Janie Bess:  

Married to David Bess for 48 years Mother, grandmother,retired cosmetologist instructor, businesswoman for over 35 years. Author of Visions. a memoir Founder/President Writers Resource Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit writing organization in Northern California. I have enjoyed living in different countries in the Far East with my family. Life has given us some challenging times! We are parents for three biologocal children and two adopted sons who are much younger than my biological children. Our first son, Little David was born, deaf-blind. Now Little David is still deaf-blind but lives a full life with his wife and deaf friends. We are so proud of him! He has appeared on different TV shows, featured in the local news, Oakland Tribune(1967) ) Jet Magazine(1978). I wrote the story Visions to help others. I wanted Visions to give a lesson to its readers. A lesson of what love, patience and faith can do for us all. I hope and pray that Visions will encourage others not to give up on your dreams and ambitions. Little David didn't--and because of prayer and faith, David lives a well-adjusted life with self-confidence He is very happy and well adjusted! This is the cover of my first published Book, A memoir appropiately titled, VISIONS, A Faith-Inspired Journey of the Human Spirit. (Rev. ed. Oct 2007)Publisher:XLibris ISBN# 978-1-4257-9896-3. I always wanted to be a writer when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a bad idea. As it turns out, they were wrong. Q: How do you blow off steam? A: My favorite way to blow off steam is to read or...Expand for more