What happens when a forty-nine year old woman from the suburbs of Montreal, Canada travels to India in a much-delayed search for Truth and the meaning of life? This is the story of such a woman.

Consumed as she is with an intense desire to discover ultimate answers, she seeks out an Indian sage. Under his guidance, she studies the ancient wisdom of Vedant Philosophy – but with a modern, or more accurately, a timeless approach. Free from the constraints or limitations of a particular system of philosophy or religion, Swami Shyam imparts his teachings with a brilliance of intellect, unfailing compassion and humour. The Truth itself, Bernice finds, is simple but its discovery requires a highly complex and often arduous process.Part of this process focuses on the mechanics of relationships of all kinds, from personal and interpersonal to one’s relationship with the universe. With complete candor, along with a sense of the absurd, the author chronicles her struggles and triumphs as she contends with relationships, primarily those of the parent-child variety. Exploring the philosophical generalities of the universal nature of human relationships leads the author to a surprising and momentous discovery about herself.

The setting for this autobiographical work is a hill station in Northern India, Dev Bhoomi, Valley of Gods, a largely rural community under the rule of the Raj and Raani, a monarchy that exists to the present time. Despite its earlier history as a bustling regional center with a large British population, in the 70’s, Kullu was a bucolic village. Nor had it as yet been impacted by the influences of Western movies and the soon-to-come ubiquitous television. Strongly rooted in traditional Indian values, mores and culture, the local people still regarded a foreigner as a curiosity. Living in such a community along with its primitive physical conditions, presented a highly interesting yet challenging face to our naïve visitor. 120 days (the duration of an airline excursion ticket to India) is a relatively short period of time, but this narration includes the past the writer brings to the present as well as the future, from which vantage point the story is told. With wit and reverence, the author chronicles the ecstasy and delight as well as the frustrations she encounters, in her attempt to comprehend the paradoxical disparities between her experiences of the sublime and the obvious reality of temporal existence.

This is a study of one individual’s exploration and discovery. The reader is presented with the opportunity to observe the sowing of seeds in the fertile soil of a human mind and to observe their growth into maturation. Witness the ultimate secret unfold in the perception that to know one’s own self is to know the universe.

Born on a stump farm in the hinterlands of a Northwestern state, Andrew Stricker follows an uneven, fragmented path in a variety of roles – farm hand, menial jobs, steel worker, soldier, air-craft electrician, fire-fighter, and country western musician.

As the latter, he traveled in Europe for eighteen years in a converted German mail truck. He experienced life from the murky depths to the ethereal, and the language is appropriate to the subject.

Eight years into the European trip, while camped by the shores of the Black Sea in Romania, he discovers that he has been blessed with the divine gift of laying-on-of-hands healing.

The book is a travelogue social, political, sexual, and spiritual odyssey.

It is a mighty effort to bridge the gap between John of the Cross and Henry Miller.

Do you yearn for more spirituality? Then increase your knowledge of Jesus of Nazareth. He was the greatest spiritual healer the world has ever known. The four Gospels tell of his basic principle, “Obey and trust God,” but they only describe his practice without explaining it. His methodology was lost sight of for centuries but in the last hundred fifty years has been rediscovered and practiced around the world. This book describes the practice in such a way that you can duplicate it in your life, solving every kind of problem, emotional, mental, physical, moral, occupational, financial.

In the beginning, it was my purpose to find the body o a woman through the use of hypnosis. I wanted to show that, by proper use and knowledge, hypnosis could be used for many things more beneficial to mankind that entertainment. As it became evident that more important knowledge could be obtained from a source that is available only once in a lifetime, I left unfinished the search for the body of Mrs. Dolores Mae Siddall.

Many hypnotists, including myself, have, through regression, made contact with entities on various levels; but never had I heard of anyone obtaining the level indicated by Rebecca.

Many things not mentioned herein were received from this level—including others which will some day be made known to all those who are interested.

To sum up, the following pattern of life has been established in these series of regressions:

The Creation

“God created man in his own image” (Genesis 1:27).

A creation is made by the leader (God). This creation or entity is given knowledge of its purpose in life and schooled in the requirements for its purification by the teacher (Christ) and the masters (others, such as Buddha, Mohammed, etc.). Then, at the request of God—or by their own desire to learn and raise themselves to a higher perfection—they prepare to be born. (As one subject explained it, To change from a high vibration and frequency to a low vibration and solid.”) This preparation is made by studying the records supplied by god of the persons and the experience they will be born to; then, at their final decision, they make the entry into life.

