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Valerie Fries Wade MM CAE is a successful association executive working in the world of not for profits She earned her bachelor degree in psychology from the University of California in Long Beach and later achieved her Master s in Management from the University of Phoenix What most people do not know about her it that she spent than 4 years clawing her way off the streets to get back into a mainstream life Her first book Memoirs of Dakini True Confessions of a Former Flower Child reveals the trials and tribulations of a runaway turned homeless teen Valerie is now living the life of her dreams in Portland Oregon where she resides on a small mountain top retreat with her husband Jeremiah her service dogs Isis and Hank fiv Valerie Fries Wade MM CAE is a successful association executive working in the world of not for profits She earned her bachelor degree in psychology from the University of California in Long Beach and later achieved her Master s in Management from the University of Phoenix What most people do not know about her it that she spent than 4 years clawing her way off the streets to get back into a mainstream life Her first book Memoirs of Dakini True Confessions of a Former Flower Child reveals the trials and tribulations of a runaway turned homeless teen Valerie is now living the life of her dreams in Portland Oregon where she resides on a small mountain top retreat with her husband Jeremiah her service dogs Isis and Hank five mischievous cats and six curious Alpaca site_link I wish I read soonerI met Valerie and her husband on a plane years ago on our way back from Hawaii There was something special about her We talked the entire 5 hour flight home We became Facebook friend and stayed in touch I purchased her book after I got off the flight I had started it but never finished it We just went back to Hawaii and I started it over again I wish I read it before she passed I have so many questions for her What a sweet soul English
Memoirs of Dakini True Confessions of a Former Flower Child is a collection of memories telling of my life in the streets from the small town of Woodstock New York through the Lower East side of New York City all the way to Berkeley s Telegraph Avenue Follow my true story as one of the last Flower Children Read about my struggles with the drug culture loneliness rape suicide attempts kidnapping beatings and the pain which drove me further away from the love I sought I first left home at the young age of 13 I bounced back and forth from the streets until the age of 15 when my parents relinquished control and set me free With only a knapsack on my back and 100 in my pocket I left home for good on that October night of 1968 My adventures over the next 5 years are detailed in this book I now reside in Portland Oregon on a mountain top retreat with my husband two service dogs five mischievous cats and six Alpaca I am a successful association executive in the not for profit world am a sought out speaker on business and nonprofit management as well as telling my story of survival Memoirs of Dakini True Confessions of a former flower child.
