Writing My Book

I stepped out and wrote my story a story that had been boiling inside of me for years. I wrote it over and over then balling up the paper and throwing it away. When I wrote the book the words came back like words from a monologue in a play. I was so excited that the stories that had ran through me for years were finally written on paper and bond in a book. The stories were sad, funny and thrilling. Some memories were comforting and others were not but they were stories that lived in my head for many years.
I never dreamed that I would be able to write a book and people would really enjoy reading it. I've gotten calls from people telling me how much they have enjoyed reading the book. Two older people told me "when I should have been reading the Bible I was reading your book." I never imagined that it would be such a good read. I wanted to honor the wonderful people that crossed my path while at Vista Maria I wanted to share how much love I'd recieved while living with them. I think about those days very often and how much I grew and learned so much from those young ladies. Those girls had shared so much with me all their fears, saddness, dreams and hopes with me. It was like having a big pajama party everyday. I learned that people worship differently and more about a faith I knew nothing about. Writing my book was so much fun to go back and revisit all the people that touched my life so deeply. I learned about a race of people that I thought didn't care about me as an African American. I had the expeience to work at a job that would be my future. All of this I told in my book.
To learn that people who read it found it to be so inspirational was such a joy to me. One woman wrote and told me that she put my book on her book shelf right next to The Help and Anne Frank these are music to an author's ears. Me, Kim Kelsey, an author such a dream come true putting words on paper that told my story of staff and young ladies that help create me.You gotta get the book.

 

To Write Or Not To Write That Is The Question

I've always loved reading as a little girl I would spend hours in my room reading a good book. I remember learning how to read the joy it bought me to be able to put letters together and form words. It was so cool. My sister and I share the same room and she loved drawing she would spend hours drawing and I could read. When I was a teenager I had a desire to write maybe it came from all those days when I was younger reading wanting to write just seemed natural.

I was so overjoyed when my book In Between My Tears was finished and I finally had it published. The tears filled my eyes when I held that book in my hands and looked at it with the cover I dreamed of and the title that came to me and the colors that ran through my mind constantly. The beauty of it was that cover that my sister drew the picture of the shadow of a girl with a tear drop from her face. Seeing us come full circle Rhodia's drawing with my words.

The few books that I printed was loved by so many people. Most emailed or called and asked when will be my next book. I was amazed by their comment and happy that I was able to make my dream come true. Now I'm back at square one trying to convince myself to write again just as I did with my first book. My sister worked on her joy for drawing as much as she could even in her last days having a pencil and pad near by when ever she could mustard up enough to put the pencil to the paper her hand filled with pain she would still try to draw. She tried to live her passion to create and to draw. I would try very hard to begin to write again.  My sister was so in her joy doing what she did she didn't have to it sold and many people didn't have to see it or buy she just drew. My goal now is to continue to write.

The answer is to write

She Did It Again

On April 13, 2013, the show Bag Lady returned to the stage and moved the audience to laughter, tears and joy. The Red Hatters came to see the performance and all enjoyed the show.

I enjoyed performing the Bag Lady show for over sixty people on April 13. Many approached me after the show with their stories  of emotions they too had stuffed inside their bags over the years. There was a former superviser in the audience and several people from church came to the show as well. This is the fourth year I've performed this show and each time I perform it I'm so blessed by the warm wishes from everyone after the show. Many say that I've inspired them the truth is they inspire me. I'm not sure when I'll do the show agian just grateful every time I do. Several brought the book "In Between My Tears too. I'm amazed at how I've gone from selling keychain bags to now selling my own book this is such a great experience.

We Read The Book

Happy Birthday Kim Kelsey!
 From my very first book club group on my birthday. These women read my very first book In Between My Tears and invited me to come and discuss the book with them. What a wonderful way to spend my birthday and celebrate my book. I had a an awesome time. I was so blessed to share my journey of writing my book with these lovely ladies. I look forward to seeing them at the show Bag Lady.

I"m So Excited

I was so happy that day signing my book "In Between My Tears" for the first time at the show "Bag Lady" in May. It was amazing seeing both of my dreams for myself coming together all in one day.
As a young lady I watched Whoopi Goldberg perform as an comedian and actress and deep within my heart that's what I wanted to do. I could see myself on a stage doing a one woman showI made it happen.
The day I left Vista Maria Home for Girls I wanted to write about that experience for years I tried to write it put would throw it away frustrated with the words that was on the page. I didn't believe that I could write about that experience and a way that would bring honor to the experience I'd learned so much from that experience. I know that I wouldn't be the woman that I am today if I hadn't had that experience. I made my dream come true and I wrote my book.

Back to the Future

The other day I had a meeting at St Thomas Aquians School this happen to be the school that I had my first experienced of working in a classroom as an assistant to a teacher. This is the actual classroom I worked in over forty years ago. I share that experienced of working there in my book In Between My Tears. What a wonderful feeling I had when I walked in there its still a cute little school. The Y now runs the school and I'm sure they will have the same dedication that the teachers had then. Going back in time was a wonderful feeling. The book tells how I felt when I walked in that school.

The Book

It's offical I recieved my letter the other day in the mail I am now an offical author. What a great feeling was so happy holding that certificate in my hands saying that I am the author of the book In Between My Tears I almost cried. I did cry when my co-worker shared with me the story about her daughter my book. She told me that when her daughter got in the car she accidently sat on the book and quckly jumped up and said "Oh I'm so sorry I sat on the book" She put up symbol for quotation mark when she said "The Book". What a great feeling. I went to a friends house and I saw my book on her bookshelf this put a big smile on face. The book is getting around so cool. sMile