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Voice Within: A Storybook by Storytellers
This podcast narrates to you short stories, poems and letters from a collective of authors. It is a simple cup of tea in hand, or a long drive kind of moment, to truly immerse yourself in a tale or two. For the love of a good story!
Voice Within: A Storybook by Storytellers
An Interview with Writer Rachel Faith: When Your Muse Calls at Night
The transformative power of words takes center stage as Rachel Faith opens her heart about writing as a pathway to healing and self-discovery. With remarkable candor, she reveals how putting pen to paper became her salvation during difficult chapters of her life, particularly in breaking cycles of trauma between generations.
Rachel's journey through Buddhist meditation and mindfulness practices fundamentally altered her approach to both writing and motherhood. "It's linked in with my personal development journey," she explains, describing the moment she realized she could change patterns that had persisted through generations. Her poem "A New Birth" captures this pivotal transformation—a powerful testament to how self-awareness can reshape our relationships with our children and ourselves.
The conversation weaves through Rachel's experiences at the Bellingen Readers Writers Festival, where local authors gathered to share their work and build community. Her warm recollections of connecting with other writers and receiving feedback reveal the vital importance of creative community for writers at every stage of their journey.
Perhaps most compelling is Rachel's discussion of her memoir-in-progress, "Breaking Anaphora," which chronicles her efforts to interrupt destructive family patterns. Her candid reflection on publishing industry realities—that memoirs from unknown writers face significant hurdles—speaks to the challenges many writers encounter when sharing deeply personal work. Yet Rachel's perspective remains refreshingly optimistic: whether published widely or preserved for her grandchildren, her story holds intrinsic value as both personal healing and historical record.
Ready to explore how writing can transform your own life? This episode offers insight, inspiration, and practical wisdom for anyone who has ever felt the call to put their truth on the page. Listen now and discover how finding your voice might be the key to healing your past and reshaping your future.
This piece is available in Edition I of Voice Within: A Storybook by Storytellers.
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Voice Within, a collection of short stories, letters and poems narrated to you. Get cosy, warm cup of tea in hand and take your ears and imagination to places a number of authors aspire to take you with their tales. Hello, so for a real treat today. Back in the two BBB days hosting a storytelling program a storytelling program I had a few of the Voice Within authors come and have a chat about what they feel writing means to them and to narrate some of their stories. So I am honoured to introduce Rachel Faith, who has published in both Voice Within One and Two Editions, and talks about her journey through writing, which is where she has her own personal muse that wakes her up at night, ensuring that she has notepad and pen by her side to write down some of the insights that come to her. So you're in for a real treat. I say this again and I hope you really enjoy. It has an interview plus narrations, plus some music alongside, so enjoy.
Speaker 1:Good morning, story lovers. You are back here on a Wednesday for Storytime with Simona, and what a wonderful day it is, as I have a special guest today on the show. I don't know if you recall, a couple of weeks ago we had an interview with Lee Rickwood, which was one of the authors from the Voice Within, a storybook by storytellers, and today Rachel Faith is here in the studio, who is also another author, and she will be sharing one of her poems from the book, and we'll be talking about writing and sharing some of her songs that she's chosen for you today. So, as I always say, get yourself nice and snuggly or, if you're driving, also, just tune in here. I'll hear on 2 Triple B. I hope you've got your cup of tea in hand and welcome Rachel Faith. Welcome to today's show.
Speaker 2:Hi Simona, hi everybody out there in the wild, wet wind of Bellingen today, it's great to be here with Simona. I'm really enjoying myself.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we're just here in the pre-recording studio and it is just one of those really wet Wednesdays today. I mean, we had a fear of the bridge going under, but we kind of just took the plunge because apparently the bridge is dormant and the high tide is not until after one o'clock, so we're here at 10 o'clock in the morning, so we just went for it this morning. So, as I said, we're going to you know, listen to your recording of the new birth poem, and we have been in the studio for a couple of hours this morning just recording for a potential audio book, for the first edition of the Voice. Within and Lee was one of the first, and Rachel now has joined in the studio. We're going to talk a little bit about what writing means to Rachel and how she aspires in her writing process, and also just a little bit about the Bellingen Readers Writers Festival. So, rachel, let's talk about, first up, what does writing mean to you?
