: About Me

Married for 40 years, mother of two sons, and grandmother of 4.

Retired from a major corporation in 2003 and selling real estate since 1979.

Member of Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and Romance Writers of America.

My passion is ...

Stories about love and money

I know too much about ...

Nothing

My parents always told me ...

You'll never know until you try

My childhood ambition ...

Dress designer, Hair designer

My favorite memory ...

Moving into our first residence with inside plumbing

Why I write ...

To see if I can make a connection

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

Spiritual songs by Wintley Phipps

My first job ...

Playing piano for a church

My best moment ...

Having my family around when we gather for no reason

My inspiration ...

Service is the rent we pay for being on earth

Society & Lifestyle > Society & Lifestyle (Other) Why do people work so hard just to stay poor?

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People don't work hard to stay poor; people work hard just to stay in debt. We create these debts because we think of our paychecks as perpetual income. We need to face the realization that all paychecks are temporary. Our paychecks signify the amounts that we have to pay our bills, as well as entertain, buy cool clothes, buy that special vehicle, get pampered, or take on any additional expenses not in our budget. Even when we are basically staying in our budget-which is just enough to pay our current obligations-we still feel it is possible to have expensive coffee every morning. The rati...

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