I have a new friend, but we haven’t met.
Her name is Grace, and she lives on the other side of the world!
The east coast of Scotland and the west coast of the USA are diametrically opposed so if either of us were to move left or right we’d get closer to each other. When we’re online it’s always ‘today’ for me but Grace lingers in the past. She’s young, whereas I was already in my forties when she was born. Nevertheless we have important life commonalities: faith, writing, and music. Our lynchpin is the ever-modest publishing consultant Jim Holmes (insert)
who was instrumental in getting both our books into print, and who coincidentally lives exactly midway between us in South Carolina.
Grace is a violinist whose professional life came to a sudden halt seven years ago when, on her way to perform in a concert, she was struck by a car on a pedestrian crossing. This resulted in a catastrophic brain injury from which she is continuing to make a slow recovery. Her published memoir (see featured image) describes her courage to move forward with life despite limitations, and an unwavering faith in God’s goodness which has shown her new paths to follow.
Culture, friendship, faith, music… we both love writing, and it would be good to write together about these things.
Watch this space!
