title: Serena's Poetic Purpose: Walks of Life
author: Serena M Dudley
description: SERENA M. DUDLEY WAS BORN AND RAISED IN DAYTON OHIO. SHE IS A SINGLE PARENT OF TWO: TAYLOR (16) AND STEPHEN (13). IN 2008 SHE RECEIVED "THE EDITORIAL CHOICE AWARD" FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN POETRY PRESENTED BY POETRY.COM AND THE INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF POETRY. AFTER TWENTY- THREE YEARS OF HAIRSTYLING EXPERIENCE, HER GOAL IS TO BECOME AN ENTREPRENEUR. IN SEPTEMBER 2007, SHE COMPLETED THE COURSE OF STUDY, "BREAKING INTO PRIINT," A PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION IN WRITING ARTICLES AND SHORT STORIES FOR PUBLICATION. UPON NOMINATION BY IT'S FACULTY, SERENA WAS AWARDED A DIPLOMA FROM, "LONGRIDGE WRITERS GROUP.
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  # Hers To Keep
  
  
  ### THE QUINTESSENCE COLLECTION I
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Serena Akeroyd
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2019 by Serena Akeroyd
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
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  To my readers.
  
  
  I’ll always strive to bring you as much weird as I possibly can.
  
  
  Serena
  
  
  xoxo
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Charmed By Them](part0005.html#4OIQ0-5b44fa1fe88a4ba28bb03cfa5455d27e)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0006.html#5N3C0-5b44fa1fe88a4ba28bb03cfa5455d27e)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0007.html#6LJU0-5b44fa1fe88a4ba28bb03cfa5455d27e)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0008.html#7K4G0-5b44fa1fe88a4ba28bb03cfa5455d27e)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0009.html#8IL20-