Memoirs in Progress

Walk Alone with Me

God told me to walk - a really long way!

The medieval pilgrimage, the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, pulled me away from my professional hustle-and-bustle life into ancient, slow traditions.

Rather than a mid-life crisis, it was a mid-life renewal, walking 500 miles from southwest France across northern Spain. Alone with God.

• I had a happy successful life, so what made me want to cry?

• I worked hard nonstop . . . was I a control freak?

• Would I feel lonely while alone for a whole month?

My bucket list adventure forced me to release my personal decisions and self-control to God. Finding signs, paths, and miracles in snow, rain, spring wildflowers, and serendipitous friends. My comfort zone stretched far beyond home, while my heart’s tears refreshed my hidden dream of some future romantic love.

Losing the Heart of Socrates

If Your First Love Dies, Heal Your Heart

It is a dual timeline memoir about finding my grandmother’s hidden WWI letters from Socrates, her first love who died in France, strengthened my battle with the Christian obstacle of divorce, created some emotional boundaries, and revalidated my heart, as Pauline’s heart survived.

• Don’t marriage vows remain forever?

• How can you heal your broken heart?

• Will God ever bring someone special to you?

Losing your loved one can transform you from pain and sadness into encouragement and growth of your faith in God, especially within his timing, not necessarily your own.

Kaye Syrah Syrah

“Whatever Will Be Will Be”

Attempting to traverse a canyon, I knocked my head against a rock as I fell to the dry creek bed. My Traumatic Brain Injury strongly affected me, my boyfriend (now my hubby), my two adult daughters, and my brother. Yet when hard things happen . . . miracles happen!

My partner and I were close. Now we are bonded. Each of my caregivers and I will share our individual perspectives of our intense adjustments. We encourage others that no matter how difficult events may be, God provides love and emotional strength in unexpected ways.