If you are here on my about page, you know that I am Deb Smouse.   I'm proud to say that this year, I turned forty.  I thought it would be hard, but I am settling in quite well.  My twenties were years of not being sure of myself.  My thirties?  The years I truly discovered the real me.  I'm excited to see what the forties will be.  Gut feel?  They are going to be fabulous.  I'm divorced, though I think it's about time to say "single" instead.  I am the mother to two daughters, one Bouvier des Flanders, and one ordinary guinea pig.

I am a book lover.  My love affair with the written word began when I was six and hasn't left me.  I read a variety of books and magazines.  Food is another love.  Food is something to be savored!  I am not overly religious, but I do believe in a loving and forgiving God.  I am Spiritual...and truly believe in the laws of Karma.  In recent years I've learned that no one has to live their lives inside a box unless they choose to do so...though a cliché, I believe that life is truly too short.  Life is made richer by opening your mind...and life is full of daily joys if we will only allow them.  

If you want a little alphabet soup I can tell you that I have a BS, am working on my PMP, and personality wise, I am an ENTJ on the Meyers-Briggs Type indicator.  I'm a native Texan and have lived the bulk of my life in a ten mile radius of my first childhood home.  My roots are deep, but like a tumbleweed, I have this desire to explore new places. 

 Professionally, I am a consultant, and I love my business.  My clients make working a joy.  My love affair with the written word goes beyond reading and bleeds into writing.  I have the heart of a writer, but I'm not sure I have the stomach to make it my profession.   I love the way words form sentences which form paragraphs which soon tell us about the snippets of life.  I get my "fix" for the written word over at  All Things Girl, a fabulous (and growing) ezine, for which I serve as Editor in Chief. (since 2005).   I've also founded a new e-zine:  Pink Nighties.  These pages at the "dot com" contain collections of some of my writings.  I have the "dot net" as well, a sometimes updated blog.

If you really want to know more, email me.  I maybe be slow on writing you back, but I will :)

All writings linked here-in are original works and the © of DSmouse (2000- 2008)  All rights reserved.  The photo on this page was taken by the amazing photographer, Julie Woodford in August 2008.