: About Me

Writing has been a passion and obsession of mine since I was very young. I love the experience and release of what is stored up inside my imagination. It's exciting to watch the story begin to unfold, take shape and come to life. To be given a place to say what burns in me, to have the permission to create and live inside the euphoria of the writing process is a complete dream come true for me.

My hope and purpose with my writing is to get people to think, to feel, to see the other side of something that maybe they never have before. I want others to trust they are understood and known and that there is someone out there that does empathize with what they've gone through. To give someone else a voice for their own needs, fears, victories, destiny, and struggles - and a safe place to belong in those places - is the very reason I breathe.

My passion is ...

Jesus

I know too much about ...

Pain

My parents always told me ...

Look both ways before crossing the street

My childhood ambition ...

To find a way to trust being safe and loved and kept.

My favorite memory ...

Hanging out with my cousins at my Granny's house as little girls

Why I write ...

Because I can't not write

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

I'm reading "Soul Cravings" by Erwin Raphael McManus

My first job ...

Hostess at Red Robin Restaurant

My best moment ...

Accepting Christ

My inspiration ...

Everything

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