I grew up watching Guiding Light in small town Iowa. Years later, I worked in a New York City newsroom just steps away from the show's sets in the CBS Broadcast Center.

I wandered the halls. I met the actors. I watched the sets get dismantled when the show moved to Peapack, New Jersey and was later cancelled. I walked past framed photos of Josh and Reva sitting in trash piles as the lights went out for good.

This is an exclusive, serialized memoir about being both a lifelong fan and an accidental insider.

From backstage moments to near-misses with my favorite star, this is the story of what it was really like next door to a daytime legend. Welcome to Guiding Light: My Story. Join here.

Start with Episode 1 below.

GUIDING LIGHT: MY STORY

COMING SOON: EPISODE ONE (While you wait, read this welcome post)