The Entry

The entry is made, at the time of conception, by a force described as mass energy, when the soul is united with the physical body and the person begins a growth into life. The months during pregnancy are a growing, learning and resting period to prepare you for this life. If, at any time, you feel that you no longer want to complete or lice this life experience, you can return to the area of your accomplishment to further your learning and prepare for another life experience. (See Rebecca’s explanation of miscarriage.) We are told in regression that the soul must go down to go up—or come down into a life experience to learn that which is necessary to raise itself to a higher level of perfection.

The Experience and Purpose

We are told that a person’s life experience is determined before he makes his entry into it; and it is his own choice, the way that he conducts himself in this experience. Psychology says that what one’s environment is, and hereditary traits are, determine one’s personality, profession and way of life. If we accept the theory given from regressions, it would then seem that what environment and heredity contributes to your experience is the type of heredity and experience that you have selected, prior to being born, to advance your learning and perfection. We are told that we must learn everything, good and bad. This would mean that we must, through actual experiences, associations or study, know every phase of life and its environment to reach perfection.

To Go Ahead

It has been explained that we have only one life, but that we live many life experiences. What we term “death” is only the completion of one phase of the learning process. When we lose the will to live, when we feel that we can no longer learn to help ourselves or others, we may go ahead. We return to an area beyond, to a level of perfection where we are counseled by our God and masters to prepare ourselves for another experience. Each of us has free agency or fee will to decide what we want here and beyond. If we choose to stay in this beyond area, we can; but if we make this choice, we are then limited to the knowledge and perfection already gained. We may be able to move up in one area; but to reach the total; we must choose to live again.

The Area Beyond

The areas beyond are divided into different levels or planes. The stage of development in your learning determines the level of perfection you will be confined to. It is explained that life in the beyond is similar to ours here, except that in that area we see the truth more clearly. We are taught to love, and we are taught the knowledge of life. The ones in the lower areas are the helpers or laborers of the higher ones, who are the teachers and masters. We are told that person of the lowest area may have no ambition or desire to improve, and that most stay in this are till eternity. A person of the highest level who has reached perfection would have no need for further life experiences, except for the purpose of helping someone else. They may also stay at this level, where they teach and help others to understand, both in their areas and here on earth. The middle areas are for those in the process of learning to raise themselves to the higher level. This re-cycle process to obtain perfection is the true explanation of reincarnation.

Religion

Religion is what a person believes. I am told that there are over 167 churches of different religious beliefs. Some I am familiar with, and many I am not. Whether people want to believe it or not, most religions are very close to teaching reincarnation. It’s just that they don’t understand it! Some ministers don’t understand; and those how do are afraid to teach it. As I have mentioned before, if you can accept the theory that a soul is created and born into a life experience and, on death, goes to a life after death, then why is it so impossible for this soul to make another, or more than one, entry? Have you ever thought about where all these souls have gone since the beginning of time? Where did the expressions “soul mate,” “guardian angel,” “spirit” and other such words originate? All of these fit into the explanation of re-cycle. Most people, once or twice in their lives, will experience something they can’t understand, but will open a door to the possibility that this re-cycle, or life after death, exists.

If they accept this, it is one way of notifying them that they have lived before. In understanding this theory, you recognize that all religions have a similar goal, and the right one is what a person feels is right. To me, this theory seems to take all religions and simplify them into the basic truth laid down by god in the beginning—and that is to believe in God and to follow the Ten Commandments and to loves your fellow men, who were created as you equals.

In some of the regressions, you will find God is described as a very bright light, a total energy, high vibrations and love. Some people cannot conceive that God is an individual, as is Christ; and yet the Bible, in so many places, tells you that he is the father of Christ and that you have been created in His image. In a sense, these explanations of total energy and vibrations may be correct. One reason for these descriptions is that the entity, or soul giving these explanations, has only accomplished the level and knowledge and understanding of these interpretations.

As in the process of being born, the inner mind influences your religious beliefs, rather than your beliefs influencing your soul. And each religious belief is a step upward to the final truth—one belief for all.

In the beginning, it was my purpose to find the body o a woman through the use of hypnosis. I wanted to show that, by proper use and knowledge, hypnosis could be used for many things more beneficial to mankind that entertainment. As it became evident that more important knowledge could be obtained from a source that is available only once in a lifetime, I left unfinished the search for the body of Mrs. Dolores Mae Siddall.

