Ingrid Green Adams’ life has taken many roads, but it was the one that brought her home to St. Rose that helped her reinvent herself as a writer.Adams is promoting her latest, 157-page book of poetry, entitled, “No Time to Cry,” published in April.
“I dedicated it to my grandmother who passed away Jan. 3, 1998,” she said. “I had never seen her shed a tear and the idea came to me that this woman could be so brave, courageous … and she never shed a tear. That was an inspiration to me that we should never feel hopeless.”
But there were times like these for Adams, which is why her grandmother has been such an inspiration to her, as well as the words of encouragement that pour into her works.
“Instead of a pity party look at what you have accomplished,” she said. “Look at where you are.”
Now into her tenth book of poetry, Adams feels like she’s found her “better day” through self-encouragement and gaining a better understanding of her worth. The words flow from her onto the pages fluidly with hope, as well as into the encouragement she often offers as an inspirational speaker.
“God made you to be who you were meant to be,” she said. “Just receive what is there for you.”
Adams’ words of encouragement also are rooted deeply in her own epiphany, which came from having to retire as an intelligence analyst with Homeland Security in New Orleans because of health issues.
Being deeply invested in her job, the change was a challenging one for Adams.
“Most people stop right when their answer is or the closure they’ve been waiting for,” she said. “They stop just before that – they just run out of steam.”
Adams not only didn’t stop, she stepped up her transition by realizing this time was really her time. She needed to rejuvenate and, after some thinking, realized she loved writing.
“I just sat there and I couldn’t write a thing,” she said.
Adams prayed about it and the response left her baffled – write seven books of poetry. She further left the subject of these books up to God and the answer was inspirational.
By 2008, she seriously started writing and her first book of poetry was published in 2010.
“I really like it and it just comes to me,” she said. “I just roll with it.”
Her Civil War novel is still a work in progress, but Adams is eying the project again and expects to resume research for it this year.
She’s stepping up her work in addition to promoting her latest poetry book, adding, “I’m going to put myself back in that mindset because that is what I want to write.”
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