: About Me

Writing has always been apart of my life in one form or another. My grandmother encouraged it and truly believed it was my calling in life. There is no topic I will not at least try to write about. Though I prefer certain topics over others. When I started out on Helium I preferred the parenting and family topics, but over time I am finding that I like Law and Legal Topics, Relationships, Career topics and a few others, as well as the parenting and family. I learn more about myself as a writer everyday.

I lived in Canada for 12 years, but I am originally from California, where I find myself now that I am divorced. The only good that came out of my marriage other than some really good articles, are my four children....yup 4... who are 12, 11, 9 and 3. Girl, boy, girl and boy. They give me so much inspiration and joy.

I am also in the process of finishing my bachelors degree in psychology. I find this to be worth every effort needed to complete this. I also find that the further I get into classes the better my writing gets.

Along with writing my interests include cooking, reading, photography, gardeing and scrapbooking.

My passion is ...

watching my children grow into the people they are to become.

I know too much about ...

Can you really know too much?

My parents always told me ...

to eat with my mouth closed

My childhood ambition ...

to grow up. What was I thinking!

My favorite memory ...

I have to many to pick just one

Why I write ...

simply because I love it

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

Nothing right now

My first job ...

babysitting

My best moment ...

at night when all is quiet

My inspiration ...

my children

Jobs & Careers > Employment Law Should mothers get paid maternity leave regardless of occupation?

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In today's economy it is hard to raise a family with or without a dual income. We hear all the horror stories and the "experts" who tell us that if we send our children to daycare we are essentially signing them to be a statistic by ending up in a gang or worse, jail. There are people out there, and yes some are mothers privileged to stay home, who will look down on the mom who works and not even bother to hear her story. They are simply put into a category that more degrading than being a criminal. Is putting our children in daycare really the most deadly sin we can commit? The answer qui...

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