International Lifestyle Magazine Issue 57 | Page 113

How Spirit Helped Me
t o Wr i t e M y N o v e l i n
J u s t Tw e n t y S i x D a y s
Meeting Olive was the inspirational
catalyst for the birth of my debut
novel. Our friendship began
properly in 2008. She was eighty
and I was thirty three. Our
connection was a spiritual one,
and despite an age gap of nearly
half a century, we found so much
in common. This mighty force of a
woman who loved the company of
others had found herself practically
house bound due to various health
complications, so getting visits by
people who would indulge her in a
chinwag, kept her mind o