: About Me

Alyx Grayson has been a writer for over 20 years. She was the editor of her college newspaper, worked as a technical writer for America Online, developed multiple freelance projects for online and print magazines. Alyx holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology.

My passion is ...

learning.

I know too much about ...

trivia.

My parents always told me ...

work hard to get what you want.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a teacher or a spy or a pilot.

My favorite memory ...

is of the adventures we had traveling in the car.

Why I write ...

I write because I can't not write.

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

I am reading J.D. Robb, watching NCIS and listening to Katy Perry.

My first job ...

was at a McDonald's, would you like fries with that?

My best moment ...

The day my daughter was born and I looked down into her eyes and I realized just how much I could accomplish.

My inspiration ...

My daughter is my muse.

Relationships & Family > Family Life The boomerang kids

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Parents of boomerang children become intimately familiar with the clich: if you love something, set it free; if it comes back, it's yours. Twenty and thirty somethings who once longed to flee the nest are returning in droves. The AARP Bulletin illustrates that over 11% of adults over the age of fifty live with their parents or with their grandchildren. 11% of adults in their mid-thirties to mid-forties live with their parents or with their in-laws. Those numbers match up. The bigger, scarier number is the 34% of adults in their mid-20s to mid-30s who indicate that they will soon have to mo...

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