“She had the ability every breathing moment to say yes to life in all its peaks and valleys. Absent the ability to disdain others, she would wrap them in her elastic ever expanding band of acceptance. The wondrous gift of totally enveloping who and what they were enabled them to feel the sense and wonder of their own value.”

This is a brief description of Solange one of my favorite characters in my new novel. She represents the best qualities I have found in others along the way. To widen our acceptance and embrace everyone in our circle benefits us as well as those we embrace