: About Me

My father told me I had talent and I needed to use it by writing it down on parchment. He said that was the only true way anyone could be remembered, if only to write it down. He also said that anything done verbally usually was gone in the wind, after five seconds of conversing.

So now I have chosen the advice my father has given me and published four poems with Poetry.com. I am also writing some children books and a novel for the last five years, but can't seem to finish it, for I just keep adding more and more to it(someday, someday).

Thanks to my family and friends for all their experiences. Without them I wouldn't be where I am now. Alot of my writing comes from personal experiences, friends, family and strangers. The best story one can tell, is from the eyes of the beholder and I believe that is from a total stranger.

Come and join me in my world and have an adventurous ride.

Monica

My passion is ...

expressing everything through my writing

My parents always told me ...

kill them with kindness

My childhood ambition ...

to be a good listener

My favorite memory ...

my father rescued me from a fire

Why I write ...

it cleanes the soul

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

The Man in the Silver Mask by Xavier Garza

My first job ...

pumping gas

My best moment ...

the birth of my children, because without them I wouldn't be a better person.

My inspiration ...

My Father- Adan

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February 14, Valentine's Day, or St. Valentine's Day is a holiday named after two Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day is associated with Valentine who wrote a note to his young love. It is said that it is also associated with Chaucer who wrote a poem to young royalty who would be married at a very young age. The Roman Catholic Church has recognized two Valentine's, to which the holiday is celebrated. Valentine of Terni was a bishop in 197 AD killed during Emperor Aurelian's era. His burial was in Viag Flaminia. Another Valentine was of Rome, he was a priest who suffered martyrdom in...

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