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| Meet The HTMAF Team | |||
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This is our favorite shoestring labor o' love. We have
wild dreams about How to Make a Family becoming our sole occupation.
In the meantime, we work our day jobs, tend to our families and our
selves, and focus on web work in the wee hours.
Senses of humor aside, we have high expectations of ourselves and like to think that 'integrity' is our collective middle name. Mostly, though, we try to see the silver linings peeking through life's clouds. This is who we are: | |||
| Tracy Morris, Editorial Director | Donna Morris, Technical Assistant | ||
| Tracy is a 'retired' social worker, writer
and mom to son Tobias. Tracy works out of
her home in Texas, where she lives with her husband and son in the
'burbs with a big old dog and two demanding cats. She writes about what she knows best -- family and life stuff -- and has aspirations of evolving beyond articles in chirpy magazines and writing serious literature that will change the world. Her most frequent unwritten thought: "Why can't we all just get along?" Tracy uses far too many ;-) in her writings. Prior to being a work-at-home mother, Tracy's professional experience encompassed 15 years in the fields of substance abuse prevention, residential adolescent psychiatric treatment, foster care, battered women's shelters, HIV services, and hospitals -- all of which may explain why, second only to playing with Toby, her favorite activity is "being alone with her computer." |
Donna is currently dog-paddling through a mid-life crisis
that has led her back to college. After eight years of acquiring
on-demand computing experience (learn it when you need it), she is
pursuing an associates degree in Computer Science Technology - PC
Support Specialization. She supports herself mostly by providing
her assorted skills to local non-profit organizations.
When Donna is not sitting in a classroom or at a computer, you are likely to find her sitting in front of her TV. She is still mourning over the loss of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," cancelled in 2003. In between semesters she will also crack open whatever book of fiction she may have on hand. Single by choice, Donna is a firm believer in making a family out of all of the people in her life. She is constantly amazed at the support and encouragement she receives from her network of friends. |
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| Shelley Cudly, Managing Editor Emerita | More About Who We Are | ||
| Shelley Cudly, former Managing Editor of
HTMAF and current Woman Extraordinaire, was with HTMAF when our
doors opened in 2002. Then, her home-cooked brood grew exponentially
for a total crowd of five in the frigid flatlands, while her way
with words and wit (and numbers) garnered her heaps more praises and
raises (and all the responsibility those bring) at her big-time
trading job. Who knew such things could happen in the corn fields?
With a sniff and a wave, we bid adieu to Shelley in December 2005 (we're frankly amazed she lasted that long here), so she could breathe deep in between all those hats she wears. We're not complaining or whining, but Shel knows that she can wander back here to leisurely-paced HTMAF whenever the corn trading gets to be, well, just too much. More about Shel: Shelley is mom to four children, so a lot of her spare time is spent driving to sports practice, playing dress-up, saving Fischer Price people from bus overturns, changing diapers, pretending to eat plastic food and coloring. She also enjoys reading (during the 10 minute window she can stay awake right before bed), writing and working with her husband, Steve, on their church’s website. |
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