i cannot say enough about niamh clune. she is such an amazing and special person whose life is so full and giving. the trials she has faced and through her endurance, has passed every test that has been thrown at her. she gives freely of her love and support and makes you feel wanted. what she has had to experience in her childhood would devastate and immobilize most people. but for niamh she became stronger and rose above the noise and inattention and turned around and found those who suffered as she did and freely gives from her heart. pay it forward, that is what niamh teaches you. free your spirit and creativity. find your love and share it. her example is through her actions. the pain doesn't even come through in her interaction with you. she is brave and creative. using the magic of her imagination to tell her stories. to free her soul to find peace in her written words. she helps children who are in great need. i call her friend and feel honoured to be able to get to know her. in many pieces of the puzzle, i see her more clearly everytime i turn around. the revelation of her story is so profound. all who are touched by her life are blessed by the depth of her spirit. she doesn't wait for someone to give her permission to express herself. she sets herself free by creating her own ability to share herself with the world on her own terms. you are the strongest woman i know, niamh, you contain the most powerful gift of love i have ever experienced. your love reveals itself in the way you have created skyla mcfee. i am upset to hear what has been the cause of your illness. imagination is our savior, you and i. writing is a wonderful gift. you have that gift and you use it well. your words are moving and powerful. in your writing of this guest post, you show an honesty that you spoke to me about in myself. i have much to learn. reading your post makes my feelings for you to grow deeper in my caring for you. you open your heart and you bear your soul so honestly. it is a lesson to learn that when you write you must reveal what is inside of you. you do it so well. your life is one to be emulated. i reblog this post so that i can share your story with more people who need to hear it and learn from it the lessons that you offer so generously. thank you for speaking from your heart. it is one of the things i love most about you. i learn with every contact i have with you. you bring out my soul and my heart and my vulnerability. the goddess or the spirit world wanted our paths to come together. more and more i am realizing why that is. i find magic every time i visit you in my mind, heart, body and soul. thank you for your bravery. it is what aids me in my own brave words. the more i write the more i reveal the realness of me and the realness of all that has occurred in my own life. now that you are part of that life, you are a part of my realness and i am a part of yours. i hope all who read this message will follow back through the link to read the complete post. it is amazing and mind opening to a truly gifted and loving woman who has given so much to this world and to the people's lives she touches. this i say with love and respect in my heart. i honour you niamh for all of who you were and who you have become and who you still are becoming. love, jennifer ~the secret keeper~