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About The Author
Tamara was born on June 18th, 1976 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She graduated from high school, with high marks in English studies as well as creative writing classes. Tamara went on to study as an English major in St Catherines, Ontario at Brock University. She was ready to complete her second-year exams in English when she suffered from her first mental health episode. She was diagnosed years later with bipolar disorder, with anxiety and insomnia. Tamara was hospitalized, not able to finish her degree. Since then, Tamara has always wanted to bring mental illness into the awareness of the public, in hopes that she could, one day, diminish the stigma and stereotypes that are attached to these disorders.
Tamara is the author of three kids books and a poetry book, Before You Were Born, Happy Birthday Jack, Busy With Bee and Poems of a Codependent. Tamara is a conflict resolution writer, bringing forth a message and moral given within each story or poem. Sharing her message and poetry to kids and youth is one of her biggest hopes. She is a prolific and illustrative writer, spreading the word of gratitude, positivity and inspiration. In a fabricated sense, the author mysteriously has been known to fortele many of her own life's events as well as other's through her writing. With the birth of her son that came to be, after writing about him five years prior in her first book Before You Were Born.
Tamara has many more books she is looking to have published along with new works of poetry. Her husband Jason Mann is one of her illustrators, he has worked on Happy Birthday Jack the sequel to Before You Were Born. She enjoys reading her poetry at different events, as well as speaking at schools, hospitals and libraries reaching out to those who struggle with mental health and healing.
This is a life changing story about Mommy Frog who lives in a land called Lily Pad Pond. She does not live a very healthy lifestyle and is finding out that this is not very good for her. Throughout the story, Mommy Frog starts to become very depressed and does not feel as happy as she once did. One day, she courageously decides to seek out help for her sad feelings, and finds out that if she follows that advice of her councilor, anything is possible, even happiness. Mommy Frog does what it takes in order to feel better. Doors open for her in the most unbelievable ways. Now she has a story to tell her son.
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This writer’s friends meant a lot to her, you would always find her telling and sharing stories, a true writer -who always had something to say. Talking about the fun and light times they all shared and speaking of years that had gone past. Growing up in the 1980’s and 1990’s, were her fondest memories were made with her friends. Her surroundings seemed like a big playground, spending her days bike riding, playing baseball, swimming and skating with friends all around. She felt like she had the world at her feet, climbing tree’s and sitting out by the waterfronts. When she learned that she had a mental illness, all of this stopped and her dreams fell far behind her. She became embarrassed about her illness until she began to write. With four published works, children’s books and poetry, her dreams became real again. She is the author of Before You Were Born, Happy Birthday Jack, Poems of a Codependant and Busy With Bee and now her new works of poetry, I Dream In Poetry.
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THE FORWARDS are a fun, zany, wild and wacky bunch. They are six friends who like to do things their way. Oh, but to these misfits and odd-balls, they don’t see it that way, if they did, they would do it their way anyhow. The Forward’s never seem to mind what anyone else thinks, whether they are dangling high up on the ceilings or filling your house with balloons for no reason at all. For them, everything is backwards and upside down. When you're with The Forwards, please be careful, because they love to cause mischief, chaos and confusion. With so many misunderstandings you just never take life too seriously. Where to The Forward’s a pup is not really a pup, it may just be a cat who seems to have a dog house up in a tree! Even though The Forwards are able to stir everything around, their friendly neighbour; who is often with them, never seems to mind their silly antics! Read the hilarities of The Forward's for a backwards ride, where the ride just may go backwards.
In these collections of Prose and Poetry, Tamara takes the reader on a journey through her Life as she has lived, breathed and felt it as a survivor. These Poems capture glimpses of True Love and heavy hearts; all while reawakening the soul. From a Life of codependency to independency, homelessness to shelter, respect of the self, to self Love and finally, imprisonment of the mind and then to find freedom of the soul!
A story of a young girl named Bridget, she loves Bumble Bee's, buzzing around, bouncing and all words that begin with the letter "B". Read as Bridget buzzes all day, making Mommy and Daddy very tired. Bridget spends all day rhyming and using tongue twisters with Bumble Bee's and the letter "B".
It is the sequel to Before You Were Born, Happy Birthday Jack. Jack is turning Five and his Mom is looking to create the best birthday party yet. But when the party plans are underway, she realizes that she is faced with anxiety, fear and doubt. Working over time at the Froggy Hut and with what she hopes will be the event of the season, she learns that she has gone overboard. Jack is still able to enjoy a fantastic Froggy event after his Mommy decides to pull back on the plans.
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