Renate

About me:

"October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen. It is the distant hills once more in sight, and the enduring constellations above them once again." - Hal Borland, "Autumn is for Understanding- October 25, Sundial of the Seasons", 1964

"Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonder, the unfailing child-like appetite of what's next, and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite, so long are you young."- Samuel Ullman

"What do I believe? As an American I believe in generosity, in liberty, in the rights of man. These are social and political faiths that are part of me, as they are, I suppose, part of all of us. Such beliefs are easy to express. But part of me too is my relation to all life, my religion. And this is not so easy to talk about. Religious experience is highly intimate and, for me, ready words are not at hand." - Adlai Stevenson

"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome." - Anne Dudley Bradstreet

"What seem our worst prayers may really be, in God's eyes, our best. Those, I mean, which are least supported by devotional feeling. For these may come from a deeper level than feeling. God sometimes seems to speak to us most intimately when He catches us, as it were, off our guard." ~C.S Lewis~

I'm several things:
-I'm an RN charge nurse for a surgical/cardiac unit at a local hospital.
-I'm a bit of a grammar/spelling freak. Misspelling drives me nuts (especially my own). I can frequently be overheard laughing at things that are misspelled or grammatically incorrect-especially when said goofs result in off-the-wall meanings. I actually read that book "Eats, Shoots and Leaves" and enjoyed it immensely.
-I'm a mother to 3 girls and they aren't dainty little princesses. They're just as loud & rambunctious as a group of boys. I just got out of the "pull my finger" jokes. Although I may have to amend that in a few months; got another bun in the oven!
-I'm a wife of some odd years. And I do mean odd! And by turns boring, exasperating, thrilling & joyful.
-I'm also a writer. Unpublished but I write. Been working on a novel but now I'm dabbling in fanfiction. (Guess what show. Oh! The Grand Prize!) I don't always have the time to hound the agents like I should be but I keep plugging away, mostly on short stories now because I seem to have hit a massive block with my novel. Once I actually get up the nerve, I'll send queries out again.

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You Are a Humanitarian
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You're so intuitive, it's like you have a sixth, seventh, and eighth sense.
You connect with others freely and easily - and you tend to have many best friends.
Warm and caring, it's hard for you to close your heart to anyone.
Affection is like air for you - you need to give and receive it to survive.

Your strength: Your universal compassion

Your weakness: Your unpredictable mood swings

Your power color: Mauve

Your power symbol: Butterfly

Your power month: February

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