Hi, I’m Lawrence Gray, a lifelong reader and creative writer. I grew up in a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, a shy kid. After college I married, had kids, divorced, had a couple of different professional careers, and remarried. I tried writing poetry for fun back in the day when poetry slams were popular. I wrote a blog about environmental issues. I once wrote an Op-Ed humor piece for a major newspaper. For most of my life writing has been a fun and creative outlet for me. When I was in Pharmacy Tech school I devised a method for memorizing brand and generic drug names. I thought it could help people so I published it as a guide, How to Memorize Brand and Generic Drug Names. I wrote Expiration Day initially as a legacy piece so that my grandsons would have something to remember me by. It came out so well that I thought I should share it with a wider audience.