Stephanie is home she is bored and wants to either have a child or go back to work. Peter wants her to "stay home and be the good little wife." Our second couple, Gregory and Beth Richardson, has some of the same roles, except Beth is the one who is cutting, malicious and very negative about life and her marriage. Gregory is kind, fun, attractive and easy going. How did these couples connect and what happens? How can you love someone yet love someone else?