I never really knew any of my grandparents. All passed from this mortal coil when I was quite young. My images of them consist of grainy mental pictures and family anecdotes, both of varying quality. However, there is one thing I have always remembered quite vividly. At some point my maternal grandmother said to me, “one day you will have a moment when your true self will awaken from its sleep.” I have no idea what the context was for this remark or what she truly meant by it. Nevertheless it always stuck with me.
For most of my younger years this phrase in my memory lay dormant and unexplored. And then one day it happened. My epiphany moment hit me like a sledgehammer and I have never been the same since. But first, a bit about me and my background……