Welcome to my website. If you’re reading this blog, chances are you read the book, heard the poem, or saw the inspirational movie Welcome The Rain: Choosing to See Beyond Life’s Storms and wanted to learn more. Then again, you may have Googled “rain,” hoping to find this week’s weather forecast, and accidentally stumbled upon my website. If that’s the case, I welcome you anyway!

This morning, while driving my children to school, I glanced up at the overcast clouds blanketing the sky and thought, “Let It Rain!” Uncharacteristically cool and dark for a May morning in Dallas, this weather has proven to create the perfect day to officially launch the Welcome The Rain movie.

Last weekend, I had my second book signing. On the eve of both signings, as I was ironing my tablecloths, I had this sneaking suspicion that no one would show up. In my mind, I pictured a signing with my only patrons being my husband, parents, and kids. I thought the whole signing would look like this:

Waiting...waiting...waiting...

I’ve added a new feature to the website: podcasts. So far, all I have is an audio clip of me reading my Welcome The Rain poem. I’m not sure what I’ll podcast about next, but hey, this is a good start.

I’m experiencing that feeling you get when you hear your own answering machine message or, to bring things up to the twenty-first century, voice mail message. Where the voice that you’re hearing is not the same one that you hear from inside of your head all day long. It’s like I’m listening to a close relative: I recognize that voice, I’m familiar with the cadence, accent, and annunciation, I just don’t happen to own that voice. Strange, really.

But back to the podcasts. I hope you enjoy hearing the poem, read by me. Not the me that I hear in my head, the other me. The recorded me.

Women’s Edge magazine recently interviewed me for an article about my book for their July issue. Actually, it was Gary Tomlinson who did the interviewing. Thanks, Gary! The article is in my media room. Thanks for checking it out!

The other night, I met with a local book club that had chosen Welcome The Rain as their book of the month. I was a little nervous since my book was the topic of the evening, but we all had a great time chatting, eating, and sharing stories. And no one made me cry! Thanks, girls, for the great evening!