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Myspace LayoutsMy life is like a garden. I get to be beautiful because of what is planted around me. Two teenagers are responsible for my being here - Deborah Crittenden Rease and Clarence Rease. They are my shade trees. I love them both dearly. My parents are my heroes. My father was born into poverty but has managed to become one of the mosted talented and successful human beings that I know. He is the perfect picture of pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps. My mother raised two girls all on her own. Sometimes, she had no money and no strength, but she kept moving anyway - and found strength to pass on to her children. She is full of wisdom and integrity and kindness. My sister, Katrina, is also a hero of mine. She is a rose. She is raising two children on her own. We share legacies - their names are Kara and Avery. Her children are my children. I am working to be all that God is calling me to be for them. I have another sister, Inga, who I share my father with. She is raising two children - Lauren and Christopher. They are my legacies as well. Inga is like a young magnolia - strong and fragile at the same time. I am waiting for her to fully bloom. When she does, those around her will bloom as well.Me? There is so much to tell. I am living a blessed life and I love it. I have finally come to fully understand who I am in Christ. Therefore, nothing can stop me. No one can hold me back. I am an ordained minister of the gospel and I love preaching and teaching the Word of God. Jesus is the source of my life and everything I do, I do for Him. More than anything, I want to feel God's pleasure. And I have come to understand that He is most pleased when I am doing what He purposed for me to do. I am a writer. I've been writing since age three. That has come to be what pleases Him - when I write and create characters that show others how to get to Him, how to live in Him, and how to recover in Him when life doesn't go the way they planned. Knowing this led me to find Stage Praise Productions - a film, theatre, and television company that God has given me to change the entertainment industry - and the world - one story at a time. I've written and directed so many plays, I can't even name them all anymore. Poetry - some of it's on a CD I recorded with a buddy of mine, GW Russell. The rest of it is in a book. I'm finishing a novel, writing a self-help book, and my most treasured project is the movie I am in production for as we speak - Empty Kitchen Chairs. I am a teacher by profession, recently appointed as assistant principal of the middle school in Wellesley, MA. God is amazing! I sing in a choir - background, never solo. Never. It may sound bragadocious, but I am boasting in the Lord. If I could say two things about life - 1) Know Christ. Know Him in the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His suffering. The suffering part is hard, but necessary - and worth every pain. And 2) Know who you are and never let anyone or anything keep you so afraid that you leave your dreams to chance. Anything God puts in my path, I am going after it. Faith moves mountains. I am not of those who shrink back, but of those who believe and are saved!!My extended family is helping me realize my dreams. Freda is my sister from another mother. So is her sister, Day. They complete my garden. My girls - Kataya, Tasha, and Simone - they are fresly planted flowers. Bright, strong, and ready to be admired.THE MAKING OF EMPTY KITCHEN CHAIRS - The Movie