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“Let me tell you a secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.” --Louis Pasteur

Having survived a childhood that can generously be described as “awful” I've found it hard to know who I am or how to describe myself. For years I tried to make a “respectable” outward identity, but the shattered inner parts of me screamed in defiance. So I have learned to acknowledge the existence of the shattered parts, though often that has meant that all I have to hang onto is a bullheaded determination that I call tenacity.

The fact that I'm still earthside has a lot to do with spirit guides who saved my life when my mother almost drowned me and who blew gentle breezes through the kitchen window when I sprayed my chest with oven cleaner at age two upon waking up alone in a cold house.

Through acknowledging my spirit guides, I have left behind decades of fundamentalist Christian legalism that was it's own form of torture. I don't label myself as any religion though I've studied many religious philosophies. So far, spirituality, especially guided imagery and meditation have been most helpful for me. Besides my dogged tenacity, my lifeblood runs in music, art, gardening and literature.

I tried countless times to tell others what I felt. It took numerous tries and much careful planning before I was unable to clearly communicate my needs. This site is devoted to the things that helped me survive before I had words to describe how I felt. Feel free to peruse the recipes and ideas here. All who come with gentle and accepting hearts are welcome. I leave you with a few words from a wise wizard and a word of universal peace: Namaste.

“. . . he that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.”

--Gandalf, in The Lord of the Rings