Church Lady P.I. INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION: Church Lady P.I.

“M-A-I”

It’s the French word for May, as in “The merry, merry month of _____.” It also happens to be my first name. First name, “Mai”. Last name, “Breeze”. I was born in 1960 and I think my parents always had aspirations to be hippies, but my father was an accountant and my mother was just a regular, suburban house wife and much too practical to be a "flower child". As she would always say, “It’s all well and good to ‘drop out’ of society until someone needs a Dentist!”

But besides my name, I am a very ordinary person. Yet quite recently, I’ve had some rather unusual events take place and I feel motivated to record them in writing. I want to share my story but I’m having some problems with publishers. Apparently, my story is too short to be a book and too long to be an article. I suggested maybe publishing it in a magazine in installments but I’m told that there are very few venues for that anymore.

When I told Laura-Lee these recent events, she responded by saying, “It’s such an amazing story I’m sure it will eventually be published, become a big hit, be turned into a Pay Per View movie and you will become immensely rich. But after all that happens and you have all the money you need, can I have your story to post on my blog?”

It was at that moment that it struck me, “Of course. Put it on the Internet!”

I don’t care about the money, and I’m quite sick of waiting for some publisher who barely knows me to decide what is or is not worthy for the public to read. I think I'll let you decide that for yourself.

Laura-Lee helped me complete my story by prompting my memory with questions, as well as polishing and editing the final edition and even picking the title for the story.  She has kindly turned this blog over to me so I can tell my story and if you will lend me your attention, I will happily share with you a story of what happens when an ordinary person surrenders to an extraordinary God. How can anything but an adventure occur?

Oh, one more thing, I'm told that for legal purposes I must say: “the characters and events in this story are not meant to represent any persons living or dead and are entirely a product of the imagination of the writer.” And since I always like to ere on the side of caution, I suppose I should also add: “I do not exist and you are not reading this.”

So please follow me through the blog posts of what NEVER happened to me.

~ Mai Breeze, 2013
"Church Lady P.I."



UPDATE  (December, 2015)

If you have not read the Blog Post: "FINALLY FINISHED: Church Lady P.I." at my "Laura-Lee Was Here" Personal Blog, you will need to do so. (Follow Link Provided)

When I originally began writing this story years ago it was mere weeks after the death of my Mother. I knew all the facts of the case and had them written down in point form, with long hand on loose leaf paper. All of which I lost.

When I came to rewrite it, all the facts and events of the case were revisited and it was decided that the things left out for brevity's sake were put back in for clarity's sake. And, also for the fact they were just too amazing to omit. So what was originally a story in 9 parts has become a whopping 18 chapters! 

If you have not read the "companion" blog post from my personal blog, "Laura-Lee Was Here", I urge you to do so. (Click on LINK provided)

 Without any further [years of] delay, I give you (FINALLY) "The Church Lady P.I." 

  Sincerely, Laura-Lee Rahn


Laura-Lee Was Here Blog "FINALLY FINISHED: Church Lady P.I."


NOTE: All direct Bible quotations come from the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible. 

There are some instances where the characters quote partial Bible verses or paraphrase the Bible into their own words. In these cases, where the actual Bible quotation is from is placed within these brackets {   } for the personal reference of the reader. They are not meant to be part of the story, but to remain true to the accuracy of the infallible Word of God.

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