I love horror movies, Harry Potter, good books, and good friends. I write poetry, and short stories, and I like meeting new people. I've moved around a lot in my life. I liked living in Idaho, Texarkana, and South Carolina. I loved visiting Chicago, and would like to go back there, someday. I want to visit Scotland and Ireland.

I enjoy reading classic literature, like Shakespeare, and Edgar Allen Poe. My books are my prized possessions. It's hard for me to get rid of a good book, because those I like, I will over and over again.

I'm a lover of Nature and all things natural. I enjoy walking to enjoy the silence of Nature. I like to sit by a blazing fire and contemplate the Meaning of Life. I know that meditation is the key to sanity, and I try to have a few moments to myself each day, to at least sit in silence.

At work, I'm very talkative. I like to laugh and joke, and have a wry, sarcastic sense of humor. But at home, I'm usually quiet and kind of shy. It's not so easy to really get to know me. Some people say I'm a complicated individual. I suppose I can be considered that. I think I'm not so complicated, just private.

I'm not a "prissy, sissy" type of girl. I'm not all giggly and bubbly. I've always been more of a tomboy. People see my strength and my ability to think and react quickly in emergency situations, and always seem to be surprised when I show signs of weakness. No one can be strong all the time. Only those close to me see those moments, and very few of those can understand it. Or understand me. I'm careful who I consider a friend, and even more careful who I choose as a close friend.

People seem to be drawn to me, because I care about people. I'm service-oriented, which is why I spent nine years working as a Certified Nursing Assistant in nursing homes, and six years working as a Personal Care Aid in home health. My job as a cashier allows that part of me to shine. I like to help people, and people tell me about their problems. I'm a helper and do what I can to take care of others.

My daughter is the center of my world, and she knows it. Anyone who knows me knows it, too. Everything I do, I do with her in mind--thinking of how it might affect her, or how she might react to it. I'm very conscientious of anything that might have any effect on my little girl.

Ironically, I have one song I consider my theme song: "I'm a Bitch, (I'm a Lover)", by Meredith Brooks. "I'm a bitch, I'm a lover. I'm a child, I'm a mother. I'm a sinner, I'm a saint. I do not feel ashamed. I'm your hell, I'm your dream. I'm nothing in between. You know you wouldn't want it any other way."

That's me. There are many sides to me, and all of them are me. Maybe I am complicated. But I am me, and I won't change who I am.

Editors

• OldHipster

I work in a convenience store and I enjoy it, because I see many different types of people. I'm a mother to my daughter. And I write.

Listening, writing and learning new things.

My red hair, my green eyes, and my good attitude.

Books: Harry Potter series, Incarnations of Immortality series

Movies: Harry Potter series, Enemy Mine, The Island, The Marine, The Matrix trilogy

Food: Italian, Mexican, and my mom's homemade biscuits and gravy

My daughter, my journal (and a pen), a way to write, my computer, food and water.

The meaning of Life.

At work.

I have a special crush on a guy who may or may not be interested.

You know the difference between just sex and a "friend with benefits".