: About Me

I have been writing stories and essays for over fifty years. To be able to write you have to live life so I have. My only regret is not saving every one of those stories, poems and essays to see how I have grown as a writer. Helium has been a great place for me to be. I love reading as much as I do writing so I get my cake and my cookies all on the same page. My passion has been ghost stories because I have lived in several haunted houses and had some usual experiences. My family and I have lived in different eastern states and now live back in Wisconsin. Plus we have been to at least eight-teen states and Canada. I am married to my husband Rodney and have five children and seven grand-children.

My passion is ...

Writing

I know too much about ...

writers block

My parents always told me ...

never go beyond the front door

My childhood ambition ...

writer

My favorite memory ...

learning how to read

Why I write ...

it makes me happy

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

everything

My first job ...

babysitting

My best moment ...

won a writing contest

My inspiration ...

anyone who could tell a story

Society & Lifestyle > African-American Issues Stories of African-American achievements in challenging times

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"Where there is a will there is a way." I am not sure who said it first but I have a feeling it was a woman. Let's start with Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman was born a slave who endured much at the hands of her owners. In spite of tremendous odds she managed to run away from her owners and find work in Philadelphia in 1849. She saved her pay to help free slaves from their masters down South. In 1850 Harriet Tubman became the first black woman to become conductor of the Under Ground Railroad. Harriet took an oath of silence so the Underground Railroad would remain a secret. After the 1850 F...

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