title: Philosophical Disquisitions
author: Denise M. Issert
description: Issert has lived her entire life in the state of Illinois. Her childhood was deliciously spent on a farm with her four brothers, horse, dog, Mom and Dad. She married at twenty and had three sons and one daughter. While starting a family she worked for and achieved her Associates Degree in Ag Business from Joliet Junior College. She was fortunate to be able to stay at home and raise her children until her divorce at age 35. Her focus then became making house payments and getting enough sleep while raising four teenagers. She began working in earnest in sales, and made a stab at completing her Bachelors Degree. Observing life, parenting, and earning a living took over her free time. After 13 years of being single, Denise was fortunate to marry her sweetheart Rick in 2004. Now it became important to go after that elusive BA. She went to Governors State University in 2010 and earned her BA in Interdisciplinary Studies. Without missing a day she continued on and earned her MA in Communications in 2013. She credits her teachers with reawakening her dream of writing. Out of her Masters Project, Isserian Tales: Dinner at Eight was born. This collection of twelve short stories was the start of her professional writing career. Philosophical Disquisitions is her latest foray into observing and documenting life.
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