Q1. Hello, can you please introduce yourself? Readers would love to know more about you.
A1. I am a registered psychiatric nurse working in children’s mental health for the past 20 years, I am also trained as a grief coach, and mother to 2 angel babies.
Q2. What were the key challenges you faced while writing your book “The Almost Miracle Years”?
A2. Challenges in writing the book were bringing up the emotions that I had during my journey with my 2 kids who suffered very different but fatal afflictions, also what to include as there was much more that happened that i chose not to include.
Q3. What books or authors have most influenced your own writing?
A3. Elizabeth Gilbert and Brene Brown have inspired me to share real, authentic raw events from my life.
Q4. What’s your favourite spot to visit in your own country? And what makes it so special to you?
A4. Vancouver is my favourite place to visit, I love the mix of the big city combined with the lushness of Stanley Park and easy access to the sea wall, I also have great memories of spending time there with my kids.
Q5. What inspired you to write the book ‘The Almost Miracle Years’?
A5. I experienced so much loss and death between 2018-2023 that I needed to find meaning and the hidden gifts of loss. I know my loved ones are living on in another realm and I wanted to share hope with anyone else who has experienced significant loss, also keep my children’s memory alive in the pages of my book.
Q6. How long did it take you to write your book ‘The Almost Miracle Years’?
A6. I started writing when my daughter passed away in 2018, it had been reinvented many times since I first started. I wrapped it up in April 2025.
Q7. On what platforms can readers buy your books?
A7. My book is available on amazon, barnes and noble, Lulu and Kobo.
Q8. Tell us about the process of coming up with the book cover and the title ‘The Almost Miracle Years’?
A8. The title just came to me ! for many years with both my kids struggled and almost survived by a miracle, I wanted to capture the almost miraculous recovery that they both experienced and not dwell on the losses. My daughter comes to me as dragonflies and my son as eagles, the colour is my daughter’s favourite colour. The symbols came from various gifts people had given me with their symbols on it.
Q9. When writing a book how do you keep things fresh, for both your readers and also yourself?
A9. I kept the writing fresh by being careful of what to include it was hard to do because there is so much content but I wanted the whole story out there.
Q10. What is the most valuable piece of advice you’ve been given about writing?
A10. The best advice I got was to be real and raw and let my personality come through in my writing style.
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