I was born and raised in Denver Colorado. I am the oldest offour siblings. I moved to California in 1980 where I finished high school,graduated from our local college with a nursing degree. Shortly after Igraduated from college, I met my husband. We married in 1987, and will becelebrating our 22nd wedding anniversary on Oct. 21st. In 1993, we were blessedto give birth to a 7 lb 1 oz boy...Steven is now 15, and is the joy of ourlife. WE have since added to our family with our pit-bull Roxy, and one of herpups that she had in January. They are Brown-Sugar. From there, I owned andoperated a nonprofit organization, which closed in 2005.
Throughout my life, I have been a poetic writer. I not onlylike writing poetry, but I love to read poetry from all ages, and all walks oflife. In the summer of 2004, I sought out a publisher, and by 2005 my firstbook was published. Since then I have published three more books, and lookingforward to publishing more. In addition, to my poetry, I have also been awardedmany awards for my poetry. I want to encourage you all to stop by my websiteand take a look. You can purchase my books online as well. My website addressis www.alifetimeofwords.com. Enjoy!
To help support my book signings, and events I have a homebusiness on the side doing desktop publishing, creating websites, and manyother things. I am also heavily involved in the small community of Casmaliawhere I reside...I am on the board of directors water district, and have beensuccessful in securing two major grants for our water projects. I am also amember of Altrusa International, Inc. of the Central Coast, where I serve astheir Communications Chair, and I am serving as the board secretary. I am amember of the Santa Maria Women's Network where I currently serve on theirboard of directors as their secretary, and Vice President.
<p>FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES<br /><br />At barely nineteen, Angelica Donovan became one of the more successful winners of the T.V. show Our Next Super Model. The world assumed she was destined for a happy, fairy tale life as ‘Angel,’ the beautiful girl who was living the dream; sadly, that wasn’t to be the case. As the years passed, she flashed her million dollar smile to all her fans and fought to stay on top in a profession where you never knew who it was safe to trust while the fashion industry took big bites out of her heart and soul. And trust was a constant challenge for Angel due to the painful childhood secret she guarded as carefully as she did her heart. As a result, she never did find her true love on earth.<br /><br />When she wakes up ‘dead’ from a heart condition a month before her thirty-fifth birthday, Angel is at first relieved to find there is no death, just a change of state, like ice to water, and then she’s scared because her biggest and most important adventure is about to begin.<br /><br />Angelica is chosen to be an angel in training as a spirit guide for three souls on earth! Her assignment is to help two women to gain the courage and confidence to find, recognize and embrace the love that had eluded Angel in life. But her biggest challenge will be to save a very special little girl from the same evil experience that had poisoned Angel’s own earthly happiness and altered the course of her life.<br /><br />Will Angel be able to heal her own shattered soul in the process? And will the three souls she is guiding be able to recognize her, not as a ghostly threat, but as one of those ‘friends in high places’ we all have; the kind who often end up earning their wings.<br /><br /> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">Tarra Young</span></strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /> "Robin has written a collection of poetry that I found to be very uplifting and inspiring. When you are feeling down, these poems will lift your spirits and give you a feeling of hope. Robin is a very talented poet."<br /> —<em>Romance Author/Poet</em></span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">Pier Tyler</span></strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /> "Robin's book A Lifetime of Words: Spirit For The Soul captivates you, motivates you to ask what you will, and moves to inspire you to evaluate where you stand with God. Robin's writing mission is helping multitudes by reminding you what prayer, faith, and love in god can do for you. It impels you to be bold and stand on His word as you share it with others. I know because I am forever changed after reading "And God Said No", "New Found Strength", and "Pathway". This is a highly recommended read. Simply stated: Noteworthy."<br /> —<em>author of Abstract: A Kaleidoscopic Collection of Poetry</em> </span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">Terri Ann Armstrong</span></strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /> "Robin Gorley's A Lifetime of Words Spirit For The Soul is another vivid, magnificent and majestic portrayal of Robin's heart and soul. Like her first book. A Lifetime of Words, Robin reaches into her life and brings out her deepest feelings. Her love for the Lord is evident and rings eminently through the pages of this crisp and loving portrayal of who the Lord is to her and the role He has played in her life. "<br /> —<em>Author of My Soul Has Spoken</em></span></p><p></p>