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My passion is ...

Literature, Gardening, Art, Film

I know too much about ...

Everyone. Everyone tells me their secrets.

My childhood ambition ...

was to make books (as in glue books together).

My favorite memory ...

My daughter and I at the beach one day when I was pregnant with my 2nd daughter.

Why I write ...

I would go crazy if I didn't.

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

Kabul Beauty School ~ about a woman's humanitarian work/experience in the Middle East.

My first job ...

It seems like I've always been working! But my first job was cleaning toilets.

My best moment ...

The moment I was able to accept myself for who I am. I am proud to be someone's mother, daughter, friend, companion and wife. I used to be restless, but now my best moment is in the moment ~ I am here for what life brings me now.

My inspiration ...

authors of the past, present and future. Good stories, books and articles. Traveling and experiencing other cultures inspires me.

Creative Writing > Memoirs My second chance at life: True stories about facing death

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My second chance at life began on a cold winter night in 1981. I was five years old. Many people think second chances are given to those who have lived long enough to need or deserve a second chance. I, on the other hand, was in the first grade. My small world was filled with little girl wonder: stickers, kitty cats and the color pink. Life was good until that cold winter night where I found myself alone in a dark elementary school by myself and unattended. The stairs loomed larger than they did during the day. The shadows pressed down on me and I was afraid. It had been a bitter Mi...

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