Writing runs in my family. My great aunt was a poet. Both my grandfather and my father are published historians. I have been published in a small literary magazine and earned honorable mentions in another literary publication for creative non fiction and a short story.
I also love poetry and maintain an online presence on both poetry and blogging sites.
My passion is ...
my family, reading, writing, living the truth as I know it
I know too much about ...
nothing
My parents always told me ...
be kind
My childhood ambition ...
to be a writer and a pet store owner
My favorite memory ...
reading beneath an apple tree
Why I write ...
to express my thoughts, to communicate with others, because I Iove to write. It makes me happy..
What I am reading/watching/listening to ...
A New Earth, Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhard Tolle
My first job ...
babysitting
My best moment ...
when I won a prize for an article
My inspiration ...
my family and my dear husband
Connecting With Your God What if God were also feminine? Certainly that idea was not a part of the concepts that were taught to me as a child. God was definitely a father, not a mother. God was also someone "up there" in "heaven", unattainable except through prayer. I didn't have much trouble with these ideas when I was a child but as I grew older I began to question the meaning of God and my place in the world. During the late 60's and early 70's I explored several different religions and read as many books on the subject of God that I could get my hands on. It was difficult to focus too ...
More..S.D. West
Member since: January 2008
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