: About Me

I am a mother and grandmother with a daughter (single mother of two)in college and a son in the Army. My son will be going to Iraq though we are still unsure as to when. My daughter-in-law and young grandson will soon be moving to live where my son is stationed.

I have an education and have gone to the time and trouble and paid the expenses to have a well-developed and informed perspective on many issues. Being of the age to be a grandmother, I have certainly seen some things that serve to give me a sense of history and perspective also. Having seen so much, I understand that people are not "islands" and the foibles of human nature just lead people to do what is easiest for them. All things considered, that means everyone deserves a little slack and to be forgiven for being human.

My passion is ...

politics, religion, and money.

I know too much about ...

life.

My parents always told me ...

I was bad.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a writer.

My favorite memory ...

is the birth(s) of my children.

Why I write ...

because I read(both tenses intended)

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

society denigrate.

My first job ...

was as a waitress at the Panhandler Cafe on 4th St in Anchorage, AK.

My best moment ...

I haven't had it yet.

My inspiration ...

my children, my granchildren, my Lord.

Politics, News & Issues > US News Commentary: Children of the polygamous Texas FLDS sect

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This is a very dangerous precedent-setting case and America must wake up and look at what it could mean for everyone-all of us-each and every one of us. Sure Texas is the most egomaniacal state in the Union, but as a "bellwether" state, what happens here-will eventually happen there (where you are)too. The whole 400+ FLDS children were removed from their mothers' (and fathers')custody on the basis of their being in a questionable and possibly hazardous "environment." That is what I heard on the News used to describe the legal reason for the removal. How many children are living in "less-th...

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