Having wound through the briers of being Momma to 10, observing the birth of a child after burying her, teenagers, being a ghost writer, draft editor, retail manager (read salaried babysitter), paralegal, election commissioner and entrepreneur (thrice over)...Here I am.

Read my autobiography in Who & What is Helium for the expanded story on how a poetry assignment started my extended writing career. (Link below in favorites.)

My work can be found over Helium in a wide-ranging span of channels, but primarily Parenting, Relationships, Hobbies, Home & Garden, Computers, Jobs & Careers and Personal Finance.

Published clips available upon request:
Benefits of donating your used car
How to distress wood or metal for that antique look
Antiquing wood using a crackle finish
Tips for polishing antique wood furniture
Money-saving tips: How to cut your driving expenses
Biography: Lucille Ball
Baby sleep patterns

Citizen Journalist by-lines available on OneWorld.net and Yahoo! News. Clips from by-line in Lancaster News available on request.

I lost my original publishing forum in the dot com bubble burst (not to age me or anything). There, I had three weekly columns and two daily columns. That just left me with ghost writing for two newspapers in Louisiana.

Now, I enjoy being the Senior Site Steward for the channels of Creative Writing, Food & Drink, Sports & Recreation, Style & Beauty, Parenting & Pregnancy and Autos. Contact me on the Parenting Steward page, if you are interested in joining any of these teams!

I am also the Site Steward for Helium's Parenting & Pregnancy Channel. Feel free to visit the Parenting forum to drop suggestions for titles you would like to see or to see what the newest buzz is!

Parenting is a channel that needs and caters to parents, non-parents, adoptive parents, adoptees, teens, grandparents, fathers and more! Drop by and see if we have a topic for you! Take a stand and join a debate!

When I have free time, I design and make jewelry, autism awareness items and cell phone charms. Visit Virginia's Dream. My husband and I have a full line of gifts and collectibles- something for everyone on your gift list. Contact me through Helium for a gift card on your first purchase!

Verbosity and vocabulary are the words my children know. Specificity is the rule, and they can spell it. Without my adored husband, Russell, I would be a complete loss.

Photo is in New York.

Read with a sense of humor.
Live life to the fullest.
Never argue with a toddler.
And you know you are in trouble when your 4 year old tells you it is ALMOST impossible to flush a grapefruit down the toilet.

*Use the contact me about anything!*

My passion is ...

knowledge of useless facts.

I know too much about ...

children.

My parents always told me ...

to be honest.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a rodeo clown.

My favorite memory ...

childbirth, a lot of times.

Why I write ...

Everyone needs help sometime.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Law & Order.

My first job ...

was in an amusement park.

My best moment ...

I have had many.

My inspiration ...

There is no "me" in "Momma".

Parenting & Pregnancy > Feeding & Breastfeeding Prescription drugs and breastfeeding: What you should know

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Prescription drugs enter mother's bloodstream and become part of breast milk. During breastfeeding, prescription drugs should be avoided except where medically necessary. In those instances, consulting the prescribing obstetrician and the pharmacist is mandatory. Herbal supplements and over-the-counter medicines can have the same detrimental effects as prescription medicines.

More than forty percent of women in the United States of childbearing age (18-44) take at least one prescription per day. Even though prescription drugs help mothers lead healthier lives, they are detrimental to...

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