I was born in Oakland, California and my Dad took me to Texas quickly at nine days old to get away from my alcoholic mother. I have been in Texas the rest of my 42 years.
Most of my life I have lived on a farm or in some form of country or rural living. I lived in the big city of Austin, Texas for a while. There, I was a night time cab driver. (ANYONE WANTING TO HELP ME PUBLISH A BOOK ABOUT FEMALE NIGHT TIME CAB DRIVERS, EMAIL ME llongoria@gvtc.com. I'M LOOKING TO WRITE A BOOK ABOUT IT). I plan on writing a story about my 2 year adventures as a female night time cabby. My cab career ended when a drunk driver T-boned me and flipped my cab and it hit a telephone pole.
I have overcome many hardships in my life and have remained strong through them all. God has been there every step of the way for me.
For instance, I was raped at 8 years old. Abused by my mother, (yes, my Mother & Father remained together, and are still together), survived many car trips with a drunk mother, locked in closets, cheated on by my little sister & husband, sexually physically & mentally abused by my ex-husband.
Not once did I turn to alcohol to fix my problems, but faced them one at a time with courage. What hurt me, actually made me stronger. I am a survivor. I beat cancer.
I am now a happily married woman with two beautiful granddaughters and living next to my Dad on our family farm in the country.
My Daddy has always been my strength, and my mentor. I loved him at birth and will love him until the day we go to the great beyond and then even into infinity.

My passion is ...

God,family,history, archaeology, genealogy,

I know too much about ...

motherhood

My parents always told me ...

beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

My childhood ambition ...

to be an archaeologist or a D.E.A. agent

My favorite memory ...

Hugging my Swedish grandmother, helping my Daddy, reading, sitting out at the pond.

Why I write ...

Historical reasons as well as a journal to come back to at a later date.

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

Reading: The Bodyguard's Story Diana, the Crash, and the Sole Survivor by Trevor Rees-Jones. Watching the weather channel.

My first job ...

Nurses aid at the local nursing home. I was 15 yrs old and I earned 3.42 an hour.

My best moment ...

The day I won first place in the middle school baking contest. It was for a bundt german chocolate cake.

My inspiration ...

God, Daddy, husband, grandchildren.

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For squabbles between my husband and I, we both take off all our clothes, get two chairs, one for him and one for me. We put the two chairs facing each other and sit down in them absolutely in the bare. It is hard to look at each other and continue to be angry. This sounds like an odd thing to do, but over the years, it has worked everytime.
NOW, if your family is having a squabble or fuss, the first thing to do is have a gathering in the family room. Everyone gets a piece of paper and pen and writes their squabble down. I find that sometimes, (not always though) gatherings tend to becom...

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