Rebecca Reece - ProfilesArchive

About Me

This is who I am: I am steadfast, loyal, and strong. I am an over-comer of adversity and pain, and an achiever of great joys! I am Rebecca! *** I am married to a brilliant man (James); we have one baby (4-year-old wonder-boy, Grover), one goldfish Joe, and three lofty cats (Kaya, Bailey, and Saint Nicolas)!Besides family, my friends are my life and I have been lucky enough to have the same best friend since high school, though I have made many more along the way! I enjoy meeting new friends, and there is always room for more!I am an inventor, you can find my product at: www.thegumspa.comI am a freelance writer, with my first novel, "Force of Nature," in the editing stage. I hope to find a publisher soon. However, you can find the freelance articles that I write here: (copy and paste to your address bar) http://www.helium.com/search/search?search_query=rebecca+ree ce

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My Interests

Writing, Reading, and spending time camping, sailing, fishing, or traveling with my family!..

I'd like to meet:

My Father, Henry James, Raymond Carver, Hemingway, Eudora Welty... There are just too many to name, but for sure, Stephen King, whose works have become thoughtful, more clever, and brilliant in the past 10 years; he will, in my opinion, go down as a literary great, believe it or not.

Music:

John Tesh, Chris Rice, Josh Groban, Steve Burns, Nora Jones, Dashboard Confessional, and John Mayer. These artists are just a few of way too many to list. I also enjoy most instrumental, especially piano, cello, violin, and guitar.

Movies:

Too many to list them all; the top 3 would be "Rabbit Proof Fence," "Hamlet," the 1996 version with Kenneth Branagh, "You've Got Mail," "No One Knows," and "Castaway," with Tom Hanks.

Television:

House;" "Lost," "Bones," "Hell's Kitchen," The original version of "Star Trek, "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares," "Nova," "How It's Made," "Julia and Jacques: Cooking at Home," and "American Idol."

Books:

To find out what I've read, what I am reading, and what I want to read in the future, check out my Virtual Bookshelf: http://www.shelfari.com/rebecca_reece

Heroes:

Anyone who does what they believe in regardless of what others think.

My Blog

My Love Affair

I have been asked over time, about the books that have influenced me, and I have often fielded questions about why I read so much. This will, perhaps, explain my love affair with the writ...
Posted by Rebecca Reece on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:19:00 PST

Buggers, Poop, and Sunday School

Okay, so I was known to occasionally pop a thick, sticky wad of bubble gum into my mouth after scraping it off the underside of the table at Burger King when I was a kid. Gum, candy, and fun cereal wa...
Posted by Rebecca Reece on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:14:00 PST

Funeral Salad

It has been just over two years since the sudden death of my mom, Jan. Lung cancer took her at the young age of 61; and unfortunately, she didn't even have the time afte...
Posted by Rebecca Reece on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:39:00 PST

Reflections

There are two things that I have realized about myself: 1) I want to be a perfect parent 2) I am not a perfet parent Trying to be the perfect parent can be a destructive process; since the...
Posted by Rebecca Reece on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:55:00 PST

An Extaordinary Life

I have had an incredible epiphany, ready? My day to day life is hardly worth blogging about! However, instead of wading around in the incredible depression that such a realization could br...
Posted by Rebecca Reece on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:26:00 PST

Real Blogging...

Okay, I am not crazy. Hmmmm... Lemme' start over.Okay, I am no crazier than usual, but I have, out of blatant paranoia, removed my short stories and novel chapters from my blog because I was hit with ...
Posted by Rebecca Reece on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 05:12:00 PST

My Mothers Day, July 23

When I was a child, Mother's Day always held deep feelings of dread. My biological mother was a sufferer of mental illness, and untreated, she was ruthlessly cruel to my brothers and sisters and...
Posted by Rebecca Reece on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:03:00 PST

RevisedA Day In The Life: The Doctor's Appointment

I have revised the better portion of this blog, and submitted it as an article, after the ***** is how the article reads at Helium.com. You can find me at Helium by clicking...
Posted by Rebecca Reece on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:42:00 PST

How to Move a Dead Horse: A Short Story

"How to Move a Dead Horse" By Rebecca Reece "Sam. Sam it's me." I said into the receiver. "Ben? It's nearly one in the morning." I could picture Sam eyeing the illuminated nu...
Posted by Rebecca Reece on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:16:00 PST

A Tangible God

When I was a little girl, I was physically and emotionally abused by my mother. I came to know Christ in Sunday school at the age of six (October 13, 1982) after hearing that Abba means Daddy, a...
Posted by Rebecca Reece on Sun, 28 May 2006 01:57:00 PST