: About Me

I am an ordinary person with a formal 9th grade education. The rest of my education was "do it yourself." I am retired and enjoy fostering rescued dogs and helping them go to loving, permanent homes.

My passion is ...

Knowledge, Understanding, Truth, Wisdom

I know too much about ...

There is nothing I know too much about.

My parents always told me ...

Honesty is the best policy.

My childhood ambition ...

to grow up.

My favorite memory ...

When I remembered why I am here.

Why I write ...

To leave my thoughts for others after I'm gone.

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

news on TV

My first job ...

police department dispatcher

My best moment ...

When I remembered why I am here.

My inspiration ...

My own Spirit and Soul.

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Lost & alone

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I was buffeted this way and that way by the winds. The waves of the sea rushed in upon me and carried me wherever they were pushed by the strong winds. The waves pounded me upon the rocks and crushed me against the cliffs. I could not escape the winds and the sea. I was drowning; I could not swim. I looked for something to hold onto. Everything I found, was also swept away. When I saw those things swept away, I lost all hope in them, and no longer tried to reach for them. When I had given up all hope of saving myself, the One I had thought was weakest of all saw my distress; and the Strong...

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