Nancy Leigh Harless is an award winning poet and writer. Her works have been included in many anthologies including Cup of Comfort, The Healing Project, Chicken Soup for the Soul, and Travelers Tales, as well as many professional and literary journals A BSN graduate of Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education in Spokane,Washington, Nancy received her advanced degree at University of Texas S Medical Center. A retired nurse practitioner, Nancy travels often—usually off the well-paved road. Throughout her travels she has seen women struggle, sometimes against daunting odds. She has seen them nearly break under the weight of their own lives. She also has felt an abundance of spirit, of wisdom and of connection with these same women—ordinary women who live with extraordinary grace. What she has come to know for sure is the message of her first book, Womankind: Connection & Wisdom Around the World, a collection of stories gleaned from her international nursing experiences and travels."