Moi!

 To peg down a few things about myself (and due to time I will only be able to scratch the surface), for one I would say I have a great sense of humor. My life is no exception to having trials and hard life-chiseling experiences. Without my sense of humor I know I could not have survived them. Being able to laugh at myself, others, and circumstances as well as tell funny stories have kept me sane, made me a more likable person, and allowed others to be drawn to me so I could teach them about what I have learned. Humor makes me approachable, relatable and genuine.

   I would say that my talents and passions also greatly define me as a person. I have been blessed with a singing voice that I can sing most any genre of music. I am not able to play an instrument fluently, but wherever I go, I can take my voice box with me...and entertain myself and others for hours. I think talents were given to us to develop, use and help others. I have tried to do just that with my natural talent to sing. I am also passionate about the arts; namely theater, art, dance, literature, and music. I have participated in all aspects of these arts as a performer, teacher, previewer, writer, and lover of these forms of art. Each has elevated me intellectually, spiritually and enlightened all of my senses. Life would be very dull and lack-luster without the absolute joy that the variety of arts have given to my life. When I seek entertainment, I enjoy theatrical plays or dances, sing at Karaoke joints, stroll through art museums, devour good literature like a junkie, and listen to music incessantly!

   Finally, last (but certainly not beyond least), being a mother has defined me as a person beyond any roll I could have ever created myself. I have three young adult children who have caused me to feel great joy, pain, disappointment, betrayal, patience, wisdom, and the deepest love only a mother's heart can produce. I have learned to think of others before myself, sacrificing my own wants to develop a greater understanding of giving to my children. I don't honestly know why since they have cause me so much anguish from their choices, having each gone beyond the boundaries of what I have taught them to live by in order to remain safe and protected from horrible consequences. But I have learned to love them, give them my all, in order to better their lives. I love them unconditionally, and forgive them each time they wound me. Yep...who knew motherhood could do that all that??