I have always had a love of words, and can well remember the thrill of my classmates performing my adaptation of Charlotte's Web, when I was 10 years old.

With that encouragement, I have taken every chance I can to write, about anything and everything. My subject matter is as diverse as my interests, some would call me nosy , but I maintain I live by the maxim "Learn something new every day"

My sense of humor and no nonsense approach to parenting inspire a lot of my articles, and I have plenty of materiel with four children. My job as a pharmacist in a store that specializes in natural health inspires other articles or sometimes I just write about something I feel strongly about or would like to provoke debate around.

My travels around the world have given me the opportunity to meet many different people and I have learned that everyone has a story to tell, and I love hear them and try to share my story too.

Previously I have published in newsletters and patient information leaflets but want to take my writing to a wider audience.

At present I also write on elance and have done several projects that have been published on the web.

There's a link to my blog on the right, feel free to leave a message.

My passion is ...

life

I know too much about ...

too little

My parents always told me ...

I would amount to nothing

My childhood ambition ...

to be something!

My favorite memory ...

crisp autumn mornings with frost on the ground and a blue sky

Why I write ...

because I can't not write

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

anything with words

My first job ...

night body receiver in a morgue

My best moment ...

getting a different job

My inspiration ...

other peoples stories of life

Health & Fitness > Health Risks How to get rid of a cold sore

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Cold sores always occur at the worst possible moment, when you are tired, stressed, or already ill with something else. This is because the herpes simplex virus that causes them stays with us for life once we have it. It then pops up when we least want it to, simply put, when our immune system is already under stress. This is when our bodies have less ability to fight it off and like any guerrilla fighter it takes it chances when it can.

So, how do you get rid of one? The secret is immediate action. As soon as that first tingle appears you must treat. There are several options availabl...

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