: About Me

My passion is ...

my children

I know too much about ...

grammar

My parents always told me ...

to be happy, and to eat whatever I want, just not too much of it

My childhood ambition ...

to work with the underprivileged

My favorite memory ...

sitting on the beach staring at fire sunsets, toes in the water

Why I write ...

I can't help it!

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

Always listening to NPR, watching my kids, reading anything!

My first job ...

clown/ape/elvira (balloon messenger)

My best moment ...

holding my newborn child for the first time

My inspiration ...

to write for a living

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: The way we were

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How I couldn't wait to get outside, in the snow, in the rain, in the sunshine! When I arrived home from school the first thing I would do was change in to my play clothes and get outdoors. I wasn't the only child in our town's first cul-de-sac to zoom along on my bike or skateboard down The Hill. Twenty five of us vied for a position on one of the touch football teams that was sure to be forming fast. Our parents, busy with lawn and home activities, trusted the neighbors to leave us to our play; not like today where parents, paranoid by media, won't allow children out of their sight. Once ...

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