Meet The Cast!

Dreamcatchers and dreams. Iris has them both. Dreamcatchers to catch her bad dreams. And dreams of what life was, but none of what life could be. Until her familiar Stranger engulfs her life and changes everything. Is he a new dream of the future or destined to be a repeat of the past? Can she allow herself to love again or will the pain from the past be too great?

Meet Iris, the self proclaimed train wreck clutching hard to faith and hope, haunted by her past, and raising her young brother.

Meet Jason, the roamer from Georgia, throwing darts at a map just to find a place to go to get away from where he has been.

Meet Ian, Jason's brother and best friend. Careless, and a little arrogant and definitely sarcastic. But who gets what it's like to walk alone and leave something behind.

 

Get to know them all in Awakening Iris and stay prepared for the thrilling, emotional, and crazy real soon to be sequel Sparks Ignite (The Dreamcatchers Saga#2)!!!

 

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Ghosts of the Past

Please, tame your breath,
It's time for rest,
The world has stopped,
Your fears are locked,
We've seen it all,
Behind closed doors,
We all fall short,
My wounds are yours.

The time is not real,
Though the clock ticks fast,
Not all of us will heal,
We'll be just ghosts of the past.
We'll just be ghosts of the past.

Please, slow your heart,
The war is at start,
They hear our whispers,
We watch all of the glitter...fade.
We've seen it all,
We've shot, we've crawled,
We've bled, we've wept,
I've watched while you slept.

Solidify this reality,
The lines have blurred with fantasy,
Liquefy my heart again,
Heat my blood so I can feel human.

Please, slow your heart,
It pounds so hard,
My feet are weak,
I feel you... when... I sleep.

Magic On Earth

Beauty is grounds for all that is holy. Beauty in the spirit, mind, and heart. The spirit is what makes us real. The spirit is what feeds us our needs, keeps us alive, and is what has made us and shaped us into what we are today. The spirit in not confined to a tunnel or box. It is not small, but vast and extensive. It is a fortress. It is magic on earth. It is nothing real, imaginary, or fantasy, but at the same time defines our reality. It can be here, there, and dancing with the stars all at the same time. The spirit wanders, praises, celebrates, sometimes grows bored, and is the non physical manifestation of adventure. It is stardust. It is moonbeams. It is the color of every rainbow we've seen.It is everything that we have ever dared to dream.

Meet Jason!

Meet Jason. He's from the town of Rome Georgia, right there at the base of the Appalachian Mountains. He's 25 with blonde hair that tends to curl at the ends when it grows a little longer. His eyes are the most vivid blue. You could swear that you were looking straight into the sky on a cloudless day. They seem to sparkle and illuminate even in the dark and he feels like summer. He smells like leather and fresh air and somehow seemed to just appear out of nowhere. Jason has no home, only his car. And he hasn't spoken to any family he has left in years, only his brother who roams with him. He is not quick to temper, but fast and strong. He is fiercely protective over the people that he loves even if they drive him crazy sometimes. He has his problems and his past, but even when everything seems to be going against him he tries to remember that it's all going to be okay, and he not only believes it, but he can make others around him believe it too. Jason has the power to change others in such amazing ways using only his touch and his heart and if he could physically shoulder Iris' pain he would without hesitation. He doesn't love easily but when he does he can't leave. He is tethered and the bonds are unbreakable. His feeling irrevocable. Meet Jason, the roamer. He lives, breathes, and his heart beats for belief. Belief in the unseen, in change, and in time.

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Journal/Errant Thought: December 11, 2013 We Remain

I don't think that it's as hard as it seems. And despite the hard times that is thrown our way... I think that it's supposed to be easy. It's supposed to be natural. You shouldn't have to try.

Love is the basis of life. It's pure magic. It's key to survival. Without it what would be the point? The beauty and clarity it divides and amplifies would dissolve into nothing. A profound nothingness. An empty nothingness. What would be the purpose of that?

And even though it has been said by many alike and different. Many cynical and unbelieving, I believe it. But I'm not so sure that I believe what they say. Why would something so beautiful, pure, and radiant be so hard to come by? Instead of it being dangled in front of us like a tease why can't we just reach for it? Maybe we're the cause of our own unhappiness and destruction. Maybe we are set on self destruct and we detonate and try to blame it on someone, anything else. Fate. Design. No, it's you. It's us.

Life isn't about fairness or being dealt the right hand. Sometimes we get really crappy hands, really hard and tough ones to work with. But how would we know strength if we weren't tested? Sometimes life is a struggle, sometimes our hope falters, sometimes we get the best of each other and sometimes we get the worst. Sometimes we give the best of ourselves and are given the worst of others. Sometimes we have to crawl and dig our way out of the holes that we've made just to see what it is we are really made of. Sometimes we have to test ourselves. Sometimes it's about making a simple decision or maybe even making a really hard one. Sometimes we get it right, but a lot of times we get it wrong with the best intentions. But we have to keep trying. Keep proving to ourselves that we can do it just because we can. 

But out of everything hard in this world and easy to give up on, I think love should be the most simple, and yet the hardest to give up on. I think we owe not only each other, but ourselves that. Even when we have to fight for it, the fighting even at it's most hopeless should be easy if it's something that we really want. With love we can tear down walls and build new ones for better days. Hopeful, bright days. It's a short ride down, but a long way back up. We'll get there. We'll make it. We will free ourselves with our eyes open for the first time in ages. And throughout the ages of folklore, fairytales, broken hearts, and dragons and time we will remain.

And even when the fight feels long, and our hands tremble, and our feet feel weak, we will know that it will all be worth it in the end. Because love can strengthen us again just as it can kill us. And if it does kill us? Oh, it's a beautiful death.

Winter's Bones

Winter's bone,
Frozen lips,
Snow on my tongue,
Pale fingertips.
Shivers down my spine,
Speaking to my bones,
Sparkling diamonds beneath my feet,
Icicles on your throne.
Evergreen needles,
Plummet downwind,
We seek time that we've lost,
We mourn the time that we've spent.
Trees turn bare, weighed down,
Unnatural feathers, we speak to the wind,
We press cold lips together,
And blow kisses that will mend.
Numb fingers searching,
Fumbling and pink,
Hopes grow high,
Our fear will shrink.
We're alive and I feel it now,
We're standing in the clouds,
A glimpse of a heart,
And it feeds us somehow.
Just say I thank you,
And I'll say forever,
I love you more,
Cold lips together.

Ribbons and Bows!

Four years with a story in my head and at my fingertips. Going through different names and personalities to make these characters special, unique, and vulnerable. To make them human. Getting up and writing in the middle of the night because I can't put them down to sleep. People that I know and love inspiring me and the small details in these characters every step of the way. I'm proud of where Awakening Iris is today. And I'm proud of the future that has been created for these special group of characters that have changed my life. Iris, Jason, Ian, Danny, and Charlie. For the ones that also play small roles and the ones newly created and introduced in Sparks Ignite. And thank you readers for bringing them to life for the world a little more every day. Now that Thanksgiving is over, Christmas is almost here! So when you are Christmas shopping keep Awakening Iris in mind for any readers in your family! Click the link below for more information. Available on Kindle, Nook, or Paperback!

See. Read. Believe. Thank you :)