: About Me

Have you ever had "writer's block" where you cannot think of what you want to write or how you want to write it? That's exactly what happens to me when I try to describe myself. I can't think of anything that would make me stand out when I look at all the creative talent on Helium.

We all are different and unique, with our own set of strengths and faults. I am hoping the words that I submit will give an insight into my personality, far outweighing anything I can write here.

I hope you read my work(s) with an open mind and an open heart. Perhaps then you will see my thoughtfulness, compassion, humor, and intergrity.

Enjoy!

My passion is ...

To learn new things and to help with children/elderly rights. I love expressing feelings and ideas in words that can motivate, console, inform, and delight the people who read them.

I know too much about ...

Death of loved ones. It has taught me humility, grace, compassion, and the ability to move on.

My parents always told me ...

No one needs to praise you if you know yourself that you did a good job.

My childhood ambition ...

To write a children's book that would help them understand our complicated world.

My favorite memory ...

Is when my grandson told me a story that my daughter had told to him. It was a story that I had created for my youngest child twenty years before my grandson's birth. I could hardly believe she had remembered it all those years later.

Why I write ...

I write to bring joy to those who read the words or hear the story.

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

Scarlett, the sequel to Margaret Mitchells "Gone With The Wind"

My first job ...

was at a newspaper office. I was a secretary to the editor.

My best moment ...

My life has been filled with great moments and I am hoping it will be filled with many more.

My inspiration ...

My inspiration is the sense of accomplishment that I feel every time when I write something and I know inside that its exactly what I wanted to say.

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