: About Me

I am a child at heart but a woman of wisdom.  I am forty-three years of age until December 23rd approaches and adds another age to my existence.  I have been through a lot, in fact, to hell and back and hell and back again; and yet find myself still looking for everything else that life has to offer. 

I go by the name that my Mother and Father chose for me, "Marie".  Although through the forty-three years of my existence my surname has changed thrice, my first name has always remained the same. I sometimes question who I am, what I am, who I may someday become with the added stress of the entire meaning of life...

At the end of the day, just like any other day, though, I am Marie.  I am human, I make mistakes and I live and learn. 

My Mother was diagnosed with lung/liver cancer in April.  We laid her to rest December 9, 2009.  After the countless chemo/radiation treatments she endured, we were told that it had just progressed too far to continue with any more treatments.  She fought hard the passed 8 months and lived with her death sentence, not knowing if it could be in a day, a month or years; no one ever really has that answer.  Sad part of life though is, death is the only guarantee life gives any of us.  Since her diagnosis in April I have really came to grips with mortality.

I write because I feel I have a story to tell.  I believe that someday I will find the words needed to finally get the story out.  Writing articles for Helium allows me to hone the skills of which I possess and strengthen my writing capability.  At present I am enrolled in an online school working on my degree in psychology, which I feel will also lead to greater things which lie ahead in my journey through life.  I figure one day, someday, before my mortality runs out, one of my journey's through life will be one heck of a story to tell.  I want to be the one who tells it.

My passion is ...

LIVING LIFE

I know too much about ...

having fun

My parents always told me ...

God never puts too much on your shoulders that you cannot bear...

My childhood ambition ...

to be a zookeeper

My favorite memory ...

really seeing my daughter for the very first time

Why I write ...

to release what's inside

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

music...ALWAYS music

My first job ...

assistant manager in a convenience store

My best moment ...

when I'm laughing...TRULY TRULY laughing

My inspiration ...

My God

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