: About Me

I'm a freelance writer. Been published in The International Library of Poetry via poetry.com and in Sept 07 issue of Southern Living Magazine. I also do work for academiaresearch.com and junglepage.com.

I live in the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains of the Appalachians and I love it, though I was born and raised in America's Heartland (Iowa). I have an eleven year old son who is the light of my life and keeps me on my toes.

I'm a suicide survivor twice over, lost my husband in 1999 and my father in October 2006. Nothing has been more difficult to live through.

I graduated college with high honors (member of National Honor Society) and would like to eventually further my degree.

I love to read, write, and do interesting research.
I'm a Carl Edwards fan, love nascar, enjoy baseball (Braves fan)and love to walk the mountain with my Catahoula Leopard Hound "Chevy."

My passion is ...

living life to the fullest

I know too much about ...

suicide

My parents always told me ...

to treat others the way I wanted to be treated

My childhood ambition ...

to be a writer

My favorite memory ...

too many to pick just one (having my son was about untoppable)

Why I write ...

to express myself and educate others

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

I read EVERYTHING, tv is mostly trash but love to laugh at "My name's Earl" and enjoy "Men in Trees" I listen to country, 80s rock (love Tesla) and some new stuff

My first job ...

weeding beans ~ I grew up in Iowa remember

My best moment ...

becoming a mother

My inspiration ...

thought of what I can leave behind when I'm gone from this world

Sciences > Psychology Individual variations and the grieving process

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It's not like everyone wears a sign that says, "I lost a loved one to suicide." They are at the supermarket, school, work, gas station; they're everywhere. And there are more of them than one might think. For every one person who takes their own life, there are several survivors left behind. Parents, children, spouses, siblings, relatives, friends, co-workers, etc are left behind to deal with the aftermath. Some survivors want to handle it themselves privately, and that's okay for them. But what about the survivors who want and/or need some kind of help? Who helps them? There are a lot of ...

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