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About me - Juanita Shanklin

About me

First time Helium writer, The Bridesmaid's Dress.

Published in Co-Ed magazine in 1978, Poetry.

Briefly me

My passion is ...

Jesus

I know too much about ...

There's always someone who knows more

My parents always told me ...

there's nothing a hammer can't fix

My childhood ambition ...

to move off of the reservation

My favorite memory ...

cooking with mom

Why I write ...

I have something to say

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

Dave Ramsey, Hal Lindsey, CSI's, Grey's Anatomy, Biggest Loser

My first job ...

Adult GED preparation

My best moment ...

accepting Christ as my savior

My inspiration ...

Holy Spirit

Featured article by Juanita Shanklin

Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Weddings
13 of 29

The Bridesmaid's Dress I had been looking forward to being part of Shari's wedding. It had been years since I was in a wedding party. The dresses she chose for the bridesmaids were beautiful Victorian Purple, which is also known as periwinkle, a heavy silk, full length with a fitted bodice, spaghetti straps and a tiny row of silver beads at the waist. Quite elegant. The wedding was at the end of July, in Montana, which most people who don't live in Montana believe is in a perpetual state of winter, a kind of Narnia-esque landscape. I, too, thought Montana temperatures did not get above 70 ...

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