: About Me

I am a mid western girl but have lived in Utah since I married my husband 32 years ago. As a child I would make up friends and entertain my younger brother with stories of our escapades. We moved quite often and making friends wasn't always easy. Since I hated being alone, I would build on my imagination.

Now as a semi-retired grandmother of four, I'm making the time to write as much of those friends down as possible. The memory isn't the sharpest in the shed but it is trying. If only, if only, if only. After years of working in the medical field, I'm finally doing something I really enjoy. Writing. Putting everything down on paper (computer). With the help of two books, "Write Now" and "The Write-Brain workbooks, and Helium, I am writing everyday. What a blast.

Not that I haven't been writing, I have. But when one is writing a newsletter for 50 plus nurses on a hospital unit, flowery words or painting a picture just isn't appreciated. As an Administrative Secretary in Health Care, I have witnessed a lot of miraculous things as well as tragic and will tap into those experiences in my writing. We write what we know, we use what we live.

My passion is ...

seeing my name on a Novel.

I know too much about ...

hiding inside a disfunctional family.

My parents always told me ...

college or no college, you're out of here at eighteen.

My childhood ambition ...

actress, more towards comedy than drama.

My favorite memory ...

the day I met my future husband.

Why I write ...

is for enjoyment. It allows me to travel in a world of my own making.

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

Debbie McComber, Menopause the Musical, Big Bang Theory

My first job ...

waitress at a Dee's Drive In (30 years ago)

My best moment ...

happens alot. Everytime I can stand back and say, "I'm having fun" is a best moment.

My inspiration ...

Joan Collins, Danielle Steel and Debbie McComber

Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Mother-daughter friendship

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My mother and I were strangers. She had one word for her second daughter, no. I wasn't allowed to do anything unless it was school related. So, eventually I grew tired of hearing the same word over and over again and I rebelled. I just didn't care anymore. Neither did she. So, when I became pregnant, I prayed that God would give me a son. A boy that my husband could take fishing, help build birdhouses, and in time, fix cars with. God decided I should have a girl. I also underwent an emergency hysterectomy so this girl would be my only child. So tiny. So precious. I decided that this curly ...

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