: About Me

I have been a writer for most of my life. I prefer creative writing but like to stretch here and there to prove I can. I still believe in the written word and it's power to change the world. I honor all writers for the bravery it takes to divulge one's soul.

All content copywright 2008 Roxanne Tracy

My passion is ...

Writng and music, and helping foster children.

I know too much about ...

Mental Health Diseases

My parents always told me ...

To write it down Roxanne, write it down...and it was my Papa who said it.

My childhood ambition ...

To survive childhood.

My favorite memory ...

Moving to New England..

Why I write ...

It's my road to peace, and shutting up the rantors in my head.

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

Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him/Billie Holiday and Taj Mahal

My first job ...

Caretaker to my sister, and my first cat, Bootsy.

My best moment ...

Winning my first scholarship, and my second, third......

My inspiration ...

Those who write....

Relationships & Family > Grief & Loss Surviving the Christmas season after the loss of a loved one

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I have an affinity for Charlie Brown Christmas trees. You know the ones, with limbs the thickness of a #2 pencil. Branches that have enough pine needles to maybe require a broom when it is time to take it down. I like that when an ornament is hung on the tree that most likely it will be on the floor within seconds. In my life where beauty and comfort are key essentials to keeping sane, this is an oddity. I cannot help it. My mother passed her affinity for these trees onto my sister and myself. Do not get me wrong, my internal Christmas meter desires the tall, full pine tree that reaches to...

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