Terry McQuillan

I found myself here on this beautiful beach. I was so lost,and fragile.

Homelessness is not an ideal life, but here on this beach in Hawaii I discovered how much strength and tenacity I had.

A brutal marriage, sickness and emptyness became who I thought I was. I walked this beach day after day after day, picking up shells, talking to God, listening to all the things I never heard before. The sounds of the ocean, the birds, the wind and I relished in the warm sand between my toes.

Now here I am; a few years of therapy, a brain surgery, a move back to Vancouver and life is a lot better. I still don't have a perfect life, but then who does? I am happy finally with who I am and what I have and don't have!