Diane Garner

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2019

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“And Then It All Made Sense” by Diane Garner

Submitted to Contest #61

And then it all made sense. It was always a curious story, the way Alice’s mother, Irene, came to live in a tiny, country town in Kentucky after growing up in the big city of Philadelphia, especially when she enjoyed being a big city girl, skipping high school classes to go to see her favorite Big Band, the Glenn Miller Orchestra and outdoor plumbing was her future. Irene was beautiful, dark hair fashioned in the styles of the day, known for her beautiful smile, and after high school, she worked for a finance company, saving money for her f...

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“Learning to Swim in Shallow Water” by Diane Garner

Submitted to Contest #4

You Can Make It If You TryIt was June 1969, I was 11 years old, learning how to swim at the neighborhood park pool.Not particularly athletic or even interested in being athletic, swimming sounded fun and mom wanted me to learn so I wouldn’t drown as we (well, mom and daddy) had joined our first (and last) country club, with a golf course and a pool with a deep end. She almost drowned in a river when she was my age and her friend died, so this was an important safety course, not for fun.We had moved into a new neighborhood, with a newly built...

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Author bio

Well, I have a creative personality, mainly in art, but enjoy writing, even though I am not that good at it, I tell stories in person better than it writing. My education is high school graduate. I was a homemaker for 20 years, but enjoyed volunteering at the elementary school my two children went to and did so for 12 years. Created many a bulletin board, even was a PTA President for a year, taking on social issues at the time. At the age of 40, I took my first job, beginning at the front desk of a modeling/talent agency the working fulltime in City of Louisville politics for many years, then an ad agency and other part-time jobs as I became caregiver to my parents. I have two children, a daughter in KY, three grandchildren, and a son, who lives in St Petersburg FL where me and hubby live, now that hubby is retired. We have a 13 year old diabetic Rat Terrier, Lily, that we enjoy.