Speaker 2:Look, writing is really important in my life. It's a way for me to express my truth. It's a way for me to deal with current issues, whether that be within my own personal life or at large in society. It's linked in with my personal development journey. I don't really see them as separate, and it's an opportunity for me to tell my story, in whatever shape that might come in. Even if it's characters that it's really not about my life, such as a short story, there's still something of me in there and something of my beliefs, my values, my attitudes, and it's a great joy for me to write. It's something that I need to do, um, as an artist, uh, so that I guess it keeps me sane in that way when I do purge it onto the page it is such a healing process't it just to be able to release that?
Speaker 1:And that's interesting because we did the narration of a good egg and that is a short story. Is that a personal connection to you, or is that something that just flew out of you?
Speaker 2:Look, good question. It could appear to be something from my life and, yes, I have had relationships of domestic violence, but that one in particular was actually inspired by adjan brahm, a buddhist monk who I listened to on podcast, and he talked about obviously, unconditional love and healing and that process and he just narrated a story of somebody who actually did make a difference in someone's life through giving love and gratitude and that's all it took to inspire that entire short story.
Speaker 1:And, yeah, it was something I really enjoyed writing and it just flowed out of me, yeah. So yeah, the Good Egg is one of the pieces that I really enjoyed of the collection and the reason being is I too have experienced, you know, moments of violence in my life in intimate relationship, and it does touch home there. But it also shows also have delved a lot into the world of meditation and Buddhism and mindfulness as well. That's a part of my life quite strongly and have found, when you are doing the work, it does kind of ripple into your world where you do get different reactions because you're reacting differently, you know.
Speaker 2:So true, simona. So my experience with Buddhism it is very intimate, and meditation, a meditation instructor, but also practicing regularly. That couldn't help but flow into that story as well. But I believe you're entirely right that in responding rather than reacting which you can do from a space of self-reflection and you can do, you know, when you do that inner work and you do find yourself more peaceful, more calm, more rational, it does flow out to those personal relationships and your responses to people. So, absolutely true, and that going into that piece of writing.
Speaker 1:Of course I'm going to do that because that's what I believe in, yeah, and also I find which you know, kind of what you just said alluded to me is like I experience something or I learn something, or I hear something and it triggers something deep within me like a seed, a little bit of a seed, and then it comes out in my writing, maybe a year later, or maybe a week later, depending on how much I need to process that new information, and it really does entwine in a lot of my poetry and a lot of my storytelling as well. So I really relate to that. So you've brought some music as well. So what would you like to play today?
Speaker 2:first up, Ooh, I think, going on what we've just been talking about, I think I'd like to start with Eva Cassidy. Oh had.
Speaker 1:I a Golden Thread? Yeah, from her album Songbird. I love Eva Cassidy. So here we are on 2 Triple B. We're about to listen to Eva Cassidy. Oh, had I a Golden Thread?
Speaker 3:Enjoy, and we'll see you after this ¶¶ A golden thread and a needle so fine I.
Speaker 4:I would weave a magic spell.
Speaker 3:Of rainbow design. Of rainbow design. In it I would weave the courage Of women Giving birth. For the women giving birth.
Speaker 4:And in it.
Speaker 3:I will weep, in a sense, of the children of all the earth.
Speaker 4:Children, of all the earth, thank you. I want to show my brothers and sisters my rainbow design.
Speaker 3:Cause I, I would bind up this sorry world With a hand. I would bind up this sorry world With hand and heart and mind. Oh, hand and heart and mind.
Speaker 4:Oh, had I a golden thread.
Speaker 3:And a needle so fine, needle, so fine, I, I would be a magic spell of rainbow design Of rainbow design Of rainbow design. Mmm, mmm, mmm.
Speaker 1:Welcome back here on Storytime with Simona and Rachel Faith today, and we're talking about writing inspirations. We're going to be sharing a poem today, narrated by Rachel Faith herself, so I hope you're enjoying today's show. And that was Eva Cassidy. Oh, had I a Golden Thread? And we've got more music coming up very soon as well. So we got to share a moment at the Bellingen Readers Writers Festival as well. So we got to share a moment at the Bellingen Readers Writers Festival as well, and, by what I gather, you've mentioned that you do volunteer annually at the Bellingen Readers Writers Festival. So how was this year, or what were the highlights, or how was this year any different to the previous years, or?
