: About Me

Native of Hot Springs, Arkansas. As of, January , 2011, Ethel J. Grubbs-  A.K.A. Cookie lives in Hollywood, Florida.

Ethel enjoys to write poems and articles. God is a driving force in her life and she credits Him for all the knowledge that she has. After many trails & tribulations, which led to life learned lessons; Ethel finally decided to purse her dreams of becoming a writer.

She believes "Good Times in life are blessings and the Hard Times are lessons". Ethel is a proud mother of two children- girl, Shanequa- twenty one and boy, Emmanuel- seven.

Character is very important to her; she stands on "if you always put your best foot forward and if you somehow fall short you didn't fail because your best was given". One of her favorite quotes is by Maya Angelou: "Always believe what people show you". Maya Angelou is a big inspiration to her and she desires to follow her amazing voice of wisdom.

She is hopeful that writing is where Jesus Christ wants her to be, to share her experiences of the past and present.

She enjoys reading the articles by all of the intelligent Helium writers.

My passion is ...

writing

I know too much about ...

still Learning

My parents always told me ...

God, Raised Me Through Life Lessons

My childhood ambition ...

survival

My favorite memory ...

playing Sports in School

Why I write ...

growth

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

news on the web & Yolanda Adams

My first job ...

waitress

My inspiration ...

the Bible

Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center Should the US consider Ethiopia an ally despite its poor human rights record?

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Should the U.S. consider Ethiopia as an ally? There can be many debates on this particular issue, but no one can ignore the fact that their is a lack of human rights in Ethiopia. Ethiopia constantly denies it's citizens their basic human rights and they struggle between having either a dictatorship or a democracy leadership. However, the people of Ethiopia are fighting hard to change its polices. The Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, doesn't have his citizens' best interest at hand and they're not on his top priority list. Ethiopians suffer from many devastating problems ranging from: extreme ...

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