May You Be Blessed

[harrie]

Wow Andi, your declarations for peace is so well written. I can feel so much of the truth to what you are saying. I plan to print it out and save it in my special folder. Is the context of what you just wrote something you will be including in the book you are writing?
I loved your metaphor with the sun and the rain.
What you wrote is how I would very much want to live my life. Sometimes it is difficult, but the more aware I become, the easier it gets.
Aloha Andi....
Maryanne

[Andrea Barnett Budin]

With my many thanks, Harrie, Chrisy, Steph, Flori, Pinkie, Marejo, Sheila, Jonesy, Robin, Marie, Deb?, Tricia, Gemma, RB, Kelly and all who have peeked at this.

I comes from my heart. I JUST EDITED AND CORRECTED MY WORDS, so if you are going to print it out, please do it with my patched up version.

Yes, this is the essence of who I am, and what my book is all about. Surely, I am not the first to awaken to these Enlightenments and Knowings, but I have wanted, needed to write this book (since I was a child). I now see it as a large part of THE PURPOSE OF MY BEING. I am working arduously (my passion, my joy, and my OY) to finally finish at least one (of 3 books) I have been working on for way over 5 yrs. FINALLY.

Sending loving energy and love to all. Hoping to inspire and touch others, that they may find laughter and serenity -- despite it all. My book is dedicated to my 5 grandchildren, who did not exist at my dx in '95. They are miracles to be sure. I wish to leave them my most precious possessions -- the Life Lessons I have stumbled upon in the darkness. But this book is for anyone facing any adversity in Life. We are each fighting our own battle. Though our struggles differ, our Oneness unites us without question. We are hear to share, to love and evolve...

Andi

[harrie]

Andi, when do you expect your book to be out? The focus of your writing is something I have been working very hard on, in particular this past year.
Harriecanarie

[Andrea Barnett Budin]

Hello my little Hawaiian Canarie,

I have been working (first at my electric typewriter) and finally in Microsoft Word, seeing the silliness of not being able to delete, cut and paste, control find and such for (my daughters tell me) about five years.

Hence I have thousands of pages and files all over the place, not to mention stacks of notes -- made at night, in the car while Paul is driving, in the middle of a movie we are at -- to be incorporated. I believe there are about 3 books there. Maybe more.

I am now at the point of contacting an editor to help me sort things out. All are spiritually based. Which has evolved out of my bc experience and blessed my life. I can see that the Enlightenments I have been blessed to come to awaken to can help anyone facing almost any adversity.

So though I am working daily, I seem to be going in circles. The chapters keep on improving and I revisit them and revise ONCE AGAIN. That is the good news.

I believe an editor can also guide me in finding a literary agent, though I have picked one out in particular that I think will be especially receptive to my work. (It is where my Spirit is guiding me to go.) I just want what I submit (100 pages required, double spaced) to be exactly what I feel it should be. Despite the very real possibility of my efforts being torn to shreds. Perish the thought.

It is a process. A truly slow process. A joy, a passion, and the hardest thing I have ever done. Worse than giving birth; it clearly is a kind of giving life to something beloved.

Wish I could say by the Fall, Maryanne, but let me just say -- as soon as I possibly can get it to be accepted and put into print.

Thanks for your caring, Harrie. You are doing a great job evolving. You are open and listening. Letting your Soul take over (which is full of divine energy) overruling the voice in your head. Good job.

Love and Happy, Positive Energy to you,

Andi

[Jackie07]

Hi, Andi,

My 85-year-old Mother has survived World War II, the speratation from her family due to communist taking over China, and several Typhoons (and floods) in Taiwan. After her triumph over nonhodgekins lymphoma in 1998, she started writing memoirs. She's self-published 3 books so far. So, go for it!