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Welcome! I write/story tell because I can't seem to forget anything that has ever happened to me! Those stories include, my Army BRAT years, coming-of-age stories, My experiences as a teacher, musings on life and my fails and my successes as a mother.

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Mary McKnight

@marymcknight

I am a writer, gardener, teacher, illustrator, a mother of a 23-year-old on her own path, and share my life with her and our very spicy Tortie kitty.