Background
Growing up near Cleveland (in Brooklyn Ohio) fit the 1960's song "Little Boxes" where the ticky-tacky houses they all look the same." But it was a great spot to grow up where you could walk to the pool in the summer and the hill in the winter. The bad part was that when other schools had "snow days" we still had to go because Brooklyn is notorious for its snow renewal speed.
I earned a Bachelors degree in Psychology and Sociology from Kent State University in Ohio in 1970 then a Masters degree of Counseling from the same in 1971. Being of the 1960's mind-set my goal in life was to help people.
So I did! I provided counseling to a number of populations of people for over 25 years including the specialities of alcohol and drug addiction, sexual-abuse issues, the severely mentally disturbed populations, depression, anxiety and self-esteem problems - just to mention a few. This was quite fulfilling yet there was a part of me longing to express my creativity.
So along came writing. Which has been beautiful, difficult, full-filling and gut wrenching.
