Maria Shriver on meeting heartbreak with poetry
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You might know Maria Shriver because of her famous family, or because of her famous former husband. Maybe you know her as a former first lady of California, a network news journalist, or a women's health advocate. In fact, you may think you know all about Maria Shiver. But you don't, she says, because until recently, she didn't even know who she was herself.
"I got separated, and I found myself in my mid-50s thinking like, Okay, what do I do now? Where am I going? Who am I?" she said. "And I just sat down and looked out the window and started writing, and out it came."
What came out? Poetry.
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