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About me

I began writing as a teenager in highschool. I began writing in earnest when I became ill in my 30's. It was a way to express what I was going through. I am passionate about the world I live in, about the things that affect my day-to-day existance. Children, and their well-being, mental illness, and, of course, humour, are three of my favourite subjects.

Briefly me

My passion is ...

watching my beautiful daughter grow to independance

I know too much about ...

everything and not enough about anything

My parents always told me ...

to look after my younger brothers and sisters

My childhood ambition ...

to be a social worker

My favorite memory ...

the day my daughter was born

Why I write ...

because I feel I have something to say

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

music my mind is calm

My first job ...

McDonalds

My best moment ...

Again, the moment my daughter was born

My inspiration ...

My daughter, who has made me believe in the goodness of the world

Featured article by Leah Curtis

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Looking for a job at 50: 1 of 1

Sitting in the interview room my mind wandered back about thirty years to when I was twenty and applying for jobs. I was so, well, young, back then. Now I am waiting to be interviewed, by someone half my age, for I job I really don't want. As the efficient young interviewer calls me in, I know right from the beginning that it isn’t going to go well. Job-hunting has changed tremendously in the last thirty years. Of course, everything has changed in the last thirty years. When I applied for jobs in my twenties, you filled out an application and if you were qualified, you usually w...
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