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| About Me | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I am many things. I am a daughter, an aunt, a sister, for example. I am a mother. And a birth mother. I am a vegetarian and hippie wanna-be. I feel in many ways that I was born in the wrong generation. I was born in the mid-70's, so I never got to see the 1960's for myself. What I wouldn't give to stand on teh corner of Haight-Ashbury in 1967 or to have been to the Monteray Pop Festival or to have seen Janis Joplin live. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The most important things in my life are the people I share it with. I intentionally work only 3/4 time (about 30 hours a week) so I that I have lots of time to see friends and family. However, I also require and value a great deal of time alone--it keeps me sane. I am passionate about environmental and mental health issues, as well as racial injustice. I value creativity, simplicity, and taking time out to breathe fresh air and look at the stars. I enjoy writing, reading (from non-fiction to Stephen King), beading |
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| My all-time favoriate singer, Janis Joplin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jewelry, music (from African choir music to Jefferson Airplane), art, poetry, backpacking, visiting the ocean, hiking, camping, and road trips. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Being a mother has, as it does for everyone, changed my life drastically. When I had Laurie, I only got her for four precious days. I was a mother then, but never had the joy and experience of bringing a baby home and watching her grow up. I never got to wake up at 2 AM for feedings with Laurie. I never even got to bathe her. My grief with Laurie was complicated by the fact that I got pregnant with the twins right away. And again, I did not take them home with me. I never knew what it meant to be bonded with a baby that you got to see grow up and learn things and change right before your eyes. Having Laurie made me a mother. Having the twins made me a birth mother. There was grief with all three. Then I had Tessa. And I got to |
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| bring her home. And watch her grow. And wake up at 2 AM (and at midnight, 4 AM, and 5 AM, too...) with her. At the time of this writing, Tessa is four months old, and I can fairly say that I've never loved anyone quite the way I love her. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I have the honor of watching and helping her grow. I am a single mom--it gets tiring and taxing to be "on call" 24/7. But there isn't anything I wouldn't do for Tessa. I am very grateful for the chance to | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Being sad is not a personal attack by your emotions; it is a natural reaction to life sometimes." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| wake up in the morning and be greeted by her smile. Or to feed her and have her look at me with those intense eyes of her. I have many hopes and dreams for my daughter. But I know that she will find her own way. I am just glad that I get to help her get there. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Animals are my friends---- and I don't eat my friends!! |
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