M. Irene Louis

Bio: I was born and raised at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in northern Colorado. I am now living in southern Missouri. I consider this a form of probationary restraint as I am unable to go home, back to Colorado right now. No, I did not break any civil laws. However, I'm on probation here from living the life I set out to live years ago. I am learning lessons here I refused in my stubborn self-reliance of youth.

Simply put, I'm taking this chapter in my life with a stride and a sense of humor. Hindsight being 20/20 I thought there was much more to me than there is. I was the ultimate savior and the most impatient person. I could do things in life much better and faster than even God Himself. Now, I see I am only one person who is only in control of me. The job of Savior was long taken and done well by the only Savior given onto this earth by it's Creator.

I have a purpose, though some days I struggle to stick with it. I do know I have learned much in my life's experiences. I have shared my story with many through the course of the last few years. I pray I will continue to be of value to others I come in contact. Even if that contact is for a brief moment, a simple reason, a season or a life time. I have been encouraged by many supportive friends and family members who have read my writings. By others who have spent many hours listening to my rants and raves, laughs and tears. I have had a positive influence on others who have walked in similar pathways. I have been there when they reach the point of 'rock bottom' in their own lives.

I have much to share. Yet I too have much to continue learning and I most especially enjoy learning and sharing together. I encourage others to join me. Those who are on a path to find peace, serenity and happiness in their own lives - men, women and children alike.

I have two wonderful sons who walk beside me. One is is a recent graduate from high school senior who happens to have a multitude of 'limitations'. Really, that is what society thinks. He has Down Syndrome and he is the least limited individual I know! He doesn't let these limitations stop him from appreciating the wonder of each new day. He embraces happiness and the beauty of life in a way that many of us can only imagine. My youngest is a mirror of his mother. He is junior me, mini-me. I pray though, that he has learned more at his age than I learned through the many years it took me to get to this point in my life.