M Karen BenwellKaren Benwell has been a nurse for over forty years, working in a men's federal prison and in Canada's north. Her years of dealing with grief and loss, including the impact that residential schools have on people's lives-mentally, physically, and spiitually-and her own dark nights, led her on a long journey of many moves and religions.

As she began to deal with her own issues, Karen realized she could look at the world with compassion. She had been given a gift of hope and healing words to share that she now uses to inspire people seeking relief, and even healing, from life's soul pain, encouraging them to seek a higher power.

Her poem "My Journey to the Butterfly" was published by Polar Expressions Publishing.

Karen lives in High Level, Alberta, with her husband of forty-five years and their many rescue cats and dogs. Read More Read Less