My Bio Poem

Andrea, a woman considerate and kind, mellow, down to earth, and fun-loving, she loves to use her mind. Thefore, scrubbing on her knees, this gal you’ll never find! Sisters she has four of, but there are many others. Gal pals she has, who are her sisters from other mothers. One husband all her life - at times he drives her insane. Old boyfriends sometimes are subjects of her poems. They reside in the treasure chest compartment of her brain. Mother to two is she– one girl and one boy. Grandma to four – two of whom don’t always bring their parents such great joy! She loves to eat, so it follows that she loved to learn to cook. She makes things up and has no need of recipes coming from a book. She loves to hunt for bargains and save her honey money. She loves all kinds of movies, both dramatic ones or funny. She feels great passion for the things she believes are true and feels she’s learned a lot in life from all that she’s gone through. Her fears are rather silly. She avoids driving in a strange big city. It brings her stress, which she detests. She might freak out, which is not pretty. Changing weird attachments on a vacuum cleaner would be a thing to stress her out. At puzzles she’s no good. New technology keeps coming at her job. This also makes her stressed, but she can sure accessorize. She’s great at getting dressed! Her greatest fear – seriously – is facing suffering, so fear of pain and torture (more than fear of death) is her scariest thing. She saw a lot of Europe when she studied in Madrid. She got to take one nice cruise, and other things she did were seeing more than half the states and going to Brazil. Her husband hates to travel, so it’s good when she was young she got her fill. She only really wants to see her lovely family. Because she lives so far away, with them she’d love to be. And when she dies, her brother Dale she hopes she will see first. Young he died, and finally . . . with thankfulness for poetry and for all her other passions she feels her heart might burst! Dietrich (edited now with my name showing since announcement of winners!!) Aug. 1, 2021 For the "This Is Who I Am" Poetry Contest Sponsor: L. Milton Hankins