Many hypnotists, including myself, have, through regression, made contact with entities on various levels; but never had I heard of anyone obtaining the level indicated by Rebecca.

Many things not mentioned herein were received from this level—including others which will some day be made known to all those who are interested.

To sum up, the following pattern of life has been established in these series of regressions:

The Creation

“God created man in his own image” (Genesis 1:27).

A creation is made by the leader (God). This creation or entity is given knowledge of its purpose in life and schooled in the requirements for its purification by the teacher (Christ) and the masters (others, such as Buddha, Mohammed, etc.). Then, at the request of God—or by their own desire to learn and raise themselves to a higher perfection—they prepare to be born. (As one subject explained it, To change from a high vibration and frequency to a low vibration and solid.”) This preparation is made by studying the records supplied by god of the persons and the experience they will be born to; then, at their final decision, they make the entry into life.

The Entry

The entry is made, at the time of conception, by a force described as mass energy, when the soul is united with the physical body and the person begins a growth into life. The months during pregnancy are a growing, learning and resting period to prepare you for this life. If, at any time, you feel that you no longer want to complete or lice this life experience, you can return to the area of your accomplishment to further your learning and prepare for another life experience. (See Rebecca’s explanation of miscarriage.) We are told in regression that the soul must go down to go up—or come down into a life experience to learn that which is necessary to raise itself to a higher level of perfection.

The Experience and Purpose

We are told that a person’s life experience is determined before he makes his entry into it; and it is his own choice, the way that he conducts himself in this experience. Psychology says that what one’s environment is, and hereditary traits are, determine one’s personality, profession and way of life. If we accept the theory given from regressions, it would then seem that what environment and heredity contributes to your experience is the type of heredity and experience that you have selected, prior to being born, to advance your learning and perfection. We are told that we must learn everything, good and bad. This would mean that we must, through actual experiences, associations or study, know every phase of life and its environment to reach perfection.

To Go Ahead

It has been explained that we have only one life, but that we live many life experiences. What we term “death” is only the completion of one phase of the learning process. When we lose the will to live, when we feel that we can no longer learn to help ourselves or others, we may go ahead. We return to an area beyond, to a level of perfection where we are counseled by our God and masters to prepare ourselves for another experience. Each of us has free agency or fee will to decide what we want here and beyond. If we choose to stay in this beyond area, we can; but if we make this choice, we are then limited to the knowledge and perfection already gained. We may be able to move up in one area; but to reach the total; we must choose to live again.

The Area Beyond

The areas beyond are divided into different levels or planes. The stage of development in your learning determines the level of perfection you will be confined to. It is explained that life in the beyond is similar to ours here, except that in that area we see the truth more clearly. We are taught to love, and we are taught the knowledge of life. The ones in the lower areas are the helpers or laborers of the higher ones, who are the teachers and masters. We are told that person of the lowest area may have no ambition or desire to improve, and that most stay in this are till eternity. A person of the highest level who has reached perfection would have no need for further life experiences, except for the purpose of helping someone else. They may also stay at this level, where they teach and help others to understand, both in their areas and here on earth. The middle areas are for those in the process of learning to raise themselves to the higher level. This re-cycle process to obtain perfection is the true explanation of reincarnation.

Religion

Religion is what a person believes. I am told that there are over 167 churches of different religious beliefs. Some I am familiar with, and many I am not. Whether people want to believe it or not, most religions are very close to teaching reincarnation. It’s just that they don’t understand it! Some ministers don’t understand; and those how do are afraid to teach it. As I have mentioned before, if you can accept the theory that a soul is created and born into a life experience and, on death, goes to a life after death, then why is it so impossible for this soul to make another, or more than one, entry? Have you ever thought about where all these souls have gone since the beginning of time? Where did the expressions “soul mate,” “guardian angel,” “spirit” and other such words originate? All of these fit into the explanation of re-cycle. Most people, once or twice in their lives, will experience something they can’t understand, but will open a door to the possibility that this re-cycle, or life after death, exists.

If they accept this, it is one way of notifying them that they have lived before. In understanding this theory, you recognize that all religions have a similar goal, and the right one is what a person feels is right. To me, this theory seems to take all religions and simplify them into the basic truth laid down by god in the beginning—and that is to believe in God and to follow the Ten Commandments and to loves your fellow men, who were created as you equals.

