: About Me

Forty-something female. Barrister by day, dreamer by night.... Married to the eighth wonder of the world, six kids aged between 26 - 15.

Spend my days in courts, trying to convince the wise that the guilty is innocent....

Overall happy with life, circumstances,no longer striving to change the things about myself I can't.

My passion is ...

the husband, books, people,

I know too much about ...

kids and criminals. Have lived through the glad, sad, tough, rough times with both species..

My parents always told me ...

hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil...

My childhood ambition ...

nurse, ballet dancer, lawyer

My favorite memory ...

daydreaming about the future

Why I write ...

hey, I have to breathe too..

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

sports (hubby seriously addicted), national geographic, novels

My first job ...

shoe sales lady

My best moment ...

marrying my husband

My inspiration ...

good moments that make me want to hold on to time

Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Living with a loved one who suffers from mental illness

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I woke up feeling miserable - a summer flu. Too ill to attend court, I decided to spend the day in chambers and do paper work. I open the post. The usual - bills, advertisements, pamphlets. I come across a letter. I recognize my mothers' handwriting. With a heavy heart I open the letter. It is indeed another of her weekly "newsletters" to the community. Out of habit I scan the contents. Nothing new. She is still warning everybody that everybody else out there, are out to get them and are nothing but devil worshipers. I put the letter aside and continue working... The flu gets worse and I s...

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