Braunskill, Tara: - As far as I am concerned, I was no ordinary child, and I am no ordinary woman. I strive to appreciate the little things in life. I love to stop and take notice. I can feel peace when the wind blows & reverence for the rain, and I love the smell of ylang ylang and patchouli. I still tickle each one of my children from ages six to twenty-nine. I must kiss my baby girl at least ten times every day, and she loves it. I smiled a lot as child, and I was shy and quiet. I took most things to heart and the words that my dad spoke to me were golden. I came from a loving home until it was broken, and it was then that I came to know rejection and anger and unforgiveness, and I began to breed dysfunction unaware. But eventually I learned to search for a truth beyond what I knew, beyond my pain, and beyond indoctrination even when it was diffi cult to fi nd, and as I progress through my journey, I have decided to extend a bit of myself, to the innocence of children, within the pages of this book.