it's all coming together...

just a few

 weeks ago

i wrote about...

.

 

 my fifty third birthday

and mentioned that

twenty thirteen

was going to be the year

i was so looking forward to

for the first time in

my life

i feel like i am

beginning to see

how life all

comes together

how cleansing your heart

 makes room

for so much more

and that

 believing in myself

believing in others

believing in miracles

just believing

was allowing a

 beautiful synergy

and creating an atmosphere

for humbled greatness

the first of which

 is now in print

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fact or fiction

from the time

i was

a little girl...

. 

i've always found

enjoyment in reading

during the summer

my mother and i

would drive to the local library

twice a week

once home

i'd search for unique spots

to open the newest book

it could be on the roof

in a tree

on top of a large culvert pipe

by the pool

hiding in a corn field

it didn't matter

i just loved to pretend

 i was whatever

character i most enjoyed

the fantasy, the dreaming

most intrigued me

today

 i had the privelege of dining

with a new york times best selling author

marie bostwick

she writes fiction

yet as we chatted

 throughout our meal

i learned that

fiction is not always make believe

in fact

it is often just that

facts

 intertwined with dreams

as she described her newest book

i was mesmerized

it so follows segments

of my life

it is almost scary

 the funny thing about fiction

to you

 it will be

more like make believe

and maybe i

can pretend

the happy outcome

is my ever after

a thread of truth

rarely...

in my fifty years

of reading...

.

has a novel

spoken so directly to my heart

given me such

renewed enthusiasm for a project

that at times seems

risky at best

and never have i read a book of fiction

so beautifully portray a character

with down syndrome

thank you

marie bostwick