: About Me

I am a 30-year-old mother of two, happily married wife of 12-1/2 years. Currently, I attend Long Ridge Writers Institute by way of distance learning, while working about three other jobs. Writing is my passion and I love every part of it. I look forward to reading other people's work, receiving critiques of my own, and gaining name recognition in the process. Good luck to all!

My passion is ...

Writing, Reading

I know too much about ...

not much

My parents always told me ...

to carry ID

My childhood ambition ...

to be an Architect

My favorite memory ...

Watching Mary Poppins on rainy days eating hot lemon pudding

Why I write ...

It is a side of me that I cannot express any other way

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

My kids playing in the back yard

My first job ...

Grocery Stock Clerk

My best moment ...

Marrying my husband

My inspiration ...

My family and friends

Celebrations & Holidays > Mother's Day & Father's Day A brief history of Father's Day

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Father's Day: Where did it come from? One Sunday in 1909, Father's Day was born in the heart of a young girl named Sonora Smart. As she sat listening to a Mother's Day sermon, she started to recognize what an amazing father she was blessed with. Sonora was one of six siblings whose mother passed away during the birth of her sixth child. Following this tragedy, William Smart, a Civil War veteran, was left with a newborn and five children to raise by himself. It was while Sonora sat listening to the virtues of a mother, that she began thinking of all the sacrifices her father had made for he...

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