How To Jump From a Ferris Wheel and Land on Your Feet

Miriam L. Jacobs is a survivor.

In fact, she has earned her PhD in life. She has persevered time after time, despite a multitude of hardships. Her father died from an alcoholic fall when she was just eighteen years old. Mrs. Jacobs never gave up on life.

Since age twelve, she has used writing in a cathartic and helpful way.

Married three times, the first two to abusive men who mentally and physically abused her, she never gave up on love or the institution of marriage. Mrs. Jacobs often coaches young married couples to deal with the challenges that marriage presents.

After her twenty eight-year old brother, his wife and three young daughters were killed in a raging house fire, Miriam nearly gave up, losing all faith in God, yet she used her writing to work through the feelings associated with the tragedies. She also volunteered at local hospital Burn Units to help other families to cope.

Her honest, no nonsense approach to writing about her traumatic life experiences has brought her virtual acclaim through Epinions.com, Myspace.com, Authorsden, Ezines.com and other online sites.

Deep depression, alcoholism and a downward spiral only motivated her to keep going. After a twenty-one year career working with the public in the USPS in Queens County, she started a second career working with mentally ill adults recovering from drugs and alcohol, assisting them to reenter society in Sullivan County.

Mrs. Jacobs has amassed a loyal following of friends who look to her for words of inspiration and wisdom through her poetry and life stories, drawing from her eighteen years of living a life of sobriety, positive tools to combat depression and her strong faith in God.