Myrna in her natural environment.

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Allow Me To Introduce Myself

I’m bigger than a bread box, but, thankfully, smaller than most refrigerators. I’m terrified of spiders, swimsuits, and drinking out of someone else’s cup. My favorite color is purple, blue, or green--most of the time. I hate Brussels sprouts, absolutely hate them--and fish! Yuck!

Now that we have the important stuff out of the way...

I grew up in a large but strange family with four sisters and one brother. I now have five wonderfully peculiar children of my own, as well as a dog, a hamster, and last, but certainly not least, my husband. You can read all about my family and their

This is me in second grade, before I worried about things like bad hair days and back when I thought school lunch was really yummy.

adventures in my books Raisin’ Brains: Surviving My Smart Family and Life in the Fast Brain: Keeping Up With Gifted Minds.

I’m an occasional artist. Every now and then I’ll pull out my watercolors or oil paints and go on a painting binge. And I LOVE antiques and old houses. While other people might spend their snoring hours flying around in their pajamas and forgetting their high school locker combinations, I am exploring old houses in an alternate reality.

I also enjoy speaking to groups about understanding gifted children. My presentations focus on learning to recognize and value individual worth and the importance of allowing each person the opportunity to be exactly who he or she was meant to be. If you would like to learn more about my presentations, please e-mail me.

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