: About Me

Hello Everyone,

I am a former teacher turned writer and after writing two Christian books. I wrote spiritual reflections and articles for an online Christian writers website called Reflections. I have a number of articles on the Faithwriters.com website and Blogit.com.

I have been writing as a Freelance writer since 2005 although I have spent most of the past year caring for my brother living in a Nursing Home out of town. I am looking forward to his return home after over thirty years in the Nursing Home. He is so excited and so am I. With God's grace and all of the help I am getting from a state program called Money Follows the Person his transition home ought to go well.

This means I will again be able to spend time writing both here at Helium and with the web content company in London I have been with for four years.

I began writing in 2005 when my books, Praying a Circle Around the World and Grace Abounds were published. Then, turned to freelance writing and worked for four different website content companies. I took a Christian writers course online and one of these days I hope to publish the portfolio of devotionals and reflections. resulting from the course.

May website is Mary's Prayer Connection, and the URL
is http://www.circularprayer.com

I look forward to getting reconnected with Helium's wonderful writers and staff.

My passion is ...

Writing and Teaching

I know too much about ...

Hurting people: Broken hearts and broken minds.

My parents always told me ...

To do my best and move on

My childhood ambition ...

To be a teacher and an author

My favorite memory ...

The birth of youngest sister

Why I write ...

To keep my mind in a growth mode

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

My life and the lives of those who surround me

My first job ...

Sweeping the floor in my Dad's hardware store, daily

My best moment ...

When my publisher said, yes!

My inspiration ...

People who challenge me to keep on, keeping on!

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