: About Me

Just started writing for profit, loving every minute of it, can't let go of my day job yet, but hopefully some day!

Live in southern Maine, love the ocean and the lakes, beautiful state with great people.

My passion is ...

writing and kids

I know too much about ...

being a mom

My parents always told me ...

what you see is what you get, and a little less

My childhood ambition ...

to become a teacher

My favorite memory ...

birth of my two kids

Why I write ...

for sanity

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

All OVER ME on the IFC channel

My first job ...

Dairy Queen

My best moment ...

marrying my husband Jeff

My inspiration ...

my fourth grade teacher who always said I would be published

Parenting & Pregnancy > Children's Activities (Other) How to teach children philanthropy and kindness

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I just saw one of my favorite commercials by an insurance company. The characters are all very different, yet they are connected as they randomly do something nice for each other. One sees another doing a good deed, and he or she is inspired to do another for someone else. It is the "pay it forward" theory, the idea that sometimes we are not able to thank those who may have helped us in some way, so instead we can help someone else out. I remember one time going back to see a teacher who had been influential in my life, and thanking her. She waved off my thanks and praise, and told me just...

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