Mindful Spaces

I began writing after my daughter Ambrance was born, as a way to stay connected to the moments when my children across the veil seemed to reach toward me with messages of love. In the midst of grieving the absence of Noah and Ambrance here on earth, writing became a place where I could treasure those experiences and hold onto the feeling that love continued beyond what my eyes could see.

After their deaths, I read hundreds of books searching for understanding, comfort, and hope. I kept asking: How do I carry this grief? How do I transform it? Is there meaning beyond this pain?

Slowly, through the guidance of teachers, spiritual mentors, craniosacral therapy, music, gardening, writing, and other creative arts, my grief began to soften and transform into a deeper connection with life, spirit, and the human heart.

This is the book I wished I had found quietly waiting for me on the shelf of a bookstore during the darkest season of my life — the words of another woman who had walked this path before me and could offer companionship, hope, and a gentle roadmap through unknown territory.

When Time Stands Still is a poetic journey through light and shadow, love and loss, birth and renewal. Accompanied by luminous paintings, each poem and story weaves remembrance and healing, revealing our deep kinship with animals, plants, and spirit — and the quiet truth that we are never alone.