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About me - Tash Lavalley

About me

Well, what can I say about myself? Not too too much... I'm an aspiring writer-yeah, one of "those"!-I live with whom I consider to be the love of my life, I hail from a very loving family and am a firm believer in pursuing your dreams.

I've always wanted to be a writer.
That's it...

So, I guess this is one of my first steps towards that goal...

Life has handed me a pretty good deck of cards.
I feel lucky, but I don't take it for granted.

Believe in the beauty of your dreams!
What a corny thing to say... but kinda true :-)

Briefly me

My passion is ...

writing, reading, living life for the moment

I know too much about ...

procrastination and foolish yourself

My parents always told me ...

believe in yourself

My childhood ambition ...

become Indiana Jones

My favorite memory ...

Lake Placid... one of many of my family's "nowhere" road trips

Why I write ...

It's been the one constant in my unreliable, inconsistant, messy, complicated life

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

Adventures in the Screen Trade A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting WILLIAM GOLDMAN True and False Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor David Mamet True Believer Nicholas Sparks Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas James Patterson You'll Never Make Love in This Town Again Terrie Maxine Frankel. To name a few

My first job ...

Concierge @ The Peabody Orlando Hotel in Orlando, FL

My best moment ...

there's one at least everyday

My inspiration ...

It comes out of nowhere, when I least expect it-hence the reason I always carry a notebook and pen handy!

Featured article by Tash Lavalley

Parenting & Pregnancy > Pregnancy Abortion's side effects and consequences
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This is a letter I wrote when I found out I was pregnant at twenty-one in August of 2001. There is not one day that goes by that I don't think of what it could have been, of who this kid would be.

It was only a partial embryo, the possibility of a baby. But that baby had been conceived under influence of drugs and alcohol and... it's just hard sometimes... this is what I wrote:

The Unspeakable Letter

You came to me at a time of turmoil. I had wished for you, wanted you, the way a child wishes for a baby brother brought by the stork.

When I found out, July 15th, five years ago as I wri...

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