About the Author

La Doris Gray is an only child. Her father was an alcoholic and she was 18 years of age when her mother died of cancer. She married her husband when she was 19 and when she was 21 her husband was pronounced dead at the scene when he was tragically shot down on the street by an unknown assailant. She gave birth to her son two weeks after she buried her husband.

Quite often, life tragedies such as these causes a person to retreat, to look for some kind of solace, some kind of refuge from all of the painful events that our lives can sometimes throw our way. In her case, it was all of the aforementioned life events that caused her to ask questions about the deeper meaning of life. And so, she Was pushed back inside of herself, not realizing that it was there that she would eventually began to find her answers.

For the past 25 years or so, spirituality and metaphysics have both played major roles in her life. It was through meditation and reading, attending spiritual classes, lectures and seminars, all of which stressed the importance of turning within, that she began to intuitively sense that she is a part of something greater.

She also began to realize that each and everyone of us, in spite of our fears, insecurities and limitations, has his own personal divine connection with this Source.

Strengthening her inner connection with this Source, this Life Force, God, if you will, has become the major theme in her life. And out of her desire to strengthen her inner connection with God, she also discovered that a book was lying dormant within her, waiting to be written. And because her book touches upon so many deep, moving and intimate issues about life, she was prompted from within to title the book; "Intimate Letters About Life"

La Doris Gray was born in 1947. She grew up in a small town near the San Francisco Bay Area. She currently resides in Oakland, Calif. where she and her adult son, who is instrumental in her writing career, are working on various future projects.

For the past thirty years, La Doris Gray has been employed at one of the major Telephone Companies. While working in the communications field she has held various positions. She currently holds a position as a Training Coordinator in which she is responsible for training new employees.

Although she has never pursued a college degree, she has attended various community colleges where she has taken courses in Psychology, Sociology, English Literature and Creative Writing.

She belongs to various book organizations such as Independent Bay Area Book Association and Publishers Marketing Association.

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