In some of the regressions, you will find God is described as a very bright light, a total energy, high vibrations and love. Some people cannot conceive that God is an individual, as is Christ; and yet the Bible, in so many places, tells you that he is the father of Christ and that you have been created in His image. In a sense, these explanations of total energy and vibrations may be correct. One reason for these descriptions is that the entity, or soul giving these explanations, has only accomplished the level and knowledge and understanding of these interpretations.

As in the process of being born, the inner mind influences your religious beliefs, rather than your beliefs influencing your soul. And each religious belief is a step upward to the final truth—one belief for all.

In the beginning, it was my purpose to find the body o a woman through the use of hypnosis. I wanted to show that, by proper use and knowledge, hypnosis could be used for many things more beneficial to mankind that entertainment. As it became evident that more important knowledge could be obtained from a source that is available only once in a lifetime, I left unfinished the search for the body of Mrs. Dolores Mae Siddall.

Many hypnotists, including myself, have, through regression, made contact with entities on various levels; but never had I heard of anyone obtaining the level indicated by Rebecca.

Many things not mentioned herein were received from this level—including others which will some day be made known to all those who are interested.

To sum up, the following pattern of life has been established in these series of regressions:

The Creation

“God created man in his own image” (Genesis 1:27).

A creation is made by the leader (God). This creation or entity is given knowledge of its purpose in life and schooled in the requirements for its purification by the teacher (Christ) and the masters (others, such as Buddha, Mohammed, etc.). Then, at the request of God—or by their own desire to learn and raise themselves to a higher perfection—they prepare to be born. (As one subject explained it, To change from a high vibration and frequency to a low vibration and solid.”) This preparation is made by studying the records supplied by god of the persons and the experience they will be born to; then, at their final decision, they make the entry into life.

The Entry

The entry is made, at the time of conception, by a force described as mass energy, when the soul is united with the physical body and the person begins a growth into life. The months during pregnancy are a growing, learning and resting period to prepare you for this life. If, at any time, you feel that you no longer want to complete or lice this life experience, you can return to the area of your accomplishment to further your learning and prepare for another life experience. (See Rebecca’s explanation of miscarriage.) We are told in regression that the soul must go down to go up—or come down into a life experience to learn that which is necessary to raise itself to a higher level of perfection.

The Experience and Purpose

We are told that a person’s life experience is determined before he makes his entry into it; and it is his own choice, the way that he conducts himself in this experience. Psychology says that what one’s environment is, and hereditary traits are, determine one’s personality, profession and way of life. If we accept the theory given from regressions, it would then seem that what environment and heredity contributes to your experience is the type of heredity and experience that you have selected, prior to being born, to advance your learning and perfection. We are told that we must learn everything, good and bad. This would mean that we must, through actual experiences, associations or study, know every phase of life and its environment to reach perfection.

To Go Ahead

It has been explained that we have only one life, but that we live many life experiences. What we term “death” is only the completion of one phase of the learning process. When we lose the will to live, when we feel that we can no longer learn to help ourselves or others, we may go ahead. We return to an area beyond, to a level of perfection where we are counseled by our God and masters to prepare ourselves for another experience. Each of us has free agency or fee will to decide what we want here and beyond. If we choose to stay in this beyond area, we can; but if we make this choice, we are then limited to the knowledge and perfection already gained. We may be able to move up in one area; but to reach the total; we must choose to live again.

The Area Beyond

The areas beyond are divided into different levels or planes. The stage of development in your learning determines the level of perfection you will be confined to. It is explained that life in the beyond is similar to ours here, except that in that area we see the truth more clearly. We are taught to love, and we are taught the knowledge of life. The ones in the lower areas are the helpers or laborers of the higher ones, who are the teachers and masters. We are told that person of the lowest area may have no ambition or desire to improve, and that most stay in this are till eternity. A person of the highest level who has reached perfection would have no need for further life experiences, except for the purpose of helping someone else. They may also stay at this level, where they teach and help others to understand, both in their areas and here on earth. The middle areas are for those in the process of learning to raise themselves to the higher level. This re-cycle process to obtain perfection is the true explanation of reincarnation.

Religion

Religion is what a person believes. I am told that there are over 167 churches of different religious beliefs. Some I am familiar with, and many I am not. Whether people want to believe it or not, most religions are very close to teaching reincarnation. It’s just that they don’t understand it! Some ministers don’t understand; and those how do are afraid to teach it. As I have mentioned before, if you can accept the theory that a soul is created and born into a life experience and, on death, goes to a life after death, then why is it so impossible for this soul to make another, or more than one, entry? Have you ever thought about where all these souls have gone since the beginning of time? Where did the expressions “soul mate,” “guardian angel,” “spirit” and other such words originate? All of these fit into the explanation of re-cycle. Most people, once or twice in their lives, will experience something they can’t understand, but will open a door to the possibility that this re-cycle, or life after death, exists.

