Meet SplashHall Poet Sandy Benitez aka BitterSweet

Meet Sandy Benitez aka Bittersweet. A military brat, she was born in Selma, Alabama, in October 1970. Her father served 20+ years in the Air Force and her mother is a native of Thailand.

At an early age, Sandy showed talent in creative writing. She consistently achieved the highest grade in elem school for short story writing. Sandy started writing poetry in 1986 at the age of 16. Her English teacher encouraged her to keep writing, noting that she reminded her of Emily Dickinson. But that was probably due more to her demeanor: she was very much the brooding, melancholic poet & was also extremely shy. She graduated from Brent International School in 1988. In 1989, Sandy joined the Air Force, carrying on the family tradition. She was married in 1993 to a fellow service member and they have 2 beautiful children, ages 6 & 2.

She enjoys writing & reading poetry, watching scary movies, alternative rock, astrology, photography, traveling, the paranormal, anything that has flowers, Angels, or butterflies in it. Sandy is now stationed in Wyoming and is counting the days until retirement (which is still 3 or 4 years out). She has had several poems published in literary magazines online and recently started her own online poetry magazine called Flutter. She hopes to publish a book of poems in the future. She goes by the pen name Sandy Hiss, which is actually her maiden name. Sandy can always be found at SplashHall Poetry or her blog Violet Muse.

Quote: "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." by Anais Nin