However, I made very instrumental contacts to my future. In October 2000 I flew to Houston, Texas again, this time to go on a cruise to CanCun, Mexico. Our ship tossed and rolled as we braved 10 foot waves. But I was at peace. Talking about Divine Serendipity.
Little miracles happen everyday.
Ms. Thompson attempted her first novel, The Hidden Sword , at the age of 16, when she was the first black student to integrate St. Francis High, an all white school, in Traverse City, Michigan in 1967. In 1996, she was also a recipient of a PEN award. She has had poems, short stories, and articles published in e-zines, national magazines and anthologies. She is the author of two novels, The Ebony Tree and No Pockets in a Shroud .