Speaker 2:Yeah, look, this year was a little bit different, um, for me, in that I allowed myself to get really immersed in the program, attend lots of the presentations, uh, chat with our guest authors more and just be very present, which was great. So typically I volunteer in the capacity to link visiting authors with the homeschoolers, and then other jobs that are on site that I'm needed for and also, you know, transporting from the airport and so forth. But yeah, this year, this year, I was just really really excited by it to be part of the local authors marquee was just really really excited by it. To be part of the local authors' marquee was just fantastic. Presenting for Voice Within was a really lovely experience and you know such a great circle of work that Simona has done in preparing that and getting us ready for that and the audience were really receptive, buying the books, getting us authors to sign them which you know, felt like a superstar for three and a half minutes, so that was great fun.
Speaker 2:And then the open mic. I presented two more poems and really enjoyed myself there as well.
Speaker 1:And also that was curated by Jason. John wasn't it.
Speaker 4:Yeah, that's right, he always gets people excited around poetry.
Speaker 1:He's really got himself involved with the Poetry Slam and you know, when COVID hit he really took on board the whole online Poetry Slam. So he was. I watched that. It was great.
Speaker 2:Yeah, even online it had a good vibe. Of course, it's never going to be the same as in person, but he did well to hold space for that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and we really needed it. I feel like you shouldn't shut down the creative process. You know, luckily we have all this technology that keeps us connected. So true, but it's good to be back in person.
Speaker 3:It sure is.
Speaker 1:I was really impressed with the local authors' marquee. I found it so well organised. I mean I don't have much to compare it with. I mean last year I kind of perused around but this year, being involved, I saw how much work you know went into it and how everything you knew that the team worked really well on the back end because everything from the front end looked wonderful like there was the team behind it.
Speaker 2:I know pete smith was very integral in organizing and running that schedule over the days, um, and there were others involved who were just fantastic. Um, and yeah, we had, we had great weather. We had great fires yes we had an amazing array of visiting authors. Um, the bookshop is incredible. Uh, amanda from book warehouse. Every year they come down and they run it smooth like clockwork. So even when we're backed out the doors, you know lined up for costa and so forth they just keep it all flowing, don't get in too much of a fluster.
Speaker 1:And yeah, they're just great so what was a highlight for you?
Speaker 2:um, look, I had a few, but probably, you know, chatting with costa, getting a big hug from him. You know the signing. Listening to his talk of the evening, which was more on, you know his philosophy on life and so forth I found he was very optimistic and hopeful and hope-filled and that was actually, yeah, really replenishing for me. Um, he said someone recently had said he has toxic positivity and you know he just embraces it. You know that he is positive and he is optimistic and and yeah, I'm a cup half full kind of girl. So you know, to meet someone who is going forth solutions focused with joy and optimism was really important for me at this time of life, so that was probably a highlight for me.
Speaker 1:I don't understand this toxic positivity. Who is this Grinch?
Speaker 2:I know just someone having a dig, I think, but really he was like yeah, whatever like if. I a dig, I think. But really he was like yeah, whatever, If I'm positive, I'm positive.
Speaker 1:There's no such thing as being I mean, I get what that means because I do know Costa but we need that in the world. We need it now. We have enough bad news as it is. We have enough toxicity without the positivity.
Speaker 2:That's right, that's right, that's it so yeah, I resonated with that and I respect that. He goes forth being a warrior of positivism and change.
Speaker 1:And love with gardening and love with the earth, and I mean that's pretty basic survival there needing to learn, but you know, I mean we're relearning on these things aren't we? I guess I'm a bit biased too, because I'm a big fan of Costa. So if anyone has a dig at Costa, I'm just like.
Speaker 1:I want to have a conversation with you. I want to know what you're about, as opposed to you projecting that onto our dear friend Costa. That's it, oh, wonderful. Well, there's a couple of other songs. I thought we might be able to play two more songs, one after the other.
