i live with my husband and kids,ages 17 and 11, in virginia. lately i just want to write. about anything. could use some constructive criticism though. all advice is welcome. i am a kindergarten assistant in a local elementary school. there is much to write about write there alone. i love to write about those kids as well as my own.

My passion is ...

writing, my family, my job

I know too much about ...

nothing

My parents always told me ...

not to swim after eating

My childhood ambition ...

to be a magician

Why I write ...

to find what is underneath all my layers, to be creative and to vent

My first job ...

babysitter

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"oh the places you'll go!"

Recently, before the holidays, my son and his friends asked me to read to them. A Dr. Seuss book entitled "oh the places you'll go!" keep in mind these kids are 17 and can be very goofy. I actually received the book from my sister, when i graduated college. In a way only Dr Seuss can, he explains the ups and downs of life. how things can be great, and then life can be a dark and lonely place. And how, in life, you have to make decisions that can be heart-wrenching. However, in the end, for the most part, it all works out.

I'm thinking about that night I ...

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