Author's Age

I was twenty years old when I published A Collection of Reflections, and it took me eight years to write and organize all the poems for this book. One of my dearest friends, to whom I was dedicating this book, died in her sleep in the spring of last year, never having had the opportunity to read it. Every copy of this book that sells will stand to honor her memory.

I am now twenty-one, and I continue to write.