Speaker 2:So is there anything there that you would like to share with? Look, I think if we go with Carole King way over yonder, I just can't help but think of Bellingen and just so grateful for the whole team that put together the Readers and Writers Festival Andrew Williams, I know well the project manager just to say a big thanks to you and congratulations to the whole team. You were incredible. So Way Over Yonder is for you guys, for Bellingen, and then followed by Dreams, by Fleetwood Mac.
Speaker 3:Beautiful.
Speaker 1:And just to note about I have to say this because I have mentioned this before with Carole King Tapestry. That album was 15 weeks consecutive, for 15 weeks up number one during I think it was 1970s, and I think she was one of the first female artists to have an album up for 15 weeks as number one and she sold 25 million copies worldwide of that album. An album up for 15 weeks as number one and she sold 25 million copies worldwide of that album and four Grammy Awards. Yeah, that's incredible, so an incredible thing. So here we are, enjoy and we'll see you after these two songs.
Speaker 4:Way over yonder is a place that I know, where I can find shelter from a hunger and cold, and the sweet taste in good life is so easily found Way over yonder. That's where I'm bound. That's where I'm bound, I know when I get there, the first thing I'll see Is the sun shining, golden, shining right down on me.
Speaker 3:Then trouble's gonna lose me. Worry, leave me behind.
Speaker 4:And I'll stand up proudly In true peace of mind. Talking about a, talking about a way over yonder Is a place I have seen In a garden of wisdom From some long ago dream. Oh, yeah, ooh, maybe tomorrow I'll find my way To the land where the honey runs In rivers each day and the sweet tasting good life Is so easily found. Way over yonder, that's where I'm bound. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Way over yonder, that's where I'm bound.
Speaker 4:Now, here you go again. You say you want your freedom. Well, who am I to keep you down? It's only right that you should play the way you feel it. But listen carefully to the sound Of your loneliness, like a heartbeat drives you mad and it still isn't remembering what you had. Be glad to be In the stillness and remember what you have and what you love, and what you have and what you love.
Speaker 4:Thunder only happens when it's raining. Players only love you when they're playing. Say when they will come and they will go. They will come and they will go. When the rain washes you clean, you'll know, you'll know. Now, here I go again. I see the crystal vision. I keep my visions to myself. It's only me who wants to wrap around your dreams, and have you any dreams? You like yourself? Dreams of loneliness, like a heartbeat drives you back and I'm still as I'm remembering what you had and what you loved. What you had, oh, won't you love me. Thunder only happens when it's raining. Players only love you when they're playing Women. They will come and they will go. When the rain washes you clean, you'll know, oh, thunder only happens when it's raining, only happens when it's raining.
Speaker 1:Players only love you when they're playing, say women, they will come and they will go. When the rain washes you clean, you'll know, you'll know, you will know. Oh, you'll know, you'll know. You'll hear on 2 Triple B Storytime with Simona. So you just heard Fleetwood Mac their Dreams would mack their dreams. And before that, carol cling way over yonder, dedicated to the bellingen readers, writers festival crew from rachel faith. So we're in the studio today recording and we're going to share, uh, a poem of rachel's you now it's called A New Birth. Did you want to talk about the significance of this poem? And we did also mention the time that you were at and who it's dedicated to.
Speaker 2:So just before we play it, I just thought we could discuss it a little bit, yep no worries, look, this poem I wrote when I was at Yarra Happiny Forest on a Buddhist silent retreat and part of that, you know, few-day journey, was that we did have counseling sessions where we did share what was coming up for us and obviously we were speaking then, but that was the only time and the rest, you know, were encouraged to meditate, walk, be with nature and go within and interestingly, um, what came out was a new birth, um, which is, uh, it's a story of myself as a mother and my mother and how she related to me and some closure around that. And the work had been done. You know, the inner work had been done, you know, 12 years previous. So it was interesting that that poem came up then. But I guess there was another layer of healing any resentment or so forth I was holding towards my mother who was borderline and narcissistic.
Speaker 2:So, you know, double-edged there, very difficult to navigate as a child, um, henceforth, um, moving into the personal development work in order to break those cycles, work on my self-sabotage. So, writing it, it just flowed out, um, I just um, I think it was like an octagonal building and I just sat in there on my own and the poem came out and my daughter at the time, emily, who features in the poem, was 12. She's now 16, um, and yeah, it was just something that I needed to do in that space and the women running it, including including Jude Bardelli, you know, they just held the space beautifully for us women. I think there were 50 women.
