The Lady's Origins

I was raised as a Roman Catholic, but with a love of all mythological stories that began in elementary school. My dad and I used to have long talks about the social uses of religion, which kept my mind open to the beauty of different paths to God.  I had a strong sense of Spirit's presence, even as a child; I could feel Jesus' presence in the sanctuary and loved the music and symbolism of the Catholic tradition.  By the time I went to college, though, I had tired of the hypocrisy within that church and drifted off to a spiritual kind of humanism, with a strong affinity for the universal concept of a divine energy, like the Force in the Star Wars movies.

In the mundane dimension of life, I spent seven years in the Air Force, where I instructed new intelligence officers, and four years working at a university before coming to Houston and being a mom of two children and a household manager. I am now a freelance indexer and editor of books and technical documentation. Although a public speaker in the Air Force, I did not originally think of myself as a presenter of talks on spiritual subjects, but my long interest in mythologies of all kinds was revived when I joined a Unitarian Universalist church.  As a church member for a lay-led congregation, I began my speaking career filling in at the pulpit with talks on my favorite subjects.

In 1998, I was re-introduced to the New Age with the Conversations With God books by Neale Donald Walsch.  I then started a program of inner healing and spiritual exploration with other sources, including the Kryon materials, insights from The Group (channeled by Steve Rother), past-life regression training, and soul retrieval/unification work.  I was inspired by my inner muse to write some of my passions into the poetry you can see on this site.  In addition, I've put together a number of essays that started out as oral presentations but have become focused on re-interpreting the themes from biblical stories. Check out the prose page for abstracts on my chapters, and the links page for more on the material that has inspired me.

I continue to integrate body, mind, and soul to live/practice what wisdom I've absorbed in my journey.  This site is designed to share some of what I've learned with you in poetry and prose.