Author Statement....

        I write because after reading many *books (see below) by fellow successful writers on how to live a unique, awake, and kind life, I wondered where I could begin in my own life to live an enlightened life, truly putting all these teachings into practice.  Perhaps a part of myself more powerful than I decided to explore the potentials and questions that reading these books gave rise to.  They echoed the possibilities of living a 'liberated-above-what-everyone-else-thought-was-possible' life, and one of transformation.   Excited about the generous introspections offered in these books I was ready to start living this awakened, grateful life mentioned in these books.  I was fortunate to visit a community in Northern California where people took continuing education workshops to cultivate the expression of themselves, which could then be poured into their relationships, and work lives.  I was further inspired, and realized that we as people can live in such a way where we're constantly inspiring one another to live the lives we've imagined. I learned that when we question our surroundings we are given the key to become more of who we truly are. 

           I returned home to Vancouver, Canada and wanted so much to share this enlivened way of being and interacting...but I wasn't sure where to start.   I have found and continue to find the answers in the books I write by the creation and observation of the characters that appear in the stories.   Caped In Mission  and Tova take me on journeys that are the fuel for inspiring me in the ways I wish to live my life.    As I step one foot in front of the other, writing word for word, I receive the whispering wisdoms that spontaneously present themselves to me through the interactions between the head strong, and rebellious, characters of Caped In Mission & Tova.

                The nature of the relationships within the first book, Caped In Mission, and Tova resonate with the heart. There is an uncanny connectedness, warmth, desire to understand one another, and magic, in each and every interaction.  The evolution of the character's lives in Caped In Mission and Tovahave shown me a bravery which has given me the propensity to go out and create a life of equally heroic actions.

           Everytime I imagine, I become inspired.   For everyday that we are inspired, our imaginations soar....

There is absolutely nothing more inspiring than giving a gift to another that they, in that moment, cannot give to themselves. 

                               Gaia

*Books referred to at the top are by:   

Deepak Chopra, Hermann Hesse, Kahlil Gibran, Kurt Vonnegut, J Krishnamurti, Stephen Mitchell, Oscar Wilde, Ayn Rand, Maya Angelou, Julia Cameron, Pema Chodron, Rumi, Paulo Coehlo, James Redfield, Thich Nhat Hanh, Chogyam Trungpa, His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Wayne Dyer, Ken Wilber, Paramahansa Yogananda, Dan Millman