PHYLLIS LEAVITT started writing poetry when she was thirteen and later wrote and illustrated many children's books. In her early twenties, she embarked on a spiritual journey. She didn't go on a pilgrimage to the Far East or sit long hours in meditation, and though she tried many spiritual paths, she always returned to writing as her prayer and her practice. One early poem was entitled "My God is This Empty Sheet of Paper." Phyllis could not have known back then how prophetic that poem title would be. But finally, in 1995, while she was journaling her way through the very darkest time of her life, her writing took a dramatic turn. A Divine Voice spoke to her as she wrote page after page about her painful wanderings through the dark mystery of her childhood and the wilderness of her adult life. Suddenly God was right there talking to her about what her Soul was seeking within all the life experiences of Phyllis Leavitt, and especially in all that she found so difficult. "They" spoke volumes. She wrote down all the messages given to her from early 1995 to 1998 but eventually, overcome by tremendous self-doubt, she put it all away. Then one day in 2011, when her husband was in great pain from a surgery and questioning the whole experience of being in a body, she suddenly found herself talking to him about her writing, about the Soul purpose in all our experience, about all pain being Soul calling us Home. Her Soul was calling her Home through that experience with her husband. From there it was only a matter of time before she decided to write her book. *** Phyllis Leavitt has a Master's Degree in Psychology and Counseling and has been in private practice for over 25 years. She is the author of The Road Home: A Light in the Darkness, Book I of The Road Home Series, soon to be re-issued under the title, A Light in the Darkness. Into the Fire is Book II in that series. She has given several public talks on her work and co-hosts the "Light on the Road Home" podcast with Deborah Louise Brown (blogtalkradio.com/boomerandbabe). Phyllis lives with her husband in Santa Fe and Taos, New Mexico. She is passionate about nature, hiking, camping, and being with her children and grandchildren. She also enjoys painting; the front and back covers of her books feature her paintings. Visit her website at PhyllisLeavitt.com