: About Me

My name is Deb Keen. I am the oldest child, of an oldest child. I have five siblings, we grew up in what was a small town named, St. Michael Minnesota. I was raised on a farm. There we milked cows, picked eggs, raised pigs, and grew crops. There is where I learned the good feeling that comes from working hard and enjoying the fruits of your labor. It is also were I learned that living things die. It is because of that, I learned to respect life and all its possibilities. I grew up under the watchful of eyes of mom, dad, uncles, aunts, grandma, grandpa, and until I was twelve a large number of great relatives. I was truly blessed by a wealth of assume loving, giving people.
I am now married living in Plymouth Minnesota. My husband and I have a son, who is nine years old.. Prior to the birth of my son I worked as a nurse in geriatrics and hospice. After his birth live changed and nothing has ever even looked familiar since.

My favorite poem:
Lady of Wealth
She does long for riches
Or things with fancy flare
Her joy is in her giving
Her pleasures are to share.
author is unknown.

My favorite quote: (there are numerous favorites for me this is one)
"Most men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most pick themselves up and continue on as if nothing had happened." Churchill

My two favorite words:
Dishwasher
Spell Check

My passion is ...

To become all that I was created to be.

I know too much about ...

absolutely nothing.

My parents always told me ...

You are the oldest you are the leader.

My childhood ambition ...

to understand everything.

My favorite memory ...

fishing with my grandfather.

Why I write ...

it's a form of communication that allows me the freedom to take back my words.

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

The Tale of Despereaux

My first job ...

working on our family farm, at 16 I worked as a nursing assistant.

My best moment ...

watching my child become an adult.

My inspiration ...

life and all it entails.

Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies Should smoking be allowed in public places?

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Should smoking be allowed in public places? That is the question. While doing research on either side of this subject I see the same stance drawn over and over again. This kind of circular arguing is the thing that gets me nowhere. This is not the direction I intend to go. That said, I do think it is important to state a very general impression of each side as I viewed them. For those who answered no to the above question, there seemed to be mountains of evidence that second hand smoke damages not only those who breath it but those who enter the room after the smoke has cleared. There are ...

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