How to best describe myself\u2026should be an easy task but it really isn\u2019t so simple. I am not a simple person (intellectually or otherwise.) At the time of this writing, I have just enjoyed my 63rd\u00a0birthday. I am a single mom to the most amazing son anyone could ever hope to have. I am the third child of parents who were beyond awesome. (That means my Borg designation is \u201c3 of 6.\u201d) My siblings are the best I could have ever wished for, and not a day goes by that I don\u2019t think of sister \u201c1 of 6.\u201d She had to leave this life but there is no doubt in my mind and heart that we will find each other again.<\/span><\/p>By way of making a living, my first job post-high school was cleaning poop from kennels in a veterinarian\u2019s office. I then did the college thing for a while, leaving to take a job as a secretary in a local mental health facility. After several years there, I returned to college. I graduated with a nursing degree and began a career that spanned about 20 years. When it got to the point that I was literally sick of sick people, I moved on.<\/span><\/p>After my son was born (I was 42 at the time), I returned to college. I then began a teaching career, settling into the classroom to teach junior high history and science. Unfortunately, after about 13 years, it was time for me and that profession to part ways. I was, at first, bitter over the loss of a career I loved. But, in hindsight, I realize it was for the best. Things have changed so dramatically in the teaching profession since I left that I am certain I would have probably not only been fired but possibly prosecuted for high crimes and misdemeanors had I remained in the mad house that is now public education.<\/span><\/p>Not being one to succeed at doing nothing, I decided to try something I had been thinking about doing for almost 50 years: writing. I\u2019ve been doing freelance writing since 2015. Suffice it to say, once I got my foot in the door, it has been a very enlightening undertaking. Not only do I thoroughly enjoy doing it, I get to do it at my own pace and from my own comfy recliner at home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>I also have three dogs – Snowball,\u00a0Radar, and Krumpus – who are my sweet baby,\u00a0cuddle muffin, and big ole boy, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\u00a0<\/p>
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