Myrna Mele is an Advanced Practice R.N. in Psychiatry and a published author. She currently lives in North Carolina with her husband, two sons and daughters-in-law, and three grandchildren. A third son and daughter-in-law reside in Ohio where she was born and raised. She began her writing with poetry following the loss of her father and a crisis in her own life which kept her from her career for several months. Poetry became an avenue for the expression of thoughts and feelings not otherwise shared-a walk down memory lane where the laughter rings out and the smiles continue on. The Picket Fenc...