About Me....

Some things you may or may not know about me:
I love photographing people, nature and architecture.
Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King are two of my favorite writers and inspire me in my own literary endeavors.
Demi Moore as Lt. Jordan O'Neil (GI Jane) and Wynona Ryder as Susanna (Girl, Interrupted) are two characters I identify with on a deeply emotional and psychological level.
I have an unusual interest in the minds of serial killers.  I am intrigued by the idea that anyone can be one.  I wonder what happens in someone's psyche that causes them to feel no remorse and even find pleasure in things that make "normal" people cover their eyes and squirm in their seats.
If sorting M&M's by color and eating them in such a way that there is always the same number of each color awaiting their fate, or always seeking out a particular spoon or fork to eat with, suggests a bit of OCD, then that's me.
I enjoy spending my time with teenagers (while not pretending to still be 16) and some people think this can only mean that I have lost my mind...but truly, they help me find it.
I have a lot a friends but only a few really know me.
I am learning that it is amazingly refreshing to speak freely and openly with someone I trust and that it is just as amazing to have someone find me trustworthy enough to do the same.
I love to laugh - I mean, REALLY laugh!
I am a procrastinator (yes, I admit it).  I have discovered the reason that I rarely finish what I start is because I am afraid that it won't turn out right; that I will feel like a failure once again.
I dream of someday holding in my hand a book written by me and knowing that it will make an impact on those who read it (which hopefully will be millions of people).
I wish to grow old with my soul-mate, see my daughter grow into a wonderful woman who will consider me one of her best friends and to live by the water again.  (I so miss the sea!)
Above all, I want my life to count for something.  I don't want to be near the end, looking back, regretting all I never dared to do or try for fear of failing.