: About Me

My husband and I live in the southeastern United States. I am 32 years old, and I work for the state in the Department of Family & Children Services as a Medicaid Eligibility Specialist.

I love to read and write. Although I do not write poetry very often anymore, it was my first love. At a young age, I was writing poetry. On occasion I enjoy digging through my hope chest and pulling out my earliest attempts at writing. Those attempts are quite humorous and sweetly naive.

I have had articles published in the local newspaper, and I have had a few articles published in Christian magazines. I am currently working on a children's manuscript and a Christian fiction story.

My passion is ...

writing.

I know too much about ...

nothing. Ever learning.

My parents always told me ...

I could be anything I wanted.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a teacher.

My favorite memory ...

is when my husband proposed.

Why I write ...

because I love it. It bubbles up in me, and it has to go somewhere!

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

Reading: Lake Woebegon Days and Writers on Writing

My first job ...

A waitress at a pizza restaurant

My best moment ...

when God came into my life

My inspiration ...

God.

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memories of your favorite Christmas

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The gifts had been opened. A mountain of torn wrapping paper, ribbons, and bows towered in one corner of the living room. My parents, my sister, and I sat around the room admiring each other's gifts. We expressed gratitude. We modeled. We laughed hysterically. Like every other year, we had opened our presents on Christmas Eve night. This family tradition was quite non-traditional in the eyes of society. That particular year was a wonderful holiday as were all the previous Christmas Eve nights. In the midst of all the laughter and joking there was a slight pause. My otherwise facetious fath...

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