Marinela Drop

I was born in Bucharest, Romania, on a winter day. Like any ordinary child, I played and laughed – I just couldn't walk. Both my brother and I were diagnosed with a congenital degenerative neuro-muscular disease that could not be treated. We were home-schooled, with support from classmates and teachers who came from time to time to test us. I was in love with Romanian and English language and literature; I read and wrote, and I listened to lots of music.

I always have been a self-taught person, thoroughly studying what I enjoyed and wanted to have for keeps!

I later became the Fan Club president of one of Romania's leading singers. My world began to open up and I began to use the talents I thus found out I had.

In 2008, my life changed when I found love and chose to live in another country. Later, during the COVID-19 pandemic period, I started writing.

If You Can't Walk, Try Flying is a book about my life in Romania, dedicated to those who wake up in the morning without hope, without the willpower to try harder and enjoy what life has to offer!

I love the sea and the sun, I love to write and listen to music, I love to go out with my friends, I love my cats Iuby and Sara, and I like to watch movies and TV cooking shows. I LOVE LIFE!

Learn to grow wings – each of us is born to fly!