At the heart of writing or sketching or creating anything is the desire to connect or to better see and understand the world we live in.

"And if we are born in the image of God, that means we are born to create. And if we are born to create, we are born to create a world that is fit for God." -- Michael Gerber

This is one of the hardest truths to write: achievement doesn't heal childhood trauma. You can build a beautiful life, earn degrees, create a family, and still feel like that displaced child inside.

Magic and irony all rolled up into one. My daughter singing a song about running from the daylight as I, her mother wrote a memoir titled 'Running Into the Night.'

We can either succumb to the adversity or decide not to give in. Decide and declare that adversity will not win.