I'm the mother of three children, two grown (a boy and a girl) and one teen (a girl) at home. I'm the grandmother of two, a boy and a girl. I'm the pet of three dogs (all female). I'm currently the wife of one man. I've been single, married, divorced, a single mom and re-married. I've traveled this country extensively. I've lived in or poked around in all but four or five states. I've worked outside of my home most of my life but I am currently working at home. I don't get paid for it because my husband can't afford to pay me what I'm worth. I take pity on him and do everything anyway. Who knows what next week will bring. For the moment I work at home and have been for the last five years. And I write.

I came in to this world curious and intend to leave it equally as curious. I will always be a student because I won't have time to know everything and I will always be a teacher because I have an insatiable urge to share what I learn. Hence, I write. I have written since I learned how. I think I was four.

I've done many things in this life and have many more to get to before the fat lady sings. I've been a horse trainer, a management consultant, a logger and the general manager of hotels, among a great number of other varied things. I've taken many classes and taught a few. I've been a friend, a lover and a mother. And through it all, I write.

My passion is ...

learning and writing

I know too much about ...

One can never know too much about anything - always learn.

My parents always told me ...

Its all about who you are in your heart - know who that is.

My childhood ambition ...

to write

My favorite memory ...

I don't do favorites in anything. It diminishes the other things.

Why I write ...

I simply have to write. I have to learn then I have to share.

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

I am in a news group phase for reading right now. I watch a few mindless, humorous shows in the evening to shut down my mind to prepare for sleep. I'm listening to many genres of music, as I usually do. Where ever my mood leads me.

My first job ...

15 years old - Orange Julius - please, never again!

My best moment ...

Again, best - favorite. Some of my best moments are when I can truly help as a mother, friend, wife, etc.

My inspiration ...

Life. Its a gift that I acknowledge and appreciate every day. Life comes at me from a million different directions every day. I have much to choose from.

Society & Lifestyle > Feminism & Women's Rights Modern women: Do they really know what they want?

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Posing the question, "Do modern women really know what they want?" suggests that women in the past have really known what they want. Socially acceptable roles have dictated what men and women have done for thousands of years. There have always been the courageous few who have stepped outside of the societal norms but they paid dearly for it. Some have paid with their lives.

The feminist movement actually began as a way to allow women the freedom of choice and to allow them the same respect and pay grade as men. Somehow it deteriorated in to a new expectation for women. The United States ...

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