: About Me

I am so happy to find a site online where I am able to use my creative side. I've been a writer since I first learned to create stories in High School. I was told way back then to pursue some type of writing career. Of course, being a teen, I ignored that!

Then I went on to be a wife at age 19, a mother at age 20 and have a second child at age 21. Over the years, I continued to journal and any time I shared that journal I again was told I should write for a living. Of course, I was too busy to listen. Two kids 11 months apart doesn't leave much time to pursue a writing career. I went on in this era to pursue music and became a singer in choirs, in quartets, in Ensembles which led to a solo career within the church. Even got to the point of fans whom I did not know, running up to me in stores, hugging me and telling me how much my songs and voice had touched them. I sang many words, tried writing some of my own, then misplaced them for many years.

I continued on in life and went to college and became a counselor with a Masters Degree in Educational Psychology. Again, while going through school and producing many articles and papers, I was told by many professors and fellow students to pursue writing. I was too busy being perfect and getting my 3.86 GPA to listen then. I went on to be a counselor and then the luck of the draw hit, and I became disabled. What I quickly discovered about being a counselor is that co-workers and management were so in need of counseling but not getting it, that I soon lost interest in the field and watched as rules and regulations kept counselors from helping people in counseling meeting their goals. I left the counseling field after turning in coercive staff and because of that, losing my own certification. Those people who were "in power" that I exposed created things, coercing my clients, to come up with things I had done wrong. I ran into one of the clients who cried and apologized for what he had done & what they had threatened him with to get a "lie" against me. I gave proof to everyone of their claims, showing I had not done what they said I did, yet they found against me and took my certifications away. How very sad!

I'm a fighter and chose to continue in life without being a counselor. I have since worked in a hotel, worked at two online companies and ran my own small business creating business documents and marketing materials. I learned to paint, create many different crafts and sold my creations at several art fairs.

Now I'm working online and finally feel I have time to spend on my writing. I found this site and was so excited. I will look for many things to write about and hope that all this life experience will give me much to write about!

My passion is ...

Helping people find the good in themselves.

I know too much about ...

Psychological issues.

My parents always told me ...

To keep quiet! lol

My childhood ambition ...

To make it through school with a diploma.

My favorite memory ...

My Dad & I joking around and watching funny movies together. Yeah, Abbot & Costello was the top of the list!

Why I write ...

I have much knowledge gathered to help others. If I went through many things, I know there are many who have gone through those things that could benefit from hearing of my experiences.

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

I love watching anything that has ghosts in it or investigates crime scenes. The mystery is what gets me every time!

My first job ...

I worked as a Station Captain at the MIlwaukee Journal. That is where I found out I'm allergic to newspaper ink! Yep, you heard it right...can't touch anything that is on newsprint whether it be newspapers or books.

My best moment ...

Realizing that I had lived through a coma when I had Encephalitis. Changed the way I looked at life after that.

My inspiration ...

My Mom! There is no one who compares to her!

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Are We Too Eager to Sue One Another in America Today? With a question such as "are we too eager to sue one another in America today", we have to ask if there is a reason why more are suing today. Are we as a nation less concerned over the outcome of our actions today than we were in the past? That is the question that needs to be answered in order to decide of Americans are too eager to sue today. I grew up in the 1960s. Yes, times were turbulent then, but there were values that existed back then that don't exist today. My sister and I would go downtown together on Saturdays and buy our ca...

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