When I first came to Squidoo, I didn't really know what I was doing here. I knew that I didn't want to "put all of my eggs in one basket" so to speak, and at that time all of my written material had been published on Hubpages. Someone suggested creating lenses to point to my hubs, and eventually I crept over here.

It took me a while to "get my sea legs," but once I did I began...

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When I first came to Squidoo, I didn't really know what I was doing here. I knew that I didn't want to "put all of my eggs in one basket" so to speak, and at that time all of my written material had been published on Hubpages. Someone suggested creating lenses to point to my hubs, and eventually I crept over here.

It took me a while to "get my sea legs," but once I did I began to discover ways to use both services to my best advantage.

I am currently working on publishing some reviews of books that I have read in the recent past and which I feel may be of interest to some readers, as well as working on a series of Women of Strength and Courage (the list is now over 25 names long! Ouch!).

I have a wide range of interests and intend to focus primarily on marriage, parenting and educational topics (such as my lenses about remarkable women). I am a homeschooling mother of an 18 month-old and the wife of a wonderful husband who works hard to support our family (and who I appreciate greatly!). I am a Christian and an avid reader on Christian topics as well as being very interested in biblical issues and topics.

I consider myself an open-minded libertarian and I believe in your right to exercise your free will. I am saddened by the fact that old friends will no longer speak to me for fear that I will press upon them my beliefs, and realizing that in my previous life (before being "born again") I would have done just that crushes me in ways I can't truly describe.

I enjoy the social aspects of sites like Squidoo as much as I enjoy the writing and the potential income. If I read a lens, I rate it, though I use scale and don't always rate 5*! I try to comment as often as possible but sometimes I get distracted and forget.

I'm glad to be here and look forward to making some new friends!