: About Me

I am the 45 year old mother of three grown children and grandmother to two wonderful boys. I am married to a wonderful man whom I divorced and remarried.

I received an Associate of Applied Science with a certificate in Respiratory Therapy in 1994. In 2003 I received my Bachelor of Social Work. My minors include Science and Humanities.

My work experience has included an internship in School Social Work, work in Hospice and work as executive director of a rural teen pregnancy program.

My life experience includes being a young divorced mother, living with people with mental illness, wife to an alcoholic and many other things too numerous to mention here.

My interest include, camping, gardening, crafts, listening to good music, reading and writing. Not necessarily in that order.

I consider my life to be an open book if my experiences can help other people.

My passion is ...

family and friends.

I know too much about ...

death.

My parents always told me ...

winners never quit and quitters never win.

My childhood ambition ...

was to write the new great American novel.

My favorite memory ...

is time spent with my grammy.

Why I write ...

I write because I love the written word.

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

I am ecclectic in my interests.

My first job ...

was as a dietary aid in a convalescent center.

My best moment ...

was when my daughter asked if I could find the story I wrote in high school which I read to her and her brothers when they were small children. She would like to read it to my grand children.

My inspiration ...

is my children and grandchildren

Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: The Minneapolis bridge collapse (08/01/07)

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The phone rings and I answer it. It is my sister-in-law Jan. "Turn on Fox News, she exclaims! Why? The bridge on 35 in Minneapolis has collapsed!" "Huh?" "I'm waiting for Katie to call me back and let me know if the kids are ok. She doesn't think the boys or their wives normally use the bridge but she is trying to reach them to make sure they are all ok." We hang up and I find the satelite guide, check for the location of Fox News and change the channel. The devastation I see sends a shiver down my spine. Just one week ago we had been to the Minneapolis area for our nephews wedding. His br...

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