My calling, my gift, my passion is being a writer. Writing is the way I communicate the ideals that live within me. It’s God in me speaking to God in my readers. As Brenda Ueland would have it, we write,“Because the best way to know beauty and truth is to try to express it. And what is the purpose ofexistence here or yonder but to discover truth andbeauty and express it, i.e. share it with others.”