Writing is my passion. Life is short. An author said to me, “Just start writing.” So, I did just that. My first memoir was published in 2017. The book is called, Love and Luck—A Young Woman’s Journey from Berlin to Shanghai to San Francisco. The “young woman” is my mother, and the story contrasts my life with hers. With this work completed, I caught the writing bug—a good virus--and wrote my first novel, A Glass Shattered. During the pandemic years which have not ended, I devoted my efforts to producing my father’s family’s story, my second memoir, A Smile That Lasts Forever. My professional background is in speech/language disorders. I was a Speech Pathologist for Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland) for 36 years. Reading is my joy. I value both classic and modern styles in literature and nonfiction. I am studying piano as well. Reading has guided my writing, which is straightforward and descriptive. I have completed numerous online and in-person classes and workshops through Montgomery College, The Writer’s Center Bethesda, and Politics and Prose Bookstore.