: About Me

Hi,

The gift of inciting emotion through the use of words, is a powerful thing.

Clif Moudy

My passion is ...

The outdoors

I know too much about ...

very little.

My parents always told me ...

get an education

My childhood ambition ...

to be a game warden

My favorite memory ...

running and winning the 440 dash in front of my parents.

Why I write ...

To give myself more room inside.

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

Hank Hanagraff, comedy/adventure, classic country

My first job ...

working at a cemetary

My inspiration ...

To earn a living as a writer

Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Family stories and memories

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Spilt Milk It was 1967 and we lived on a small farm in Ringgold, La. Daddy was a cook in the Air Force and was stationed in Vietnam. Mama was left at home raising five boys by herself. I was fifteen and the oldest of the boys. Mama and I both worked at a little Dairy Dream in town and we both kind of swapped off watching the boys. In those days in the military, a cook made rank very slowly, which meant there was little money. As far back as I can remember, dad always had a part time job just to make ends meet. Since he was over seas, there was no way to earn extra money and so we were poor...

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