: About Me

I am a High School librarian and English teacher. I have always considered myself a writer first!

My passion is ...

my fifteen-year old son!

I know too much about ...

nothing. I am still learning!

My parents always told me ...

It's not what you meant to do, it's what you did!

My childhood ambition ...

to become a motorcycle stunt rider. I was very little. :)

My favorite memory ...

being a twin.

Why I write ...

because we can teach others and live on through our writing.

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

I am watching the weather channel and reading, "Eat, Love, Pray."

My first job ...

was Camp Counselor and Nature Instructor.

My best moment ...

was finishing my Library Certification.

My inspiration ...

is my twin!

Parenting & Pregnancy > Child Discipline Strategies How to get your child to behave in public places

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Discipline: Stick to your word! While standing in line at the grocery store, I hear a child wailing as he comes through the store with his mother. She is pushing the heavy cart while dragging her son along behind her as he throws himself on the floor and she lifts him back up again. When they find their place behind me in the check out line, he grabs a candy bar from the rack. He whines and says he should get one. The tired mother says, "No, you haven't been good today." He then proceeds to scream a most blood-curdling scream, which causes everyone in the store to stare. The mother follows...

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