Speaker 2:Wow Over a few days where we didn't, you know, natter to each other. We were nice and quiet, if you can believe it, fellas. 50 women together for three days, no gossiping, no chatting.
Speaker 1:Hey, we can do that. We can actually be really quiet. I'm sure lunchtime was interesting, though Lunchtime was quiet.
Speaker 2:We were in silence.
Speaker 1:So whereabouts is this forest located?
Speaker 2:So down the coast a little bit. I haven't been there for years but it's around. Southwest Rocks. Oh, it's just down the road mate. Just local, yeah, but yeah, exquisite, um exquisite forest right right next to the beach as well. So we had the trees just outside the cabins and then we had the beach to walk upon. We had the best of both worlds right there food, all prepared by a cook from bundajin, and we just, you know, everything was done for us. It was incredible.
Speaker 1:I love those retreats we can just really, just really sink into the healing yes.
Speaker 1:So we're going to hear this beautiful poem that's come out of this forest now. So, uh, tune in guys, uh get yourself a cup of top up, that cup of tea or warm drink, because this is a really really for the mums out there and also the dads and the grandmothers. Just, you know, it's not easy being a parent. It's a huge responsibility to be a parent, because not only do you have to navigate the emotions of someone who is coming into the world and understanding what it all means and what it feels like, and then you have, you know, the adult who's healing all the emotions that they're trying to figure out and deal with. Good job, so enjoy.
Speaker 2:A new birth. A baby was born. This baby was me, a girl with brown eyes. But how will she be? Her mother? Unwell, filled with disdain, contempt, paranoia, the brink of insane. The nurse told her outright I won't survive A few minutes of breast milk. She can't possibly thrive. From my crying, which rang fierce to the nurse, my mother took flight. The bottle, the curse it drowned out, the sound, the whispers of blame when her own mother wrapped her up tightly in shame. Through the wake of my childhood I tried to lay low Mum's outbursts of temper, the regular show. The years travelled slowly, dismay at the wheel, swerving for potholes, keeping it real when adulthood found me it laughed in my face, presented a future in poor form and taste.
Speaker 2:The years crept by cruelly, with angst, at the wheel. I cursed and I blamed. I tried to not feel. A baby was born, that baby, my girl with brown eyes so open and one little curl. This baby is so helpless. But how will she be with a mother so broken? That mother was me.
Speaker 2:As days turned to weeks, depression grew worse from the story repeating resentment, the curse by one year. My baby was not faring well. Her crying, her sadness was trying to tell. Eruptions of anger affected her too. Then one day I realised knew just what to tell. Eruptions of anger affected her too. Then one day I realised I knew just what to do. I made a decision to conjure a more replenish, rejuvenate, heal and restore this baby. She held the key to my heart so I flung it wide open. We made a fresh start.
Speaker 2:I heard of the cycle repeating the past. So I learnt meditation. I learnt this skill fast. I had nothing to lose except fear, pain and grief. Within weeks it was working. I felt some relief. I kept up the practice and let myself hope that insight and wisdom would help me to cope, as feelings of kindness came, sat down by me. I welcomed them fully, for I could now see. My mother meant no harm. Lost in despair, caught in the web, stuck unaware Acceptance, she trespassed, drove into my soul, embracing my wounds, thus making me whole. A new birth arisen. I shed the last tear. My childhood forgotten, I shifted the gear. Now the years go by so fast. I blink it's a year. This happens in space-time. Devoid of the fear, I'm travelling gently. I swerve now and then, but I know where I'm headed. Won't repeat again.
Speaker 3:Then the two of us need look no more. We both found what we were looking for With a friend to call my own. I'll never be alone and you, my friend, will see, you've got a friend in me. You've got a friend in me, ben. You're always running here and there. You feel you're not wanted anywhere. If you ever look behind and don't like what you find, there's something you should know. You've got a place to go, you've got a place to go. I used to say I and me, now it's us. Now it's us, now it's we. I used to say I am me, now it's us, now it's we. Then most people would turn you away. I don't listen to a word. They say they don't see what I do. I wish they would try to. I'm sure they'd think again If they had a friend like Ben. Like, ben, like.
