: About Me

My name is Terri and I am a pediatric critical care nurse, wife, mother of three grown children, and grandmother of two. My dream is to stay home and write meaningful stories that touch the hearts of readers. I see so much love and hope, tragedy and sorrow in my critical care experiences over the last thirty years that I feel I can relate to how others feel.
My problem is staying focused and just starting... putting pen to paper. I have taken several writing courses over the last several years and hundreds of dollars later I have the rejections slips to prove it. So my other problem is lack of confidence in having something to say that others might want to read.
My hobbies are reading, quilting, and sewing. I love handmade gifts. My husband put a small log cabin on our property to house my sewing room as I was crowding him out of the house with my fabric.
We have 2 alpacas, and have rescued 2 horses, several dogs, and 4 cats. We also have two black labs that we consider part of the family as they live in the house, not the barn. The grandkids love it.
So that is me is a nutshell. I am excited to have found Helium and look forward to learning and writing with others.

My passion is ...

my family, reading, writing, quilting, nursing, and living.

I know too much about ...

I feel you can never know too much about any subject... there is always something new to learn

My parents always told me ...

to be honest, love God, be faithful, and be true to myself

My childhood ambition ...

to be a nurse and writer, to be a good mother

My favorite memory ...

I have so many good ones, I cant pick just one. From nature walks with my grandpa to the birth of my children and grandchildren, I have many good memories to pull from.

Why I write ...

I have to... from lists to paragraphs to journaling, I have written since early gradeschool.

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

I read good fiction, mysteries, and Christian novels. I watch ER and House and good movies. I listen to Christian music, country and jazz music.

My first job ...

I was a nurses aid in a local nursing home.

My best moment ...

The day I got married.

My inspiration ...

My parents and the examples they showed. Also author Jan Karon, quilt designer Lynnette Jensen, and other creative successful people encourage me.

Health & Fitness > Digestive Diseases Symptoms of a Hiatal Hernia

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A hiatal hernia is an abnormality in the patient's anatomy which allows for a small portion of the stomach to protrude up through the opening where the esophagus joins the stomach. This is believed to occur over several years. Some medical experts believe it is caused by the shortening of the esophagus from inflammation. Scaring can occur from reflux or regurgitation of stomach acids after years of inflammation. This scarring can pull the stomach up bringing that opening further up into the chest. It is thought that approximately 15% of the population suffer from the symptoms of a hiatal h...

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