: About Me

Animal lover. Mom to 6 fur kids. Reader. Sports fan. Foodie. Shopper. Food Network, QVC, and houndstooth addict. Coffee light. Roll Tide!

My passion is ...

all things domestic - cooking, decorating, entertaining, family, pets.......

I know too much about ...

disappointment

My parents always told me ...

don't stick paperclips in electrical outlets (I did anyway), and I should write a book

My childhood ambition ...

to be a storm chaser.

My favorite memory ...

the first five years of my niece's life.

Why I write ...

if I didn't I would explode. (Just like most of the people on Helium)

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

I prefer nonfiction, but like Alice Hoffman type fiction, and the occasional racy romance, and I LOVE cookbooks, especially Nigella Lawson

My first job ...

Either Captain D's or soldering PC boards for my parents. Don't remember which was first.

My best moment ...

still waiting

My inspiration ...

my animals. They inspire me to get out of bed every day, whether I want to or not.

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Experiences with ghosts

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In July of 2004, my Uncle Billy died very suddenly, from a blood clot, while driving to buy a new pair of shoes. His car rolled into a parking lot, where attempts to save his life were unsuccessful. My Aunt Margaret (my mother's sister), and my Uncle Billy were like my other parents, and it was impossible to imagine my family without Billy. Most of my good memories as a child include my aunt, uncle, and their boys. Billy liked to help people. If you needed something done, or needed to borrow something, you didn't have to ask him, he usually offered before you could ask. He was just a good ...

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