If they accept this, it is one way of notifying them that they have lived before. In understanding this theory, you recognize that all religions have a similar goal, and the right one is what a person feels is right. To me, this theory seems to take all religions and simplify them into the basic truth laid down by god in the beginning—and that is to believe in God and to follow the Ten Commandments and to loves your fellow men, who were created as you equals.

In some of the regressions, you will find God is described as a very bright light, a total energy, high vibrations and love. Some people cannot conceive that God is an individual, as is Christ; and yet the Bible, in so many places, tells you that he is the father of Christ and that you have been created in His image. In a sense, these explanations of total energy and vibrations may be correct. One reason for these descriptions is that the entity, or soul giving these explanations, has only accomplished the level and knowledge and understanding of these interpretations.

As in the process of being born, the inner mind influences your religious beliefs, rather than your beliefs influencing your soul. And each religious belief is a step upward to the final truth—one belief for all.

Do you yearn for more spirituality? Then increase your knowledge of Jesus of Nazareth. He was the greatest spiritual healer the world has ever known. The four Gospels tell of his basic principal, “Obey and trust God,” but they only describe his practice without explaining it. His methodology was lost sight of for centuries but in the last hundred fifty years has been rediscovered and practiced around the world. This book describes the practice in such a way that you can duplicate it in your life, solving every kind of problem, emotional, mental, physical, moral, occupational, financial.

Leaving Adversity Plaza is a collection of inspiring stories about life’s challenges. From “Daddy’s Tree” to “Big Fat Italian Funeral,” from “Irish Blessing” to “Life Lessons from the Velveteen Rabbit,” these heartfelt, often humorous vignettes offer a unique slant on handling life’s ups and downs without becoming a victim of them.

LeAnn Thieman, co-author of New York Times best seller, Chicken Soup for the Nurse’s Soul, states: “Kathy Baker shares her heart and much wisdom in Leaving Adversity Plaza. Her poignant personal essays teach us that by embracing positive—not negative—attitudes, we can leave any adversity behind.”

No stranger to adversity herself, Baker’s book describes a life overshadowed by her husband’s incurable illness (multiple myeloma), beset by financial worries, challenged by “multi-generational” motherhood (her kids are 33, 30, 27 and 11), and enriched by the insights of midlife. Her struggle to free herself from a deeply ingrained victim mentality will resonate with many readers.

Ready for a journey to a place you’ll never forget? Stroll through the Plaza with Baker as your guide, and learn how to put adversity in the rear-view mirror of your life!

Opening with the narrative of her initial breakdown, then moving into journal entries from her mid-life relapse, Elizabeth includes educational pieces on post partum depression, family of origin issues and suicide. Using quotes from other strong women throughout and vignettes, like quilting pieces, she addresses stigma and shame, loss and grief and the quest for balance that is recovery. Elizabeth says the message of her story is, “I am getting through this and so can you.” She holds out her experience with mental illness as a hand of relatability and hope in the midst of someone’s silent suffering.

This is a book of the collective, inspiring, and empowering poetry of an adventurer. Reaching into greater depths of self-understanding he more clearly defines the wonder of love. Revealing the power of the mind, sixth sense, emotions, body, spirit, and much more he gets right to the point. Consistently he shows how love is the vital necessity to succeed in all areas of life. All his works were inspired by real-life experiences. Through childhood growing up in the state of Washington, the military, at sea on a scientific research vessel traveling from the Arctic to the Antarctic, and then to Alaska, he researches and discovers the power of love. From 1991 to 2009, he writes and compiles his greatest stories and poetry. Ready to reach out and touch the world he presents, “The Only Way to Win.” Again and again, this is a writer that helps you more clearly sense and see using the power of love is the only way to win. Author’s Note Inspired by all Written for all I present to all “The Only Way to Win”

From Stress to Sanity presents the essence of the Mind Fitness program for peak performance through mental and emotional balance. Mind Fitness, like physical fitness, is a lifestyle that leads to better health and greater fulfillment. Instead of barbells and running shoes, Mind Fitness applies the tools of relaxation, proactive reflection, and whole-brain learning to create a mental and emotional fitness that promotes full potential and well-being.

