| Age |
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| 3 |
Made my own book at home, took it to preschool and wouldn’t share |
| 5 |
Copied greeting card images on little chalkboard for days & declared profession to parents: ARTIST |
| 9 |
Teacher read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to class, declared another profession to parents: WRITER |
| 11 |
Reality kicked in, parents don’t approve of professions, continued writing stories in secret journals |
| 13 |
Fell hard for music and gems, started making jewelry and gave them away as gifts. |
| 17 |
To be impressive & make parents happy, decided to become a lawyer, secretly wished to be a FBI agent |
| 18 |
Worked at a law firm, locked away dreams of an artist, writer, & FBI agent |
| 19 |
Traveled to Europe, took an art history course & fell in love |
| 20 |
Attended UCLA, happily majored in English, anxiously headed for law school |
| 21 |
Interviewed Al Pacino; published an article, interviewed Anthony Kiedis; fell in love, thought about a writing profession |
| 22 |
Couldn’t stomach the notion of attending law school, began teaching freshman English, made mom very sad |
| 23 |
Bought a canvas, started painting, & finally allowed the universe to be my guide |
| 24 |
Took photography courses, fell in love again… designed and made my first ring |
| 26 |
Married my first love, Artin, started writing for an online magazine and designing jewelry |
| 28 |
Found Avanessi (on a cocktail napkin in Vegas)… happy at last |
| 30 |
Ella Blue was born, truly happy at last |
