Time passing is a constant reminder to me that, if I don't keep working on the current book, it may never be finished. I really want it finished. I have something to say about this experience of retiring and getting older. It has so much to do with who I am, why I am here and where I come from. I find more and more that my stories are intertwined with the other passion of my life, Family History. I begin to see very clearly that the way we are, the 'who' of our spirit comes from both our life experience and our ancestors' genes.
As I take Mairi through her discoveries of life after career, as she finds her new/old 'self, I find bits of myself that I saw in my parents, in my grandmother and in my children and grandchildren.
It's a journey of discovery, this writing of a novel. Got to get back to it!! If only Tiger's picture books would stop popping into my head. They don't leave me alone. He's a persistent little bugger.
