Beyond Expectations

<p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Beyond Expectations</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> inspires and heartens when a child who once fretted bedtime monsters strikes out to find many great and wonderous things; offers a breath-holding moment as spring fledglings teeter on the edge of their first precarious flight; affirms an aging community's wry world-wisdom underscoring the unaltering lines of human nature's playbook. Even when expectations become reality-dimmed unforeseen lessons and unimagined gratitude often tinged with humor frequently emerge. This collection was inspired by an observant and sage mother of a past generation who resolutely overcame her own society's presumptions proving that life always holds promises well beyond our expectations.</span></p><p></p><p></p>