I am one of five children born in a small town in Indiana. , I was always very shy and lived in a make-believe world. Pretending and making up stories was a favorite pastime of mine. But in my imagination, I was not shy but very popular and outgoing. I made up stories about girls that I really wanted to be. Writing stories started very early in my life without anyone knowing. After I grew up and had children of my own, I started telling them my stories instead of reading them from books. Soon, they preferred my stories. s s. I appreciate the fact that I was that shy little girl who lived in that make-believe world because that made me who I am today. We live in a real world, but sometimes… it is nice to get lost in a world of make-believe. Sandra Arnett Nethery