About
I am a 57 year old baby boomer who has been married for 37 years to the same wonderful man - Bill. We live in Broken Arrow, OK, and have two grown children - Wil and Shelly - who live in Tulsa.
As a young newlywed, I worked for Du Pont company in Newark, Delaware, for 6 years. Then I had two children. For a short time, I sold real estate; however, that became too difficult with small children. So, at 28, I became a stay-at-home mom and Bill became the sole breadwinner as a Delaware State Trooper/helicopter pilot.
When my son started having problems in preschool, I pulled him out of school and started homeschooling. Although I only planned to homeschool a year or two until he caught up, I ended up homeschooling both my children from K - 12th grade. My son, Wil, is a freelance graphic artist and Macintosh technician; my daughter, Shelly, is currently a bartender/college student.
After years of being a stay-at-home mom, I started writing for homeschoolers in 2004. You can read more about my homeschool life in my blog, Empty Nest Mom. I am also the author of the Oklahoma Homeschool website and several resources for homeschoolers including The Checklist, Oklahoma History Online, and Oklahoma Scrapbook.
When I have time, I volunteer for Seasons Hospice and my home church, St. James UMC. You can read about my experience co-leading a group of baby boomers from St. James on my blog, Top 50.
I also enjoy writing, reading, traveling, and being with my family and friends. I occasionally get paid to write for the Old Schoolhouse Magazine.
Because I’m also interested in religion and politics, I started a somewhat-controversial blog called, Religitics: Thoughts on Religion and Politics.
In my spare time, I’m back in college working on my Bachelor of Science degree from OSU in Journalism/Public Relations. You can read about this adventure in EmptyNestMom Goes to College.
My views are my own and do not represent the views of any organization to which I belong.
My goal for this blog is not only to tell my life story and allow others to tell theirs, but also to share my knowledge of writing and self-publishing and provide resources for further study.
So what are you waiting for? Sign up for one of my Writing Lesson Projects (listed on right under Pages) and read on! Currently, the only lesson is 1-Life Story. However, I will eventually be creating additional lessons for both students and adults.
