Sandra Moore Bernsen

I was born in Minnesota and moved to remote western Montana at age five via railroad train. I relocated to Idaho in the early 1990s. It quickly became the place I call home.

I never dreamed that I would ever write a book. I didn't think I had anything interesting to tell or that my life had an impact on anyone else. So how did I come to write this memoir? Life happened!

After experiencing the loss of both of my children, my husband and mother I followed the Divine inspiration that was pressing me to share my life journey with others. So many people found my life story intriguing. Their interest only confirmed that I was indeed meant to share my experiences.

My goal is to help empower and inspire others, to give them permission to question, to allow one to move forward when they feel lost, alone, and wondering what the heck is happening, and to find the strength to move forward when their challenge seems impossible to conquer.

We are each on a separate journey to experience different things. We are joined by friends, family and acquaintances but none will follow the path of the other. Each of us thinks our own thoughts. No two are alike, but the sharing and caring that happens every day provides strength and wisdom to the others. How exciting and interesting.

The five years that it took to put this book together was a time of healing for me. It was a time of great forward momentum; from living through the darkest of days to living my life with love, peace and happiness . The later, something I was sure I could not accomplish. But I did! So much so that the events of my first fifty years seem like a whole separate lifetime. I simply do not carry that baggage with me any longer.

With joy in my heart I greet this day and every day I awake to.