Born in Massachusetts, the child of Raymond and Janet Pierce and the god-child of a Vietnam War Gold Medal and Purple Heart recipient, I found myself torn between two identities that I struggled with most of my school aged years. It wasn't until I grew up, married and had children of my own that true comfort and inner peace emerged with the acceptance and knowledge that my adopted father, Terry, was in fact my true, real father and daddy. Raymond never hesitated to sign away the birth rights of me and my two sisters nor hesitated to deny us our given birth names; however, this allowed my mother to enter into a new marriage with three small daughters. It turned out to be the beginning of a new life and a new heritage.

Our family moved at the start of my kindergarten year and grew up along the Susquehanna River in PA, where it is believed to be the home of the last wooden paddle-wheel ferry in the United States. Many a day, my friends and I would escape by ferryboat to the other side of the river to find freedom in growing up.

Today, when I look back, the memories are plentiful and the adventures unforgettable. A few of my past experiences include: being voted by my high school peers as the most athletic female and tallest girl in the graduating class of 1980 at Millersburg High School.
After graduating in a class of less than 80 seniors, I married a man 15 years my senior in 1981 and gave birth to my first daughter in 1982. I'm a survivor of teenage rape, two divorces, numerous surgeries, broken relationships, countless sibling rivalries, the death of a best friend, step-children from hell, having been fired from a job, never having had a speeding ticket and standing up for what I believe in in-spite of the outcome.

My most prized and precious asset is my belief in God and truly knowing the power of prayer. I've been fortunate to have participated in a mission trip to Mamelodi South Africa recently and brought home with me a real sense of God's work and grace. It is with this that I humble thank God for all the roads I've traveled, the people I've had the pleasure of meeting, the ones I've built relationships with and the hardships I've endured. Without all this I wouldn't be the person I am today and I certainly wouldn't have met my wonderful husband of 12 years nor would I have been blessed with my three beautiful daughters and my first grandchild.

My passion is ...

Writing

I know too much about ...

Love

My parents always told me ...

I'd write a novel

My childhood ambition ...

Writing

My favorite memory ...

Winning the Oractorical Contest at School

Why I write ...

It's a passion

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

Good Fiction/?/Jazz & Country Music

My first job ...

Newspaper Route

My best moment ...

Birth of children

My inspiration ...

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Food & Drink > Fruits & Vegetables Unusual facts about your Halloween pumpkin

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For centuries, People have been making jack O'lanterns for Halloween, but what they probably don't know is how it all began. Hundreds of years ago in an Irish village lived a man folks called "Stingy Jack". He was an old man who played tricks on everyone he came across, including the devil himself. One legend tells us that "Stingy Jack" tricked the devil into climbing an apple tree, but because "Stingy Jack" carved a cross on the truck of the tree, the devil couldn't climb down. The trickster that "Stingy Jack" was made a pack with the devil. If the devil promised not to take his soul w...

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