Speaker 1:Ben Black bear. Black bear, welcome back. You're on 2BB 93.3 or 107.3 or you're live streaming on the net on 2BBnetau. This is Storytime with Simona and Rachel Faith today, and you just heard Michael Jackson's Ben, but prior to that you heard a poem written by and narrated by Rachel Faith, called A New Birth, and I just really, really as I said, we just discussed it before how much it touches me on many levels of being a mum. But also my favourite line would have to be then, one day, I realised, knew just what to do. That's a good day, I love it and I remember it clearly.
Speaker 1:Yeah, where were you?
Speaker 2:I was at home in Dunbogan, where I was living at the time, deeply sad, deeply sad, deeply sad that my baby was sad and realized, with the love I had for her, that I could make change. And then, you know, stepped into meditation and so forth and then began to love myself so it was a poignant time when I went ah, this needs to change. Beautiful yeah.
Speaker 1:So what are you striving for now, like what's inspiring you and, as we've discussed, it doesn't have to be related to writing. It could be personal or spiritual, but where does that question take you?
Speaker 2:Look, staying on topic with writing, I would say immediately it's to keep finding those glorious pockets of time to write, with two teenage girls to nurture and I'm a homeschool mum, you know, I'm a homeschool teacher. I'm starting up, you know, a new company for job creation and to help homeschoolers. There's been a lot going on there, so time to write has been minimal, except for writing, you know, business type documents, which is a totally different side of the brain. So it's been fine, but I've really missed creative writing. So it's the school holidays now. I'm hoping to get back into that. In a couple of weeks I'm beginning my poetry classes once more, with some former students returning space for a few more participants, and I'll be holding space for those, even if it's just once a month At the moment. That's probably how much time I can give to it, with fortnightly, you know, checking and editing or revising or advising on the pieces that come from the students.
Speaker 1:So you've got a lot going on, that you're in a very big creation mode. Yeah, absolutely yeah. Like it's a substantial amount of time put into vision right now.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and that's exciting.
Speaker 1:Yes, very exciting, but time-sucking.
Speaker 2:And that's okay, just got to find that balance still within all of that, but I probably did lose it there for about a month, lose that balance. So getting back on track with that now, which feels great and then broader vision, is to have my memoir published. It's titled Breaking Anaphora. It's been through some edits from friends, beta readers in writing groups and so forth, but also Laurel Cohen, a serious editor up in Byron Bay, and I've had, you know, great feedback from her great structural edit. But again it's finding time for that and a few chapters. Um have been to annette barlow at allen and unwin due to a residency I won at byron bay where morel day actually ran a program with a few of us for a few days. Um, she wrote lambs of god, which became something on netflix I don't watch tv oh wow, yeah it became a show and I read the book.
Speaker 2:It's a great book um feral, feral nuns, you know living out on a cliff edge and and you know struggles of power and so forth.
Speaker 2:It was really intriguing so to be, you know, held by her for a few days with our writing craft, including a local author, jackie. We just had a great time and that opened this door to this opportunity. But Annette was very honest. You know she's from a big publishing house. She needs to know is this book going to go? Is it going to fly? You know who is rachel faith. Who knows her except for her? You know her neighbor and you know a couple of mates down the road and now everyone on two triple b so you know, you know, mark that name.
Speaker 1:You'll see a memoir floating around. Yeah, we'll see what happens? What's the name?
Speaker 2:of the memoir, again Breaking Anaphora, Anaphora being repeating the first line in a phrase. So it's about breaking the cycles which is innate in the memoir about my life and, you know, changing things up. So written very candidly took years to write. And, yeah, I, you know, I'm happy to share it with the world, but I just need to find the right portal to get it out there. And and I respect what Annette said. So she basically said if you want to do memoir, you know you have. You have to get famous.
Speaker 1:Wow, okay, she didn't say it in those words.
Speaker 2:But she did. She said it's well-known people who write memoir. So I'm just sitting with that and you know, we'll just see what happens and I can try other publishers. I just haven't. I've been busy.
