: About Me

I have a bachelor of Public Administration degree from Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA.  Much of my working life has been spent working to improve the lives of folks struggling to overcome economics and social barriers. As a member of the management staff at Social Security Administration and the Federal Child Support Enforcement Program, I worked to help families unite/reunite to become self sufficient. Presently, I volunteer todistribute food to the homeless and I mentor families and children in areas replete with deprivation and abuse.

I have a lot of opinions, but I suppose high on the list is my belief that everyone should strive to get a good education (whatever that entails), not simply to find a job, but to prepare to face life's challenges and to be self-sufficient. Among its many positive assets, an education should help people develop discipline and should teach them how to think logically and strategically to face whatever life tosses at them.

There are a thousand wonderful things I could say about Helium, but high on the list is the fact it provides me a medium to showcase my work and to be a part of an awesome group of talented writers.

If you are looking over my literary offerings, I hope you find something that interest you. I wish you and your love ones God's abiding peace, His sustained joy and His blessing.

My passion is ...

Believing and achieving against all odds....

I know too much about ...

The under belly of society as I have worked mostly in public service over the years and have seen things I did not want to see in America...

My parents always told me ...

My mother always said "nothing beats a failure but a try." It didn't make sense early on, but now I understand it quite well.

My childhood ambition ...

Was to become a journalist, but I am not unhappy how things have turned out...

My favorite memory ...

Meeting some one I believed would be the love of my life... It was a terrific ride....

Why I write ...

To share my thoughts with others, listen to/read theirs, and sometimes just to cope with my inner ghosts...

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

Anything written by Julie Garwood, Judith McNaught/ Drama or Suspense/classical music.

My first job ...

A telemarketer, or more appropriately a "pest" ....

My best moment ...

Is yet to come....

My inspiration ...

God, my daughter and all life's possibilities....

Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Teens Warning signs that your teen is in an abusive relationship

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Your teen should be advised that true love nurtures and looks for ways to ensure continual growth, it never hurts or stymies. Some may argue that passionate relationships may lead to abuse because of their intensity, but disabuse your teens of that notion. That type of relationship is sick. Obsessive and fanatical behavior have no place in healthy relationships. Healthy romantic relationships have three basic components: consideration for each other's feelings, mutual trust, and reciprocated respect. If either of those components is missing in your teen's relationship, he or she is probabl...

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