Mara Hawks's Page

My friend, Lynne, who invited me to join this wonderful site, has been a STORYBOOK friend in my life for decades. When we met, she lived in a lopsided house and I'd come from a broken home (like most of us! lol!) She had 2 tiny children and I had a newly hatched, china babydoll. Our families began to grow together and our houses became upright and happy ones. One year we both had baby boys, who grew up as very best friends (now they are 28 and live across the street from each other). As the years went by and the pages were turned, families grew, jobs & careers became a series of campfires, relationships journeyed and I moved great distances, she remained the steadfast soldier of guarding our stories and translating new ones in ways that inspired me to continue with the page-turning. From the very beginning, she told me stories about me that I'd never heard before, so really, she has always helped me to develop my authentic character. And isn't that the substance of good storytelling? The development of authentic characters? Today we have to laugh, because the quest, for both of us, has always been about HOME and knowing that we each have a place in this world, and now we are both REALTORS! There is tremendous power and healing in the fact that SOMEONE knows how to read--- and tell, your story.