: About Me

Writing is how I talk to myself. I love to write, to collect my words in notebook after notebook. I collect other people's words as well, in books and magazines and printed off the internet.

I own two businesses where I spend most of my days waiting on customers and watching the cash register to make sure we meet our goals. Most days we do.

I love to travel and one day that is all I will do.

My passion is ...

traveling

I know too much about ...

philosophy

My parents always told me ...

any idiot can make a bed. It is not true

My childhood ambition ...

to be a writer

My favorite memory ...

traveling on the Isle of Mull with my husband and children

Why I write ...

to feel the intensity of my life, because my writer's voice is me, only more so.

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

I am reading The Goal, listening to De La Rey, and watching the world fall apart.

My first job ...

Fast Food joint. Isn't everyone's?

My best moment ...

There are so many, I cannot name one without dishonoring the others.

My inspiration ...

Hannah Arendt, The Life of the Mind

Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Teens How to keep your teen involved in family life

2 of 13

Creating an interesting and satisfying home life is the way to keep your teen involved. The bonus is that it will make your own life more enjoyable as well. Achieving this requires a great deal of effort. Unlike some believe, you don't have a good home life because you are lucky. A good home life, where every member feels secure and is involved, is the result of the determined effort of the parents to to make it happen. There are some common denominators among happy families. First, parents are at home as much as possible. Family time is their first priority. How can you expect your teen t...

More..

• 1Marketplace Articles Sold
• Helium Charter Member