A Journey from Darkness Into the Light ?All Our Dreams Can Come True?if We Have the Desire (Burning), Determination, Courage, Passion, Persistence and Patience* to Pursue Them (And It's Often Through the Very Dark Places Where They May Lead)?long Enough. - Writing Into the Light

PROLOGUE I came across this fine bit of writing, which I could closely relate to in those dark days in -. Diana's words describe my feelings better than I could myself... so here they are... "People speak glibly about life changing moments. Some truly qualify. You propose marriage and are accepted. You hear, 'You're hired' or 'You're fired' and your future shifts instantly. The doctor says 'malignant' (or something else life-changing) and everything is different. But anyone who has ever lived through it will tell you: It is profoundly shattering to learn, in one instant, that everything you thought was true about a loved one (my words: or perhaps your own life) is actually a lie. (Your entire world is turned upside down - what you thought about yourself, and what gave meaning to your life). The world rocks on its axis; when it is finally steady again, you are in a strange place that resembles, but is totally unlike the place you were in just a moment earlier." - fine and perceptive writing by Diana B Henriques from 'Wizard of Lies; Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust' From A Book Extract (as published in the New Zealand Herald) And that's exactly as I felt*, as we tried to absorb the words of the ... * Shattered and Broken!