: About Me

Life Happens. I have had a lot of that, and I have never been bored. My trail has taken me from Middle Class, to Poverty, to lots of pondering and philosophical insights. I have wrestled, or at least exposed my demons and skeletons, and have accepted them, I have forgiven many and continually forgive myself-I am Human, and I err. Life Happens. By my junior year college tuition had risen from 33.00 an hour to 110.00. My dad, like many lost his job and pension after 27 years of honest labor done faithfully for the good of the whole. The good of the few, was well served, and I was priced, and legislated right out of school. Set backs, like Life Happen. I went on with Life, made some bad choices among them an abusive spouse. We had three children, in spite of attempts at sane planning, . I struggled with a reality that was so foreign to me, I was literally in shock for years. My oldest son, was born with Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy. My experience in the social system was demeaning, depressing, and demoralizing. Having no insurance, few assets, and plenty of misconceptions led to an education in how things really work The stresses from that alone threatened my sanity at times, the isolation and feelings of being alone were more than I could bear through nights I did not sleep. My ex absolved himself of any responsibility where my son was concerned. He tortured both of us by saying "When you can't take care of him , He goes to a home" Life happens harsh at times.

Many years down my life path, most situations have been resolved, not well perhaps, but resolved none the less. The biggest resolution was in how I perceive those challenges now. I have remarried, Jaycen passed away, my other two are struggling as adults in their own live paths. Having found my own center in peace, I now am turning serious attention to writing, something I have and always will do, but requires more effort on my part to use my life's sum of experiences to inform, and maybe just help one person through times of crisis with the offer of hope that it does get better, and there are options beyond the concrete ones we often are presented.

Many thanks for reading and please do not be afraid to send me comments and critiques. I am forever wishing to learn and improve.

My passion is ...

Always and forever writing and language.

I know too much about ...

the realities of life

My parents always told me ...

"You can be whatever you want to be"

My childhood ambition ...

NASA

My favorite memory ...

Jaycen's Wish-Disney World

Why I write ...

To give voice to those who know not how to speak.

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

Discovery, PBS , News, opinions,

My first job ...

Clerk in a grocery store-I lasted 2 days

My best moment ...

I have yet to achieve,

My inspiration ...

enlightenment, discourse.

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