Terri Rimmer

Before I die: Make amends See McKenna get married and have a child Take better care of my pets Get books published Skydive Meet Robin Williams Take flying lessons and get my license Go to Europe, Italy, Australia, Greece, Holland, Mexico See the world Take belly dancing Take horseback riding lessons Get a horse Lose weight and keep it off Remodel house Hang glide Get divorced Go to San Fran Finish school Remarry Have another child? Give to more charities Start my own business Start my own magazine Take photography lessons Take salsa lessons Get rid of clutter Get digital camera, camcorder Transfer videos to DVDs See Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, The Stones, Sarah McLachlan in concert See Sheryl Crowe in concert Learn to speak Italian Get my asthma under control Learn to play the piano Overcome my fears Be able to live and pay my bills without having to be on disability Have money in the bank Get a boat Overcome my abuse Overcome the past Learn to meditate and do it daily Go to 90 in...

>title: MacKenzie\'s Hope > author: Terri Rimmer > email address: wordtrix@hotmail.com > ebook price: $10.00 > paperback price: $ > hardback price: $ > format: ebook > pages: 238 > category: Family > > sample chapters: Chapter One > > KEYWORDS: >Birth moms, adoption > > SHORT DESCRIPTION: >A true story of a birth mom\'s experience placing her child in an open adoption. > > LONG DESCRIPTION: >MacKenzie’s hope is the true story of one birth mom’s experience placing her child in a semi-open adoption while living in a maternity home in Fort Worth, TX. The story takes place in the year 2000 and includes a childhood background of the author/birth mom detailing her many obstacles throughout life such as alcoholism, depression, sexual and physical abuse, sex addictio...

Terri Rimmer has 21 years of journalism experience, having worked for ten newspapers and some magazines. In 2003 her life story was published online at Adoption Week E-Magazine's website and in 2002 she received a grant from the PEN American Writer's Fund in New York City. In 2001 her adoption journal was published online at adoption.about.com and in 1991 she won a Florida Press Association Award for a series of articles she wrote regarding prayer and Bible reading in the schools. She also has experience in public relations and in 1987 earned a journalism scholarship while attending West Georgia College as a Mass Communications major. As a student there she worked her way up from beat reporter/typesetter to staff writer to assistant news editor to editor within a four-year period. A native of Georgia, she resides in Fort Worth, TX.

By Terri Rimmer Born into an alcoholic family as the youngest of four girls I had no idea of the abuse that would come to torment my life for 14 years. Both my mother and father were harsh abusers, my father sexually, my mom physically. How can a young girl possibly grow into a health adolescent when what she knows about life is taught by the hands of a sick man and mother intent to poison? I may not ever understand, but perhaps that is my journey. I always knew I wanted to be a writer when in the third grade I got an A plus on a short story I wrote. I loved it and wrote every chance I got at my dadÂ’s encouragement and the feeling and dream reverberated in my soul, refusing to leave me ever. When I was 8 I was devastated to learn of my parents divorcing and to add insult to injury my mom left my sisters and me with our dad. My older sister, Cindy became my hero. She fluffed my pajamas in the dryer before bed, sewed my Girl Scout badges on my uniform, comforted me when the ...

I have a new e book out on booklocker.com called "MacKenzie's Hope" under the family section. It's also listed on adopting.com. I also have written a foster care article on poewar.com called "The Teachers" under the "Off Topics" heading (top right hand corner of screen once you pull poewar.com site up).