About the author

Ima A. Reynolds

<p>&nbsp;I&nbsp;was&nbsp;born&nbsp;January&nbsp;21,&nbsp;1973&nbsp;in&nbsp;Springfield,&nbsp;Missouri.&nbsp;&nbsp;I&nbsp;am&nbsp;43&nbsp;years&nbsp;old,&nbsp;currently&nbsp;residing&nbsp;in&nbsp;Kansas&nbsp;City,&nbsp;Missouri.</p> <p>Prior&nbsp;to&nbsp;writing&nbsp;my&nbsp;first&nbsp;book&nbsp;worked&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Behavioral&nbsp;Health&nbsp;System&nbsp;for&nbsp;ten&nbsp;years&nbsp;before&nbsp;having&nbsp;to&nbsp;stop&nbsp;working&nbsp;due&nbsp;to&nbsp;Mental&nbsp;Illness.&nbsp;</p> <p>I&nbsp;enjoy&nbsp;spending&nbsp;countless&nbsp;hours&nbsp;of&nbsp;quality&nbsp;time&nbsp;with&nbsp;my&nbsp;loved&nbsp;ones,&nbsp;and&nbsp;&nbsp;I&nbsp;like&nbsp;spending&nbsp;time&nbsp;with&nbsp;my&nbsp;dogs</p> <p>I&nbsp;enjoy&nbsp;writing&nbsp;because&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;therapeutic&nbsp;in&nbsp;it&#39;s&nbsp;own&nbsp;way and helps me&nbsp;capture moments in a creative aspect within my own&nbsp;life and views through&nbsp;poetry.&nbsp;</p> <p>The&nbsp;hope&nbsp;I&nbsp;carry&nbsp;through&nbsp;my&nbsp;writing,&nbsp;is&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;reader&rsquo;s&nbsp;minds&nbsp;are&nbsp;simulated&nbsp;as&nbsp;receive and ebellish on the&nbsp;messages&nbsp;behind&nbsp;each&nbsp;one.</p> <p>Refining the challenges surrounding Mental&nbsp;Health&nbsp;and&nbsp;Domestic&nbsp;Violence&rsquo;s&nbsp;situations&nbsp;or&nbsp;other&nbsp;various&nbsp;encounters,&nbsp;of&nbsp;any&nbsp;form&nbsp;or&nbsp;fashion.&nbsp;Whether&nbsp;it&nbsp;be&nbsp;too&nbsp;self&nbsp;or&nbsp;others.&nbsp;</p> <p>Each&nbsp;poem&nbsp;mainstreams&nbsp;the&nbsp;difficult&nbsp;challenges&nbsp;we&nbsp;face&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;whole&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;daily&nbsp;basis.</p> <p></p>