: About Me

I am a mother of three boys, a step daughter and two stepsons. I have been married for seven years and have never been happier!

<I enjoy writing and started again after many years of trying to figure out what I want to be.

My passion is ...

My kids, sports, writing and helping people.

I know too much about ...

Sports, especially for a girl, it catches people off guard.

My parents always told me ...

You have a smart mouth!

My childhood ambition ...

To be a model, a journalist, a psychologist...very confused!

My favorite memory ...

The only girl to make & start on the boys varsity soccer team.

Why I write ...

To release my inner childhood dream.

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

Football game...my Favorite sport!

My first job ...

Windsor Fashions

My best moment ...

To many to mention, what can I say, I've been lucky!

My inspiration ...

My Family (a.k.a. The Brady Bunch)

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: The best gift you've ever received

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Christmas time was closing in on me and it had been a hard year. I was just newly separated and trying to support my three boys on a minimal income. Not to mention my ex was not paying child support, in fact he had completely disappeared. Christmas was just three weeks away. The panic I felt was so different from the years of joy that Christmas had always brought me. I knew that I would not be able to provide a Christmas for my kids. I was barely able to put food on the table and a roof over our head. The agony and despair was tearing me up inside. I began having trouble breathing, not sle...

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