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Awards for Swimming Through Clouds

“A work of art…”

-USA Today, Happy Ever After writer Serena Chase

“Tough and touching, resilient and raw…”

-Tosca Lee, NY Times bestselling author of

HAVAH and The Books of Mortals series with Ted Dekker

“A poignant but realistic tale…“ ~Sheila Wray Gregoire, Syndicated Columnist, Canadian National Award-Winning Speaker, Blogger, and Author of multiple books on Marriage and Intimacy

“…Characters who come to life in each page.” – Diana Mao, President of Nomi Network

“…Will leave you gasping for air, reaching for something steady to lean on…”

~ Jennifer Murgia, author of the ANGEL STAR series &

BETWEEN THESE LINES

“…Difficult to read but even more difficult to put down.”

~Brown Girl Magazine

GoodReads Book Review

“Should be read by everyone … men and women, the young and the old.”~Masala Mommas Book Review by Angie Seth

“…This patient, subtle romance is intimate and enticing.”~Talking Cranes, Book Review by Viveka Kymal

“This is not a bubble-gum, high school sweetheart kind of story.”

~Laura Anderson Kurk, author of

GLASS GIRL and PERFECT GLASS

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What did you learn growing up about Eye Contact?

Were you in the hard knocks school of “Look me in the eye, Son!” or did you hear “Never look a person in the eye” from your social mentors?

And when you fell in love. The first time. Was it in her eyes that you found yourself? And could he see right into your heart when he gazed into your baby blues? Or in my case, the brown-eyed girl?

Attended a marriage seminar several years back called PAIRS where the first lesson shared the importance of body language, encouraging couples to establish a focused position before talking. Knee to knee. Eye to eye.

But not everyone does the eye contact thing naturally. Personally, I get a tad distracted if I’m concentrating too hard when I look into someone’s eyes. My mind begins this peripheral dialogue that sends me into a zone all by itself.

“He’s looking into my eyes. I’m looking into his. He’s holding his stare. Holy cow, he hasn’t blinked. In a really long time. Wait! Which eye am I looking in? Left? Right? Both? Yikes! Who will look away first? [I do… then return, and…] He’s still looking. Right into my eyes. Wow. What was I saying? What were we talking about?” Continue reading →