: About Me

Hello,

I am happily married to a wonderful man who has been my best friend for nearly twenty five years; together we have raised four beautiful children and watched our family grow. we have five grandchildren and one on the way.

When we met my husband was in the Navy so we did a lot of moving around for the first few years and eventually made the decision to leave the military and move home.

I have worked in several fields but have never actually found what I really want to do. I have worked as a waitress, store clerk, surveillance operator, security officer, computer technician, baby sitter, picked corn, beans, and even worked in tobacco fields once (WOW! That was hot, dirty work).

My Grandparents owned a small farm so I grew up knowing how to milk cows, put up hay and do general farm work.

I grew up knowing the benefits of hard work and play. An imagination was priceless. I had several acres of land to run and play on as a child and have found myself wishing my children could have had the same experiences to draw on in their lives.

It is my hope to learn to write well enough to put my expeiences in book form one day.

My passion is ...

My family

My parents always told me ...

My parents never talked to me

My childhood ambition ...

To write a book

My favorite memory ...

Having a tea party with my Great Aunt

Why I write ...

Writing allows for deeper self expression

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

I enjoy reading a wide variety of authors and watching mysteries

My first job ...

Babysitting

My best moment ...

The moment I fell in love with my husband

My inspiration ...

Life

Relationships & Family > Married Life Marriage and the military

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I spent six years as a Navy wife and while the transition from a civilian lifestyle to the military way of life was not an easy one, I feel that those six years had a positive impact on my life. I was born and raised in a small town in the Midwest, and can honestly say that; mostly due to location, I had never even laid eyes on anyone in a navy uniform short of, an occasional movie or on a Cracker Jack box. I had never been more than a couple of hours drive from my family and friends, so moving to the other side of the United States required some major adjustments; but like most military s...

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