Legacy OF The Lotus

 

   Residing in Centre, Alabama Adrienne Santana is happily married to Tony Santana.  Together they share three adult children and two grandchildren.  She is a two time internationally published bestselling author on Amazon.  She published her first essay titled "Legacy of the Lotus” in June of 2014.  It was the writing of this essay that inspired her to start "Legacy of the Lotus" as a tool to help others voice their own stories through the world of anthologies.  

 

   When asked what motivates her Adrienne recalls “As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a ''story-teller'' and at the age of six I wrote my first story on blank white paper folding the pages in half and binding them in ribbon to make a book.  It was a craft to me even then.  During class one day, my teacher Ms. Brown caught me making one of these little books and retrieved it from me.  I thought I was in big trouble.  To my surprise, she asked me to stand at the front of the class and said "Class, Adrienne has something I would like for her to read to everyone." Then she nodded to me to go ahead.  

 

  With a big gulp I swallowed the knot that had formed at the top of my throat, took a deep breath and began to read.  When I finished, everyone applauded.  However, the applause isn’t what hooked me.  Through that seemingly small accomplishment, what I experienced was a sense of worth I’d never known.  A worth that turned a tiny dream into a flame that would guide me throughout the rest of my life. 

 

Publishing my essay “Legacy of the Lotus” in Erica Gordon’s “Motherhood, Dreams & Success:  You Can Have It All”, renewed a passion I’d long let go of.  A passion to encourage and inspire others to be heard and to share the gift of their life’s legacy.  With that sharing comes a higher level of freedom and self-worth like the one I’d never known and I’ve realized there are no boundaries to our dreams. 

 

            This is the worth, freedom and potential in every single person today.  It is my dream, my passion and my goal to make sure participants knows their worth and experiences it in a way it will never be forgotten.