So how should you use this book? First of all, please enjoy it. Thumb the pages, find the verses that resonate particularly with you, and take some comfort, strength and, I hope, inspiration from the words I have written. Use the ‘My thoughts…’ pages to make your own notes. Add doodles or diagrams, underline the lines that leap out at you, and write your own responses to the questions and issues I raise. In short, make this book your own. I hope you will come back to it again and again and perhaps, as time goes on, you’ll tweak those notes and doodles or find that different poems appeal. Please take this book on your own journey – I hope it goes with you to some wonderful and surprising places.
Samantha Crilly