: About Me

I'm a mother of eight children. I introduce myself this way because I am not me by myself. They are a definition of who I am and what we can all become. We are a community, I love my husband dearly because only one of the eight is his and he married me not knowing what challenges he would face. I love the way that I feel for him and I appreciate the love and concern that he shows me and our children.

I enrolled in Community College as a journalism major because I felt that it would lead to a lucrative career in the field. I don't know what I was thinking because I never wanted to stay away from my family for long periods of time. I created a community newsletter instead and conducted interviews locally. I began teaching and from then until now I've written a little poetry and a couple of short stories. I do more journaling than any other type of writing. With a family such as mine, I find a lot to write about but very little time to write anything extensive. I want to take the opportunity now to extend my writing.

My passion is ...

my religion

I know too much about ...

true love

My parents always told me ...

don't always try to have the last word

My childhood ambition ...

to be a teacher

My favorite memory ...

the miracle of my first child

Why I write ...

to remember/to inform

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

read anything/listen to public radio

My first job ...

migrant farm worker

My best moment ...

there are many moments yet to come; best is finite

My inspiration ...

children and honest people

Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Missing children

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I received a phone call today. It's funny though; usually when my daughter Fi is on the phone, she doesn't switch over (it's our practice in case it's a collector or someone else we choose not to accept calls from) but for some reason this time she did. She quickly hung up from talking with her sister and passed me the phone. I was puzzled because she didn't tell me a name or indicate that it was someone that I knew or even wanted to talk to. Detective Morengo from the New Jersey Police Dept., Missing Persons Division. I didn't get excited. I thought it was just a routine follow-up like th...

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