THE AUTHOR

Lee Crawley was born in North Sydney, NSW Australia, in December 1970. At the age of 8, she moved to The Central Coast NSW with her parents, where she would grow up. Lee married young at the age of 20, to her first and only boyfriend. They moved away and had four children, 3 daughters and a son. Lee divorced in 2004 and decided to move back to the Central Coast NSW to be close to her parents. She was 33. She had a close relationship with them. Her dad was an accountant, her mum a full-time housewife, spent her days caring for her home and her family. Lee’s mum was very creative, be it poetry, painting, craft, sewing and loved her gardening. This rubbed off on Lee and for most of her life she dabbled her hand in the same creativity as her mum. She tried her hand at sewing, painting and drawing but it was poetry that came naturally to Lee. Even as a young child she was very creative in her writing, in school, excelling in English and Art. Lee’s life experience has seen many changes, going from being a full-time mum to a single working mum of four children. Lee has worked on farms, in factories, panel shops, coffee shops, clubs and restaurants. Doing whatever she could to stay on top and keep a home for her children. Later at the age of 44, going back to school to study Nursing. She has seen many walks of life and met a vast variety of people throughout. Sadly, some not so nice. So, she knows firsthand about the mental, emotional and physical abuse one can be subject to. Putting your trust in people you thought valued you. Putting her thoughts into poetry was an escape and a kind of healing if you will for Lee to be able move throughout her life. In this book you will experience all the emotions and the feelings of such moments, to which I’m sure one can relate and in reading these words, you will know that you are not alone. Lee is a passionate empathetic soul who attracts and inspires many around her. You can clearly see this in her poetry.