Hello! I am a freelance writer and mother of 4 teenage and young adult boys, as well as 40 other teenagers through my church youth group. I am a worship leader, ½ marathon runner, and novelist in training. I enjoy binge-watching Netflix and carb overloading. My work has appeared in Scary Mommy, Grown and Flown, and Medium.

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Wife, Mother, Retired Teacher

Lucky to be a husband to wonderful wife
father of a 19 year old young man
Parkinsonian
piano tuner-technician
amateur musician, songwriter
cyclist
animal lover
cat slave
baseball and basketball fan
Thrice married: 3rd times a charm, not 3 strikes and you're out!

I am a changing story.

I have a wonderful partner and together we have built a happy and contented life for ourselves with two beautiful children, I have a job which I love and have recently started a foundation degree. Life is good,

However I have to live with something which has had a huge impact on my life since I was child, throughout my teenage years and now as an adult. I grew up with an alcoholic parent, the effects of this are longlasting to put it mildly and when my worst fear of my father dying due to alcoholism became a reality in December 2013 I felt it was time to share my story in the hope that it could be the start of making changes and finding answers to this dreadful disease. My journey so far has introduced me to a whole new world of writers, research and opinions which has been great!

Finding time to write has been tough, but it's too ingrained to stop now. The problem is going back to finish works I started three years ago while the shiny new thing jumps up and down and screams my name.
Anyway, I may not finish all of what I start to write, but I'm going to have fun trying. Thanks for stopping by, reading my stories and poems, and (maybe) leaving a comment (or TWO). Blessings all ways.

Humorist, Writer, Musician, Actor, Card Player