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I was born in 1961 to hippie parents and I was raised in the drug culture. When I was 11 my mom got sober and I continued on my drug path until I became a heroin addict. In 1992 I left my first husband to come to Redding from Sacramento where I was raised. My parents lived here and had a lot of sobriety and God decided it was time for me to get sober. April 6 I will celebrate 28 years of sobriety which is an extreme miracle for me. I met my second husband the day I came to Redding and a year later we were married and had children. Both my children were born in Redding and we owned in Anderson and I had a very fairytale life. As fairytales go discontent came and we ended up selling our house in 2003 that we owned in Anderson and moved to a town called Lawrenceburg Tennessee which was in the middle bottom of the state. I was very naïve and I thought people were the same everywhere yet they did not like me there. I tend to be adventurous and I guess I’ll do anything just about so I opened a cheerleading school in Lawrenceburg and I had that for about a year. A couple years past and I opened a bookstore in Tennessee. I owned that for a couple of years and that was probably my favorite profession I’ve ever had. Tennessee was beautiful yet not a good fit for this California girl so we came back in 2013 after a lot of tragedy in Tennessee. When I got back it was just in time to start taking care of my father who had dementia. It was while I was taking care of my father that I learned of women of vision. Taking care of my father has really changed me and I kind of went into my shell however I’ve always held onto women of vision in some form even if it was just to keep up on the updates online. After my father died it took a Few months for me to figure out what my next plan was. I am also a local realtor so I decided I would open a used bookstore and reignite my real estate business. I opened my book store On February 7. I am located at 836 Butte St., Redding, CA right across the parking lot from the Thai café. I specialize in love and I’ve got a lot of books as well always have a pot of coffee on. My goal is to specialize in advanced reading for the children. I’m starting small on a shoestring and I’m going to just continue to grow. My husband is a truck driver and an avid runner he’s currently training for 100 mile trail run in South Dakota for August. My daughter runs also and I do a little walking when I can force myself. I would say My biggest struggle currently is that I feel old and I’m searching for the youth. Bargain Books & More Located 836 Butte St., open Mon-Sat 9-6pm will do book trades