Who You Were Supposed To Be All Along

Did you ever see the first Back to the Future movie?  Like any good story, it's rich with themes, but there is a scene at the end where a box arrives at the house; it's science fiction novels written by Marty's dad, George.


When we were in Chicago last November, for Cindy's "coming out" as an author, someone caught her off-guard with the simplest of questions.  "What's your book about?" Like any good book, Broken Road is rich with themes, and Cindy didn't know exactly how much to say.  When we talked about it later, I suggested that Cindy be ready to tell people that Broken Road is a story about "going home and discovering the person you were meant to be all along."  Yeah, I know, deep, huh!


A lot of us don't discover the people we were supposed to have been all along until much later in life.  Roxie sure didn't discover that until she went back to Derry.  And I think Cindy and I, in our own ways, struggled to know who we were supposed to have been all along, too.  


Then, a few weeks ago, this box came in the mail.  We got to have our "George Mcfly" moment.  And we know a little better, just who we are.