: About Me

Born on a farm near Columbia, Missouri, I grew up with a sense of freedom that is difficult to duplicate in todays complicated world.

After high school, I attended Kirksville State Teachers College, and the University of Missouri. Married, with two children, I later divorced and moved to Palma de Mallorca, Spain where I began my writing career with "The Power Brokers." After my daughter graduated from high school, we returned to the states, and settled in La Jolla, California where I opened the first day spa in Southern California. During this period, I wrote "Prince of Darkness." Ten years later, I sold my business and moved to Isla de Margarita, Venezuela and began research for a book titled, "Daughters of the Moon." When my son died in 1999, I returned to the US to live near my daughter in Florida.

Blessed with the love of three grandchildren,I continue to write books as well as articles.

My passion is ...

My grandchildren,travel, and writing.

I know too much about ...

Mankind.

My parents always told me ...

Never give up.

My childhood ambition ...

To be a writer.

My favorite memory ...

Fishing with my grandmother.

Why I write ...

It is in my blood.

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

Mythology by David Leeming - Foreign Films - Latin Music.

My first job ...

Waitress

My best moment ...

When my children were born.

My inspiration ...

Help end the genocide in Darfur.

Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Styles (Other) The importance of mutual respect between parents and children

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Can you imagine a child turning to alcohol or drugs from too much love, support, and attention? Quite the contrary. Children turn to alcohol and drugs from the lack of these things. Unfortunately, during the formative years of a child's life most parents are dealing with careers, materialistic competition with friends, financial insecurity, and their own issues. Today over fifty-percent of teenagers drink alcohol, and a rising number are taking or selling their parent's prescription drugs. The question is why. The answer is simple. Too much time without adult supervision. If you think that...

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