: About Me

After spending the past 19 years raising my amazing son, I am now ready to focus on myself and my own dreams again. I have been slowly getting back in touch with myself for the past couple of years and I have discoved that I really do still love writing, even though I haven't done much of it for about 17 years. It is getting easier now the more I do it. I have started writing a novel and have an idea for an entire series of books set in a fictional town somewhere in the midwest. I have started a garden journal and also am taking a children's writing class via online, so I have a lot of different types of writing going on now. I have a "day" job, working in cubicle-land 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, and am thankful for that. I am trying to learn to incorporate more creativity in my life because as I am getting older, I find myself yearning to be creative and natural and artistic. I love animals, gardening, reading, and cooking. I am trying to incorporate more activity in my life in the form of yoga and various types of dance, specifically bellydancing and tap dancing. I am interested in meditation, natural healing, travel and herbalism.

I hope that everyone enjoys my writing.

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You’ve waited at least nine months, and finally your new baby is here.  Congratulations, you are a parent.  Your life is forever changed.  You have created life and now this tiny creature is depending on you for virtually everything.   Exciting? Yes.  Overwhelming? Extremely so.  There is no owner’s manual that comes with a baby.  There is no mandatory background check or interview process to be deemed eligible to have one.  Whether you had planned for it or not, here it is. Welcome to parenthood.  More than likely, soon after t...

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