Ninth Region / Inspiring Voices (ePub)

Having a BS in Business and working as bookkeeper and business owner has done nothing to quality me to write. However, being my parents’ daughter has. My mother was the foreman of the art department of a printing business. She was one of the very few women in our city that had a “man’s” career outside of the home and had a business education beyond high school. My father was a disabled vet from WWII. His family emigrated from Italy before the depression. He improved his command of the English language by reading the newspaper and using the dictionary. This, in turn, allowed opened him to be an editorial writer for the Auburn, New York newspaper. He also created, edited, and contributed to a local magazine that was distributed to the veterans of Central New York.



My parents taught me to look at things for what they were, not to give up when you gave your word. We would have all these discussions over the dinner table where I had to support an opinion or statement that I let slip from my mouth. I was always made to read an article from the front page out loud and then explain what it meant. By looking at other families and looking at my own family I came to the conclusion that we were weird, different, and unique.



Between my family, all my kids’ friends, the children at church, I have learned to see each as an individual. School and sporting experiences put me in a situation to me see how parents relate to their children. I have also inherited a love to write, to share lessons and to share facts on a little known subject through the medium of a good story.



I was born and raised in Central New York. After graduating from college and marrying, my new family, consisting of my husband, myself, and a 9 month old little girl, moved with to Houston, Texas. There I was challenged as my family grew.



Having a Mom that had an education and career was not the norm at that time. Neither was

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