With this program, you can move from feeling like a victim of your own circumstances and emotional states to feeling that you are actually creating your own life-- the way you want it. The book includes specific exercises, principles, and cognitive strategies to transform the quality of your relationships, career, health, and most importantly, your sense of yourself.

The author writes, “What this little book endeavors to do is to present simple learning skills that help you develop a sense of renewed personal control and health, both mentally and physically.

I invite you to experiment freely with the tools presented in the pages ahead. Developing your own health and potential goes hand in hand with expanding and clarifying your life values and purposes. Over the last 15 years, I have worked with this material in a variety of forms, ranging from the intimacy of personal healing sessions to the formality of corporate settings. The overwhelming opinion is that Mind Fitness with its techniques for proactive reflection succeeds in producing positive personal and group change.”

From Stress to Sanity reveals how to unleash the power of your mind and create the life you really want. Using this highly accessable program, you will learn how to feel fully alive, to radiate self-confidence, to discard negative habits and build positive new ones. You will enhance your creativity, imagination and intuition, maximize your energy and enthusiasm, transform stress into success, and live your dreams.

From Stress to Sanity … It’s about your thinking…

From Stress to Sanity presents the essence of the Mind Fitness program for peak performance through mental and emotional balance. Mind Fitness, like physical fitness, is a lifestyle that leads to better health and greater fulfillment. Instead of barbells and running shoes, Mind Fitness applies the tools of relaxation, proactive reflection, and whole-brain learning to create a mental and emotional fitness that promotes full potential and well-being.

With this program, you can move from feeling like a victim of your own circumstances and emotional states to feeling that you are actually creating your own life-- the way you want it. The book includes specific exercises, principles, and cognitive strategies to transform the quality of your relationships, career, health, and most importantly, your sense of yourself.

The author writes, “What this little book endeavors to do is to present simple learning skills that help you develop a sense of renewed personal control and health, both mentally and physically.

I invite you to experiment freely with the tools presented in the pages ahead. Developing your own health and potential goes hand in hand with expanding and clarifying your life values and purposes. Over the last 15 years, I have worked with this material in a variety of forms, ranging from the intimacy of personal healing sessions to the formality of corporate settings. The overwhelming opinion is that Mind Fitness with its techniques for proactive reflection succeeds in producing positive personal and group change.”

From Stress to Sanity reveals how to unleash the power of your mind and create the life you really want. Using this highly accessable program, you will learn how to feel fully alive, to radiate self-confidence, to discard negative habits and build positive new ones. You will enhance your creativity, imagination and intuition, maximize your energy and enthusiasm, transform stress into success, and live your dreams.

From Stress to Sanity … It’s about your thinking…

Fundamentally as a species, our consciousness shift is a moment of liberation. Traditional belief imposed at birth by religious and political theology is no longer sustainable. Conditional love and the dehumanizing aspects of competitive existence, binds us to a sense of fear and pain as the capsule of our vulnerability cracks open.Within the capsule of our vulnerability is the power of unconditional love. This is the threshold of the shift toward our fearless awakening. -W. Xavier Staub

Fundamentally as a species, our consciousness shift is a moment of liberation. Traditional belief imposed at birth by religious and political theology is no longer sustainable. Conditional love and the dehumanizing aspects of competitive existence, binds us to a sense of fear and pain as the capsule of our vulnerability cracks open.Within the capsule of our vulnerability is the power of unconditional love. This is the threshold of the shift toward our fearless awakening. -W. Xavier Staub

In a story written by the author in semi-autobiographical overtones, we move with Kathryn Pierce through the tangled web of Post Abortion Sydrome. A decision to abort made twenty-five years earlier finds Kathryn clutching tightly to a haunting she is only too willing to claim. Her forty-fifth birthday marks that turning in her life, when her anguish demands a reckoning with more than one spirit from her past. Leaving home to look again for all that eludes her, Kathryn meets up with Seth and his friends Mitchell and Perry, three homosexual boys with answers to the kind of questions that an injured psyche asks.A woman wears her womb on the inside of her soul, not tucked up insider her body, not where the specialists and the doctors think they can see what's going on. Overshadowed by the heart, the womb waits to be inhabited, waits for that tenancy that equals everything for which it was create. There is no tampering with that private place that does not etch the deed upon the woman, marking her in ways unsearchable, where even God cannot go in the hopes of having the slightest effect.