Speaker 1:I really hope that for you and I really wish that for you because you are very immersed in writing and I mean I'm sitting here humbly listening while she's. You know Rachel submitted some pieces to the voice within, but you know I'm sitting here that I potentially we have an amazing community out there and I'm sure listeners today who's listening to this interview can relate quite deeply to writing process, can relate quite deeply to memoir writing and Rachel was just mentioning before on a conversation that we're having off recording about how you know you can write your memoir just for your grandchildren and that is a legacy in itself. If you are a writer and you want to tell your story, you want to be heard. That's a great way to go. You know as well, so your grandchildren know the era that you were brought up in.
Speaker 1:They know where you came from the town, because every memoir comes with an historical know snapshot of the time and that's what I love about biographies, that what I love about autobiographies is that you learn more about a person's experience through time than anything else. And yeah, I wish you all the best with that and the and the process. And thank you for coming here onto Storytime with Simona. Thank you so much. It's been such a great day of music and sharing and really, just, you know, doing something new, and that might seem a bit uncomfortable, but at the end of the day, it's just a conversation, isn't?
Speaker 1:it and we're just talking to each other and, you know, also talking to a wider audience out there. That love story.
Speaker 2:That's right, and connecting with that is a beautiful thing, and you have made it comfortable and easy. The nerves did abate, you know, as much as they could for this conversation, so, and yeah, you've just made it a really nice experience. Thank you, simona, and you guys you know who are in Voice Within who haven't yet done this process. Come on down, it's a joy. You'll learn something new and, yeah, you'll take something away as well.
Speaker 1:Beautiful, and so what's the last song that you would like to share with everyone today?
Speaker 2:Look, I thought we'd finish on something a bit more fun. With Taylor Swift having two teenage daughters, they introduced me to this glorious girl, glamorous gal with lots of talent, and they know that I listen to Delicate the song on repeat. I just love it.
Speaker 1:Is it chill that you're in my head? I love that line. Yeah, I was introduced to it today and yeah, lots of fun.
Speaker 2:She's a fan already, guys.
Speaker 1:Of the song. Definitely, definitely, definitely. Okay, well, wishing you all well on this Wednesday and hopefully, when you're listening to this, it is sunny outside, so go and enjoy the rest of the Wednesday day. And, yeah, blessings to you all and thank you, bye-bye, bye-bye, blessings to you all and thank you bye-bye.
Speaker 5:Listen for the best. My reputation's never been worse, so you must like me, for me, for me, for me, for me.
Speaker 4:We can't make any promises now can we be?
Speaker 5:But you can make me a drink. Dive bar on the east side where you at Phone lights at my nightstand in the black. Come here, you can meet me in the back, Dark jeans and your Nikes. Look at you. Oh damn, never seen that color blue. Just think of the fun things we could do. Thank you. Can't make any promises now, can we, babe? But you can make me a dream. Is it cool that I said all that? Is it chill that you're in my head Cause I know that it's delicate.
Speaker 5:Is it cool that I said all that? Is it too soon to do this yet? Cause I know that it's delicate, isn't it isn't? It isn't, it isn't, it isn't, it isn't, it isn't, it isn't it? Third floor, on the west side, me and you, handsome, you're a mansion with a view to the girls back home. Touch you like I do, all night with your hands up in my hair, echoes of your footsteps on the stairs. Stay here, honey, I don't want to share. You're the best. My reputation's never been worse, so you must like me for me. Yeah, I want you. We can't make many promises now, can we, babe? But you can make me in a dream. Is it cool that I said all that? Is it chill that you're in my head, cause I know that it's delicate? Is it cool that I said all that? Is it too soon to do this yet? Cause I know that it's delicate? Isn't it isn't? It isn't? It Isn't? It isn't, it isn't, it isn't, it isn't, it. Isn't it better yet?
Speaker 5:Sometimes I wonder when you sleep, are you ever dreaming of me? Sometimes, when I look into your eyes, I pretend you're mine all the damn time. Is it cool that I said father, is it chill that you're in my head, cause I know that I said that again. Is it cool that I said father, is it too soon to do this? Is it too soon to do this? Is it too soon to do this? Is it too soon to do this? Isn't it Is it cool that I said all that? Is it too soon to do this yet, because I know that it's delicate, isn't?
Speaker 3:it Delicate.
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