The Angels Among Us (ePub)

My story with the written Word began when my family moved to Philadelphia. I was a teenager, and my writing consisted of letters home to my friends. One friend in particular was an avid writer. I still remember a quote from one of his letters: “the sea, wondrous and horrible at the same time, stretches out to infinity, the source of all life, it’s green depths mysteriously beckoning, promising peaceful slumber forever.”

I turned that letter in for one of my English composition in high school. There may have been a few others I deemed worthy enough to put my John Hancock on that year as well. I received A’s on them all. Finally, I just imitated Pat and began writing my own essays and getting my own A’s.

My junior year, my English teacher had us keep an idea book, which was a collection of found literature. Now, mind you, this was no literary gem by any means, but it was my collection of words, songs, poems, and assorted language. What it taught me in my own small teenage mind was an appreciation for literature.

When senior year started, I found myself back in Cincinnati, going to McNich. For my senior project, I decided to write and illustrate a book of poetry. Then I went to UC and majored in English. All my writing there had to do with themes in literature. It was there I was introduced to Emily Dickenson, Walt Whitman, Chaucer, Shakespeare, and my favorite then, William Butler Yeats.

My writing experiences took a different bend when I went to law school and applied what I knew to legal writing. Language played an important part there too. When for instance one wanted to give contractual rights broader terms, one would speak in terms of property rights or owning your job. So the river I found flowed here too. It was her in this unlikely place that shadows of a former time and place and feelings came to mind. I had a right-brain law professor who influenced me in many ways. He made me realize my differences were not a handicap. A coming of age began

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