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Journalist

Born in 1968, Ami McKay is an accomplished journalist. Her career began with local news reporting and has evolved into a prominent figure in the media. McKay is known for her in-depth investigative journalism and keen social insights, with her work receiving high praise both domestically and internationally.

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“Sickness made itself at home in their close, dark rooms, disease thriving in the absence of windows and hope.”

Book:The Virgin Cure

Source: The Virgin Cure

“Miss B. says, "It's a mama's faith what keeps her children right. I'm not talkin' 'bout the churchgoin' kind, neither. Miss Mabel's got faith in goodness. Tell me you can't help but believe in it too just by lookin' at her.”

Book:The Birth House

Source: The Birth House

“Mama stared at me not with sadness, but with pleading. She was thinner than I'd ever allowed myself to notice, looking more like a child than a woman. I wanted to believe she knew what was best for me. I wanted to believe she was like every other mother and that she loved me more than I loved her. I hoped, if I followed her wishes, I would finally make her happy.”

Book:The Virgin Cure

Source: The Virgin Cure

“Each day brings another handful of opportunities. It's up to you to make the best of what you're given.”

Opportunity Opportunities

Book:The Birth House

Source: The Birth House

“If you want to properly tell a story, you have to be willing to write it a thousand ways. And then you must be brave enough to share it with others.”

Effective Communication Sharing Stories

Book:Daughter of Family G: A Memoir of Cancer Genes, Love and Fate

Source: Daughter of Family G: A Memoir of Cancer Genes, Love and Fate

“...to remind myself that a person can die while they're still alive, simply by not choosing to live." It's taken me a long time to understand what she'd meant by that. Worry can be pernicious. Left unchecked, it slowly bleeds the soul of joy and replaces it with fear.”

Courage Cancer Living Life Genetic Mutation Lynch Syndrome

Book:Daughter of Family G: A Memoir of Cancer Genes, Love and Fate

Source: Daughter of Family G: A Memoir of Cancer Genes, Love and Fate

“Mother, if you love her- Mother, if you love her, keep her clean. Mother, if you lover her, keep her-”

Mother Hurt Family Daughter Motherhood Abandonment Broken Trust

Book:The Virgin Cure

Source: The Virgin Cure

“A girl should command attention, not suffer it.”

Should Suffering Girl Attention Command

Author:Ami McKay

“No matter what you do, someone always knew you would.”

Life Matter No Matter What

Author:Ami McKay

“If women lose the right to say where and how they birth their children, then they will have lost something that's as dear to life as breathing.”

Ifs Children Lost Loses Birth Dear Breathing

Author:Ami McKay

“How a mother comes to love her child, her caring at all for this thing that's made her heavy, lopsided and slow, this thing that made her wish she were dead ... that's the miracle.”

Children Made Mother Wish Miracle Heavy Caring

Book:The Birth House: A Novel

Source: The Birth House: A Novel

“Sometimes, for a moment, everything is just as you need it to be. The memories of such moments live in the heart, waiting for the time you need to think of them, if only to remind yourself that for a short while, everything had been fine, and might be so again.”

Ifs Thinking Needs Heart Sometimes Moments Might Waiting Memories Fine

Author:Ami McKay

“A compelling and important story of First Word War Scotland, a time when women redefined the word hope as the world was losing its innocence. Andrea MacPherson writes beautifully, balancing the lives of her characters between history and the poetry of gesture, secrets and love.”

World Writing Firsts Important War Character Stories Secret Losing And Love Innocence Gestures Compelling Scotland Andrea

Author:Ami McKay

“Fostering your sense of creativity can give you feelings of freedom, delight and passion. It can help you see your life in a new light and help you to tackle situations that you thought were hopeless. When you express yourself through creative action you find gifts such as: happiness, self worth, healing, and inner joy.”

Giving Self Helping Feelings Light Action Joy Passion Healing Situation Creativity Creative Delight Self Worth Hopeless Express Yourself Fostering

Author:Ami McKay

About the Author

Born: 1968
Known for: Journalist
Quotes: 14

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