I was introduced to this site by my good friend Toadee. I'm not sure what to expect but I'm looking forward to exploring Helium and finding out more.

My passion is ...

books, followed closely by music

I know too much about ...

rugby...' for a girl'...so I'm told

My parents always told me ...

be careful

My childhood ambition ...

to be a fireman

My favorite memory ...

staying at my Gran's when I was younger

Why I write ...

therapeutic

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

Stephen King/Lost (Sawyer in particular..drool)/Brooke Fraser

My first job ...

sweeping factory floor...thanks for that Mum....NOT

My best moment ...

It's a secret

My inspiration ...

depends on my mood

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Childhood

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My childhood passion was horses.

Mum and Dad didn't have a lot of spare cash when I was growing up so I'd go and help out at the stables in exchange for lessons. Because I wasn't actually paying for many of my lessons, I used to get all the shitty (excuse the pun) jobs like climbing up the horse manure pile and jumping up and down on it to flatten it. It was a huge pile too so I'd come home smelling terrible, much to my mums disgust .Come to think of it, I didn't get any boyfriends till I gave up on the horses. Gee I wonder why!

I continued the lessons until I was about 13, spending mos...

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