<p><strong>Our friends and family -- even strangers -- can be tools to help shape us as we grow...</strong></p><p></p><p><em>Diary of a Christian Mystic</em> is the result of a promise author Jennifer Lench made to her dying grandmother. Knowing that Jennifer kept much hidden her grandmother asked her to open up about her oddities.</p><p></p><p>For Jennifer the poetry flowed easily and was a release; writing stories about her life proved more challenging. But it is in the retelling of these stories-through poetry and essays-that Lench is hoping to inspire others to find love's presence-a presence that has guided and molded her throughout her life.</p>