: About Me

I am a mom of three wonderful chilren, ages 7, 4, and not quite 2. I work in the public education system and have seen its flaws.

My passion is ...

my children, crafting, reading.

I know too much about ...

how the public school system really works.

My childhood ambition ...

was to raise big cats.

Why I write ...

because the words are in me, waiting to be released.

My first job ...

was in a local restaurant.

Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: My college experience

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It's been nearly ten years since I've graduated college and I look back on those years fondly, though with a stir of regret. I walked away from college with more than just a bachelor's degree. The friends I made in college are still some of my best friends I've ever had. I still talk to one on occasion and keep up with the others through her. But just as important as those friendships are, the experiences and knowledge I walked away with remains the most prominent. Going to college was like going to another planet for me. For one thing, population-wise, the campus wasn't much smaller than ...

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