Look and Listen

Biography

I was born in 1980. The first piece I remember writing with premeditation were the words "I love you, Mommy" on the inside of a Valentine I made in kindergarten. I chose my words carefully, executed each letter perfectly between the faint helper lines I‘d drawn, and carefully measured the spaces between each word - two fingers in width. But what I remember most fondly about my first work is the way it effected my mother; my adored audience. She was obviously swept away, and showed my writing to everyone in our family, and to her friends, and anyone who graciously allowed her a reading. My words touched my expanded audience much as they did my mother. People were moved, their outlook changed, their spirits lifted. My passion to write was born in 1985.

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