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| First Name | anna |
| Last Name | lombard |
| Born | 1969-01-19 |
| Country | United States |
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| Biography "For a friend is like a diamond, soft as gold, but rare to find." -Anna L,2003. Born in Texas of Irish, German and Cherokee Indian descent, Anna was the youngest in a family of eight. She sought the approval of her older siblings and parents through her imagination, humor and zest for life. Entertaining members of the family by singing and sheer curiosity gave her the encouragement she needed for the life that she would be facing. Her willingness to learn branched her interests to include earth sciences, orchestral music and literature in an array of genre. In high school her creativity culminated into the arts. It has been theorized that left-handed people tend to be more creative than right-handed. Aware of this myth {and being left-handed} Anna pushed herself and became known as an assistant arts teacher. Among her favorite forms of art were sculpting, calligraphy and painting. Proof of her efforts and talent were showcased at the main branch of the Allen County Library {Fort Wayne, Indiana} and also an art show at Saint Francis University. {Fort Wayne, Indiana} Her diverse interests included a love of animals. She nurtured five fish aquariums, three parakeets and an abused German Shepard named Josh. Josh was aggressive in nature and very untrusting of men. With patience and care Anna was able to tame and train him. No accomplishment too small, she continued learning anything she could absorb at a rapid rate. A firm believer in the soothing powers of music, Anna desired to play the saxophone. By Teachers choice, her long arms and long fingers made her better suited to play the violin. She continued to play the violin for the next twelve years and rapidly became a second chair musician. Her talents in music were displayed in several concerts at her high school{Norhtside High School, Fort Wayne, Indiana} and at the Embassy Center {Fort Wayne, Indiana}. Through no lack of effort, she was unable to advance to the first chair. Quietly and with supreme confidence, she deliberately confided in her conductor that she could not read music. It was a subtle, yet, moral victory that gave her the edge she needed to be taken seriously as a cerebral artist. Eager to get ahead, she was graduated from high school early with forty credits. {Ninety-seventh out of five hundred.} The days of innocence behind her, Anna got married at the age of nineteen. For fourteen years she endured the cruelties of what was a controlling and demeaning relationship. Friendships and the creativity that once flowed like a rapid river became barren. Words, thoughts and emotions became bottled and hidden away in the dark recesses of what was once a vibrant, colorful mind. What is love without expression? She struggled with the pitfalls one can endure through addiction and searched for an escape from the ugly reality of an abusive marriage. Anna began seeking the person she had lost fourteen years previous; herself. Coping with a low self-esteem, Anna refocused her energy to finding what was her true identity as opposed to the hazed fantasy of addiction. She was able to rekindle lost communications and avoid falling into the same daily routine that had plagued her soul. In 2002, The Women's Abuse Center helped her to realize the looking glass of life. Through her looking glass she was able to see who she truly was and what she wanted. Her happiness and knowing the difference between right and wrong came into focus. Learning one's self was, in retrospect, a time to take photos of herself and express herself in prose. Anna's new battle became the mirror image of the struggles countless single mothers must face everyday. This time, she was prepared with the tools to confront it all with a clear mind and a reborn, cleansed soul. True friends that were scared away by the running demons in Anna's life were able to help her see and accept the guiding light that Jesus Christ had been shining on her all along. New online relationships helped her to realize that not all men are cruel. That very simple philosophy inspired Anna to express her view on the meaning of relationships and true friendship. Poetry became a remedy as well as a medium to release the emotions that she had been denied for so long. Her intentions of removing the weight of all these once forgotten feelings for herself inadvertently became an inspiration for a seemingly endless amount of admirers. Her poem "Smile" has been widely accepted as her most read and best work to date. The success of the latter gave her the confidence to continue to unlock her emotions and help others that struggle with recognizing their own feelings. Five years have passed since her divorce which is freely acknowledged as an emancipation. Anna Lombard is once again that unmarried nineteen year old at heart and mind. A little older and a little more wise, she will again beam with self-confidence. Poem for Thought...published Kindness.... A silenced comforting gesture, concerned to ease this weary mind, walked along a path, protected like a crutch, for I was enabled by time, Those who looked at me, did not know what troubled me and why, Those who did not know why the things I did wrong, couldn't hear this soul cry, Only this struggled caring heart some could see, living in life that kept me down, To have opened my eyes seeing, I had true friends that believed in me to stand my ground, I remember the man posting a sign will work for food, giving him change, I felt his shame, To live in a world of hard unfortunate struggles, that destinies can not blame, I prayed for forgiving and understanding, what others take for granted to bless, That if you do a great deed to another, comes back a little Kindness.....AL04" "It is known what you do wrong comes back twofold, and it is known what you accomplish good comes back told, with the help of true friends, you still stand at the end"...Al2005 |
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