Date of Award

2009

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts in Writing

Department

Creative Writing

First Advisor

Elizabeth Mead

Second Advisor

Eve Jones

Abstract

This thesis is a cumulation of my life and my career as a student at Lindenwood University. Each essay is a comedic peek into the chaos that is my life. I was heavily influenced by the writing styles of David Sedaris and Sloane Crosley. Their views and easy read style of writing influenced me to write the same type of stories.

The first essay speaks to the influence that my parents had on me by making me feel overly loved and accepted even though I was adopted. "Not a dirty word in my house."

I continue with various lengths of essays that speak to moments in my life that helped to shape who I am today. Both of my experiences with my bank robberies are contained in the thesis as well as the decline of a family friend's mental health.

As I wrote each essay I found that the main player in my life besides myself is my husband. His presence is felt throughout each essay through one aspect or another. When I went to put the essays in order, I discovered much to my delight that the thesis became a love story to our romance.

The final chapter about how we came to be married was supposed to be chapter three but I realized that it need to be last. I had a responsibility to my reader to show where the love that my husband and I share, came from.

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