My husband and I have two daughters, and we both work full-time. Currently I am an Administrative Assistant for the Disabilities Board of my county. Our agency trains adults with Mental Retardation for Residential and Community living skills.

I am certified in Occupational Child Care with over 10 years of childcare experience.

WRITING CREDENTIALS:
Publications:
1. Imagica: The Boy Who Had No Imagination, Publish America, May 2006
2. "To Mom, With Love," Domestique Magazine, April-May issue 1997

Online Publications:
1. Research Reporter for "Urban Legend Research Center"
2. Various Key-Word Articles for "Write 4 Cash"
3. Various Key-Word Articles for "Associated Content"
4. Owner of "A Rhyme and A Reason:" a website designed to exaplin the histories and myths behind nursery rhymes (no longer maintained on the web)

My passion is ...

the written word.

I know too much about ...

off facts and trivia that will never aid me in "the real world."

My parents always told me ...

that they loved me

My childhood ambition ...

to be a full-time writer

My favorite memory ...

my old manual typewriter that wrote in red or black.

Why I write ...

because the stories show up in my head, and they have to go somewhere.

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

anything that catches my fancy.

My first job ...

babysitting.

My best moment ...

having my children.

My inspiration ...

my imagination.

Sciences > Atmosphere & Weather Testimonies: Living in hurricane country

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It's weird. We have been in South Carolina for 6 years now and this year is the first serious Hurricane threat we have had. I have heard horror stories about Hurricane Hugo which struck in 1989 (I was still in High School). It is made more real because I now know people who have been through it. But, it still has not seemed real until this year.

Hanna is soon approaching and we will know the results by Saturday morning and Ike is bringing up second place with Josephine in 3rd. Ike is the bigger threat as far as storm velocity but Hanna is bigger because it is almost decided unanimous...

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