Freda Ann

I was born in Bridgeton, New Jersey, but we moved to Port St. Lucie, Florida when I was 6,. I called it home well into adulthood.

When I was a pre-teen, my mom watched a lot of movies where a couple always feel in love in the end. I found myself watching them more and more, and when I was twelve, I started writing poems. After my first crush before my 13th birthday, I started putting my thoughts in a tablet I hide in my drawer. A few years later, I used many of them to write my first book.

Growing up in Florida, I went to Walt Disney World, in Orlando, a few times a year. I fell in love with Disney movies, especially the Prince and Princess movies full of love and affection. I love anything that gives all the feel-good feelings, with a happily ever after. It gave me the hope of that special kind of love one day. After falling for my first boyfriend, I started journaling and that evolved into my second book. Finding it a great outlet for my urge to create something new as a teenager, I kept putting my ideas on paper. No matter what was going on in my life, writing made me happy.

It was a poem about my 2nd oldest sister who went in the Air Force after graduation. I missed her terribly, but was so proud of her, so I wrote a heartfelt, funny poem.

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