I am married to Tom Porto. He is a wonderful husband, an incredible musician, a hard worker and a fine friend. We have a good life together. I hope that he begins to use and believe the words it will take to create a life that gives him plenty of rest and travel and time to play his music.

We have a great son named Jordan who is just now turning sixteen. My words for Jordan are "don't settle for less than God's best for you."

I have the funniest, kindest and most amazing mother in law named Jackie and we love the same things; like God and kindness and goodness and movies and Scrabble. I am so blessed to have been given another mama to love me and to love.

I have a handful of true friends that I love loving and they know they are treasures for me, priceless and irreplaceable. I am grateful beyond words for the way they make me laugh and encourage me to have faith and not freak about the things I haven't gotten to yet.

I have two sisters, Beverly Jean and Cynthia Suzanne. They may live far away but they are never far from my heart. We share Jack and Betty Evans, our parents, and they were two of the finest people I have ever come across. My words for my sisters are I love you.

I like to think of myself as An Interpreter of Possibilities. My prophetic poetry is an off shoot of that; my whole existence is an offshoot of that. I listen, I interpret and repeat what I heard after processing it through my particular (some may say peculiar) filters. I have watched as many people moved forward with greater assurance and direction after telling themselves their story in my presence and hearing my two cents worth. Just such a thing happened to me first ten years ago when I met Don Moore, my spiritual mentor and seven years ago when I met Steve Lewis, my writing and teaching mentor. They both listened to me. They both asked me questions that stimulated a response in me that still has me searching for the words. I have come to believe that our stories are what we have to share and our stories are what we need to change if we want our lives to change. So I study stories and people and have become a finder of doors or paths or maybe I am just a flashlight. Thanks for stopping by.

— Julie