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About me - Barbara Fisher

I am a sixty year old grandmother of seventeen crandchildren. I love to write. I have been published in six of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books, some of these have two of my articles in them.

I have a novel, Stolen Moments, with a sequel coming out soon.

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Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections on miscarriage: A silent loss: 1 of 44
How it Felt to Lose Our Triplets "Our joys will be greater, our love will be deeper, our life will be fuller because we shared your moment." The morning had passed slowly as I tried to busy myself to keep my mind off my youngest daughter Jenny. She thought she was pregnant, had been experiencing some problems, and was out t... More..
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Inspirational: 10 of 66
Writing inspirational essays is a great stress reliever and likewise a super way to inspire, instruct, and inform other people. I have been writing such articles for the past ten years for many famous books, and magazines, and find each time someone who reads what I write gets back with me telling me how I changed his or her ... More..
Health & Fitness > Health Testimonies My life with Multiple Sclerosis: 1 of 6
It has been thirty-three years since I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. I was young, had five children under six. I had gone totally blind, and I was scared to death. I was scared more than anything else that I would never see my kids again.I had seen commercials on TV about ms. All of them we of course the worst possib... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Adopted children reuniting with their birth parents: 6 of 21
Finding My Real Mother "Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart." -Martin Luther King, Jr. Did you ever meet someone accidentally and then discover ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing for Success How to get the creative writing process moving: 6 of 21
Writing can be hard work, or it can be fun . . . either way it is a challenge. Not everyone can get the words from their heads to a paper. Too often it is a person's struggle to perfect their grammar and punctuation that keeps him from writing something very meaningful. I don't believe that you have to be an English major to ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Self-Healing When life hits you hard: 44 of 139
Our Little Bit of Heaven on Earth Last Easter our daughter announced to the family that she was going ot have another child. He older two children six ten were estatic. My son-in-law though seemed to be lost in a world of his own, and anything but happy about his upcoming child. Since our daugther was soon to be thirty-nine, ... More..
Relationships & Family > Friends & Peers (Other) Having your ex as a friend: 26 of 72
It would depend on what kind of relationship you had with an ex boyfriend if you could still have him as a friend. If you had a non-abusive relationship, and enjoyed doing things with each other, than I can not see why the friendship could not go on.Another factor would be why you are no longer a "thing." If you broke up beca... More..
Health & Fitness > Medical Issues (Other) Mental illness versus insanity: 3 of 7
Last January my little nine week old grandson was placed on his belly on a big fluffy pillow and suffocated. It will always be something that tears my heart apart, but with time and God and friends, each day it gets a bit better. At this same time we found out that my husband's partner, age 50 is dying from brain cancer, and ... More..
Health & Fitness > Kidney & Urologic Diseases Guide to learning about Lupus: 4 of 9
A Boy Called Nick "The best use of a life is to spend it for something that outlasts life" - William James Last summer, I was reading our local newspaper, and a picture of a young man, jumped out of the front page, and shouted, "read me." I decided to hurriedly give the story a quick read. However the words lupus, kidney fai... More..
Relationships & Family > Friendship Drama & Issues Should you be friends first or jump into dating?: 16 of 35
Having been married to the same man for forty-one years, I totally believe that two people should be good friends before they start dating one-on-one. Even more I believe that two people should be "the best of friends" before they get married. Everyone of us come from a unique childhood and family life. We all have different... More..