HomeI have always been a happy person. Things do not make me happy. People, love and my beliefs make me happy. As an adult, I made a list several years ago of 'things that I wanted to do or accomplish before I turn 50.' Needless to say, the list was not completed by the time I was 50. So now, the list is 'things I want to do or accomplish before I die.'
I am now working on the most important item on my list. At the age of 50, I started back to school. I had a lifelong
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