: About Me

Mother of five, grandmother of twelve. have been very busy with the children for almost forty years. Would love to publish someday.

My passion is ...

helping my daughter with her children while her husband is away for a few years,

I know too much about ...

Nothing!

My parents always told me ...

to respect the elders. Kids are better seen and not heard.

My childhood ambition ...

First to be a schoolteacher, then to have a family and enjoy life!

My favorite memory ...

My grandmother reading to me and letting me use the colored pencils.

Why I write ...

Just to pen my memories, basically.

My first job ...

Wal-Mart

My best moment ...

When I gave birth to my twin girls!

My inspiration ...

My youth! Life!

Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Motherhood

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The quiet, lazy, spring afternoon was interrupted by the return from school of Richie and Michelle, my two oldest children, ages 13 and 11. My day had been full with my three small ones, Jason aged 4 and my nine month old twins, Judy and Jeanine who were still in diapers and nursing. There was always plenty to do each day as I found myself washing five dozen cloth diapers every other day and making meals for my family, along with regular housecleaning chores. Still, there were those odd moments when I felt bored. This was one of those days. They went out to play on the used 50cc minibike t...

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