After the devastating news of my first manuscript being completely and rudely rejected with that one word – Liable, I gave up the notion of ever writing a book. “It was a dumb idea in the first place” was my thought as the thick manuscript hit the bottom of the trash can with a loud thud!

I went on with my life and on occasion I would write a little something but it was more for myself in a journal I kept. My husband and I traveled. We’d fly off to Fort Lauderdale, Florida just to go swimming in the Olympic pool where Olympic swimmers and divers would train, buzz off to London, or swim in the blue waters of Acapulco. When we weren’t traveling someplace we’d go to Stone Mountain and ride bicycles or just go somewhere close by. I’m now a retired flight attendant so we were blessed…