: About Me

The title I hold most dear is "Mom". Life has its ups and downs and yet God blessed me so much the day I first held my son. He keeps me alive.
I have many interests but the activities I enjoy most are travel, playing music, photography, reading, painting, and writing; poetry mostly but I started writing my first book in July 2006.
I work in customer service in a local retail chain while awaiting my life's "career".

My passion is ...

music, writing and painting

I know too much about ...

writer's block :)

My parents always told me ...

if you want to know something, look it up

My childhood ambition ...

to be a teacher

My favorite memory ...

my Mamma's house in the summertime

Why I write ...

it relaxes me and keeps me fulfilled

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

Rush

My first job ...

grocery bagger

My best moment ...

the birth of my son

My inspiration ...

my son

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

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I was 18 years old, the point in life when I can remember a childhood in the not too distant past and only imagine an adulthood that loomed large ahead of me. I had made it to 18 and had already lived a life filled with alcoholism, domestic abuse, constant moving across the country and yes, near poverty. Personally, I was dealing with a lot of heartache and it wasn't getting any easier. How could it? A voice in my head was telling me that I didn't have to go any further. The face in my mirror was tired of looking back at me. I had already held the gun to my head but was too afraid to pull ...

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