He was our precious first-born, with several severe mental and physical disabilities. He never learned to speak, didn’t comprehend, had grand mal seizures, and never even learned to chew food or eat by himself. Caring for him was a 24/7 career. In middle of the night I’d awaken to his crib moving on the hardwood [...]
It is such a long and winding story to explain how I got my start. Mainly because I have done so many things in my life and each one had it’s own start and finish.
At 17 I found myself pregnant and clueless. I married and then began to raise children. I didn’t really want to [...]
Ever since I was in junior high I thought I was going to grow up to be a newspaper reporter. I worked at the school newspaper from 6th grade on through college.
While in high school I attended a summer journalism program at Northwestern University in 1995.
I have always been an overachiever. I started taking college [...]
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