I absolutely adore my partner with whom I am going to have a Commitment Ceremony with in August. I have 6 cats and 2 dogs who greet with such love and affection, even if I only went to get the mail! I tend to think I’m a very deep person; built up of such diversity even I sometimes have a hard time understanding myself.
I grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania, with older guardian parents, who were from the “Great Depression.” Therefore, I grew up with no running water or inside conveniences. My guardian father only had a 3rd grade education, because he was expected to work on the family farm to help provide for his 12 siblings, after his father died from a tracker accident. With that said he didn't believe in an education and that children worked for the food put on the table for them. It might sound harsh to some, however, now as an adult I can certainly see how that built confidence and character in me.
I can remember when I was little having a deep understanding or feeling of being apart of something greater than myself. The world seemed so vast and I couldn’t wait to explore every inch of it. I did just that after I joined the Navy two weeks after graduating from High School. After returning home from “Desert Storm”, I went to college and found a passion for reading every book I could put my hands on, defying my guardian’s father’s theory that there was no need to learn.
My greatest passion was to teach and work with children, and this has carried with me since…there is no greater reward than hearing a child read for the first time or write their name, or to have an “ah ha” moment in their thought processes! When you can make a difference in this world then make it and don’t look back.
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