The Blessing Book is a collection of reflections that offers poetic insight and spiritual wisdom for anyone seeking meaning, comfort, and resilience in life’s messy moments. How did you choose which reflections to include?

I didn’t want to create a huge volume and chose the ones I thought would be the most impactful for readers.

Your metaphor about “almost” was especially powerful. Can you share how that idea came to you?

It came from a conversation with a friend who was born with parts of his brain not functioning correctly which resulted in learning difficulties and schizophrenia. This is the whole conversation.

“Do you know something?” he asked.
“What?”
“I love you.”
“Do you know something?” I asked.
“What?”
“I love you too.”
“Do you know something else?” he asked.
“What?”
“You are almost intelligent.”
“Yeah…almost,” I responded.

How do you balance vulnerability and structure in your writing without losing authenticity?

Vulnerability comes from the Latin meaning ‘wounded.’ It’s these wounds and the experience of loss which connect us all. The structure I use is to drive readers to question, to encourage readers to view their lives differently. To spark a new thought, idea. 

What blessing or reflection from the book has personally stayed with you the most since writing it?

It’s the last reflection, 72. We need daily reminders to remind us that our lives are important and we belong here.

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