About me

For as long as I can remember I’ve been writing and story telling.  I wrote my first autobiography when I was eight years old and in it, vowed to grow up and take another cut one day.  Even the birthday cards, mother’s day notes, and I’m sorry letters to my mom as a teen were filled with imagery and descriptive phrases.  If I wasn’t dancing, I was writing.  I traded in my long passages and verbose use of adjectives for concise verb filled reporting as a television journalist in my 20’s.  Somehow I parlayed that knack for writing and conveying into public relations in my 30’s.  After a full life of careers, marriage, and kids, I made big life changes in my early 40’s. I divorced, re-married, blended two families, took a sabbatical from the daily grind of professional life and allowed myself time for grief, relief, and joy.

Somewhere along that journey, I discovered alignment.  The idea that if you are spending time on anything contrary to your heart’s desires you are wasting your life. I stopped the continual search for fulfillment and simply found peace.  Brad, my gorgeous, brilliant husband and I have four children between us. I have two girls and he has two boys.  Our family is thriving.  We’re perfectly imperfect, each and every one of us.

I started writing more earnestly again a year ago about anything and everything that moved me. I am fortunate to have some very honest and sweet friends and family who enjoy reading these words I string together to call writing and encouraged me to start this blog. I write under my maiden name Bittner to honor my father and the deep love my mother had for him. They’re both gone now but they are forever part of my identity.

I’m also living a childhood dream of writing my first novel.  I’m excited to see how the next chapters of the book, and my beautiful life, unfold.

Meantime, you can reach me directly at bjstes@yahoo.com