“SARK books are cross generational, like mine are, and they must continue to serve succulence to all the generations.” After I’d gotten to know her personally, she said to me in her magnificent booming voice Many years later I asked her to endorse this book, and she enthusiastically said yes. You are alright.” And I took her words into every cell of my body to fuel me forward. I somehow got the courage to tell her that I’d been molested in my family, and she took my hands in hers and said so powerfully to me, “You are alright. I’d read her book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and gone to my local library to meet her. I wrote this book to fulfill an unspoken promise I’d made to Maya Angelou when I was 16. I entered a magical time transporter to do it and invite you to join me. Now I’ve created this 25th Anniversary Edition with 4 brand NEW chapters of art and words, somehow encapsulating the last 25 years of my life- no pressure there! I learned that healing happens in spirals and layers and I kept traveling and healing through them all and continue to do so. I didn’t really know then how much heart aching healing I would be traveling into and through. This is a photo of me at age 40, in the Bahamas, looking so carefree and unknowingly holding so much unresolved trauma inside. This was after procrastinating for 25 years, having written my first book at age 10, and then publishing my first book at age 35. I published this book at age 42, and then kept publishing a book each year for many years. It took years to restore my soul, and I’m continuing to unravel the trauma.

Thankfully some loving soul at the suicide prevention line said to me, “Did you really want to die, or do you just want the pain to end?”Īha! I just wanted the pain to end and miraculously got the help I needed. I had been having flashbacks to the abuse in my childhood and hadn’t eaten or slept in weeks. When I started writing this book, I was 40 years old and 5 years past a suicide attempt. This is #2 of a 6 part succulent “mini series” for you about my writing and creating the book Succulent Wild Woman Dancing With Your Wonderfull Self.

Succulent wild woman by sark