The New York Times Book Review (NYTBR) features “Dancing With My Soul” by Sarah Catherine Smith
Sarah Catherine Smith’s poignant story through poetry and photographs, “Dancing With My Soul,” was featured in the July issue of The New York Times Book Review.
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The author is Sarah Catherine Smith (pen name), who grew up in Muir Beach, California, the first beach north of San Francisco on Highway 1 in Marin County, for the first 21 years of her life.
A few years later, she was married, and they lived in Marinwood, San Rafael, CA, where they raised their two daughters, Emily and Elizabeth. After 26 years of marriage, she finally gained the strength to move out on her own, filing for divorce in January 2005.
In September 2007, she moved to Sandpoint, Idaho. Sarah now lives near Sandpoint with her new husband, Kevin, two dogs, Brandi and Domino, two cats, Lucy and Chopper, 13 goldfish, and a house full of plants. Sarah and Kevin enjoy hiking, gardening, canning, cooking, camping, and traveling together through the Inland and Pacific Northwest.
“Dancing With My Soul” is a masterpiece that transports readers to a realm of words where they can experience the wind and take in the beauty. Poetry fosters a spiritual dance that envelops one’s soul.
The author reminds us that life is a dance with the divine, fully expressing each moment. In order to open up to this dance of life, we must become aware of the glorious beauty that exists everywhere around us.
When we are alive in nature, we bring joy into our hearts, allowing it to become the “dance”. We then embrace this dance through the indwelling presence that is our spiritual integrity, balance, and harmony, becoming one with it.