: About Me

Writing is like eating breakfast in the morning. I write because............I am. Words flow through me, not to me. My job is to reel them in from chaos to order, sculpt them and reveal my thoughts.. though edited, of course!

My passion is ...

Maine

I know too much about ...

repeating patterns and reliving past mistakes in my head.

My parents always told me ...

If you have one good friend, it's better than tons of aquaintances.

My childhood ambition ...

to be a gifted artist.

My favorite memory ...

laughing so hard, I cried with "the kid".

Why I write ...

because - I am.

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

the I Ching.

My first job ...

running an arts and crafts program at St. Anne's church

My best moment ...

when I heard, "it's a girl".

My inspiration ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson's quotes and other inspiration quotes.

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Death of a friend

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"Forgive and forget", they say. Looking back 45 years later, grudges no longer have a purpose. Yesterday, I discovered on Facebook of all places, that my very first best friend had died. Although peaceful and sober in the end, I learned that Chaz did not find his his purpose until the very end. God took him before his talents and dreams could be realized and before I could say goodbye. His name was Charlie. I called him "Chaz". From Chaz I learned about unconditional love and acceptance. Lost and afraid in a small town, with no friends or prospects of them, I remained on the edge. I was a ...

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