<p><em style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">After centuries of religiously motivated war, the world has been split in two. Now the Blessed Lands are ruled by pure faith, while in the Republic, reason is the guiding light—two different realms, kept apart and at peace by a treaty and an ocean.</em><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">Children of the Republic, Helena and Jason were inseparable in their youth, until fate sent them down different paths. Grief and duty sidetracked Helena’s plans, and Jason came to detest the hollowness of his ambitions.</span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">These two damaged souls are reunited when a tiny boat from the Blessed Lands crashes onto the rocks near Helena’s home after an impossible journey across the forbidden ocean. On board is a single passenger, a nine-year-old girl named Kailani, who calls herself “the Daughter of the Sea and the Sky.” A new and perilous purpose binds Jason and Helena together again, as they vow to protect the lost innocent from the wrath of the authorities, no matter the risk to their future and freedom.</span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">But is the mysterious child simply a troubled little girl longing to return home? Or is she a powerful prophet sent to unravel the fabric of a godless Republic, as the outlaw leader of an illegal religious sect would have them believe? Whatever the answer, it will change them all forever… and perhaps their world as well.</span></p>
I used to think of myself as not “being creative”, which I now find so ironic since we are all “creative beings”. I changed my mind. It was the middle of a work day, in between conference calls. I called a good friend to wish her Happy 50th Birthday. She began talking about how quickly life goes by and the many things she had wanted to do in life, like write a book. She said to me “how hard can it be to write a book or a poem”. I got off the phone and I wrote a poem. I don’t remember much about writing the poem. However I do know this, it didn’t come from me, but rather through me. It came from a power within me that is within us all. The universal power that connects everyone and everything. This is the truth of which I AM. Each person is a story and each day, each moment, we decide what the next chapter is going to be. Therefore, we are all creative. We create our lives and experience in every moment in every choice we make. I was so amazed and uplifted by the experience and the poem that I wanted to share it with others. I shared it. I opened up and shared I AM with friends and family. Several people made the suggestion “you should make this into a children’s book”. I thought about it and thought about it. I followed my intuition, the voice and power within us, and took the first step. After taking that initial step, I let it be and everything fell perfectly into place. I sat with my daughter and we imagined what the illustrations should be on each page of I AM. Anyone could take the poem and create their own I AM story. This is what we all do everyday of our lives. We conceive in our minds what the pages of our story will be. This fundamental principle is the truth of the Universe. As you think, so shall you be, I think, therefore I AM, or I AM, therefore I think. The result is the beautiful hard cover self published book which was created from the power of the Universe that is within all. My dream, my passion, my truth is to share I AM with the world. To help to create a world of dreams so that all know, feel, and live in the awareness of the power that connects us.