Some of them are part of my life (my sister, my family of friends, my university professors, ladies I collaborate with) and
others part of me forever (my mother and grandmother); and then there are also those who I have never actually
met, but make an impact all the same: inspiring food bloggers and photographers whose work and kindness I admire and
aspire to, poets and activists, comedians and
writers who make me feel so damn proud to be a woman.
It was not until I began to take courses and
meet other writers and, finally, after I retired from full - time work, that I realized a novel was something I could
aspire to write.