Hives is a product of my own chronic hives, an inability to let my alarm clock have the final say (also chronic), and a super-glued heart. The glue is superb, by the way. I got my BA in History at Brigham Young University and my MS in Literature and Writing at Utah State University. Now I spend most of my time playing with my sweet family… and I like to write about it.

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