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Who are you? I do associate the question with the inevitable earworm of The Who song that will be in my brain all day, as I should, but first and foremost, I think of Alice. Alice and a caterpillar on a large mushroom. Imagine being faced with this existential question after the weird situations she's found herself in. When I'm faced with this question, I imagine Alice when I respond.
And so...
I'm a woman. Later in life than many, with, speaking of probabilities, many years ahead. First I was a child, a little sister, a Pittsburgher (go Steelers!), a nerd, a reader, a drawer, a scared kid in a violent household. A loner who loved people.
Then I became a student. Defined by stellar grades and magnificent (if I do say so myself) verbal skills. An explorer of forests, a dreamer of dreams, a singer of songs. I wanted to boldly go where no man had gone before. To have a jelly baby. To wear a purple wig and silver fishnets. To ride around in a woody with my groovy friends and solve crimes.
Saturday afternoon UHF television, am I right??
Then I became free. Away at college. Unruled, unpunished - it was a head rush! Free to follow my faith, to join groups, to go on dates (DATES!!), to go to parties, to learn all the valuable lessons of that freedom. To meet THE GUY and date and marry and then ...
I was suddenly a wife. Life building partner. And a mom. ME! THAT was a ride - minutes of sheer terror and years of heart-thumping bliss. After a few years, I had a partner in crime, in Buffy, in Star Wars, in all things nerd. Huzzah!
Empty nester. Retired teacher with a retired husband, life changes again and #iamwriting. Writing fanfic. Finding fandom homes and sisters and brothers and more partners for more crimes, for trips through the Stargate, rides in the Torino and the black van, visits to the Plass for the best coffee on Earth, and meals in the Great Hall. What beautiful stories I've read and what beautiful souls I've met here.
Another turn around the blue ball and #iampublishing. A story, a world, a series that I've been writing for ten years becomes a reality on Jan 31 on Amazon. How is this happening??
So, who am I? I am all these things. And more. Care-giver for ailing parent. Helper for the well-grown doctor daughter across the sea working in a missionary hospital. Fellow winery visitor with the best hubbie ever. What am I still? Little sister. Pittsburgher at heart. (Go Steelers!) Lover of purple wigs and vipers and when a plan comes together. Child of God. Grateful embracer of fandom.
And so...
I'm a woman. Later in life than many, with, speaking of probabilities, many years ahead. First I was a child, a little sister, a Pittsburgher (go Steelers!), a nerd, a reader, a drawer, a scared kid in a violent household. A loner who loved people.
Then I became a student. Defined by stellar grades and magnificent (if I do say so myself) verbal skills. An explorer of forests, a dreamer of dreams, a singer of songs. I wanted to boldly go where no man had gone before. To have a jelly baby. To wear a purple wig and silver fishnets. To ride around in a woody with my groovy friends and solve crimes.
Saturday afternoon UHF television, am I right??
Then I became free. Away at college. Unruled, unpunished - it was a head rush! Free to follow my faith, to join groups, to go on dates (DATES!!), to go to parties, to learn all the valuable lessons of that freedom. To meet THE GUY and date and marry and then ...
I was suddenly a wife. Life building partner. And a mom. ME! THAT was a ride - minutes of sheer terror and years of heart-thumping bliss. After a few years, I had a partner in crime, in Buffy, in Star Wars, in all things nerd. Huzzah!
Empty nester. Retired teacher with a retired husband, life changes again and #iamwriting. Writing fanfic. Finding fandom homes and sisters and brothers and more partners for more crimes, for trips through the Stargate, rides in the Torino and the black van, visits to the Plass for the best coffee on Earth, and meals in the Great Hall. What beautiful stories I've read and what beautiful souls I've met here.
Another turn around the blue ball and #iampublishing. A story, a world, a series that I've been writing for ten years becomes a reality on Jan 31 on Amazon. How is this happening??
So, who am I? I am all these things. And more. Care-giver for ailing parent. Helper for the well-grown doctor daughter across the sea working in a missionary hospital. Fellow winery visitor with the best hubbie ever. What am I still? Little sister. Pittsburgher at heart. (Go Steelers!) Lover of purple wigs and vipers and when a plan comes together. Child of God. Grateful embracer of fandom.
