Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I was on a writing journey that took me along a winding road filled with potholes and detours, a hairpin turn or two, and some magnificent scenery. It was a road that would have come to a dead end 20 years earlier if fate hadn't stepped in. #2 I was asked to speak at my friend's funeral service and make the family laugh. I couldn't believe Ann was making such an unreasonable request, but I knew I had to do it. I wrote my very best humor, and at the service, I stood between Ann's open casket and her family. There was laughter. #3 I had to speak at the funeral of a friend's husband, who had been unfaithful and verbally abusive to his wife. I spoke of Bill the friend, who had visited me in the hospital through the years to show his concern. #4 The truth is, I had come a long way from that timid woman who would rather clean an oven than share her writing. I had emerged from the shadows and discovered the true reward of creative writing: sharing.