Female

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I am an outgoing person who loves life and living it to the fullest. A sense of humor is very key with me and the friends I keep as I love to laugh and be silly. I feel my best assets are my smile, wit, heart and eyes (on a purely physical level I like my breasts too). I enjoy being out in nature but also appreciate the finer things in life - I am a well rounded tomboy who looks like a real woman (curves in all the right places). I prefer creative environments - such as cooking, reading, music and things that are sensual. I guess you could say that I'm a Renaissance woman. I'm all about making things enjoyable, beautiful and pleasureful. I LOVE to cook and was trained well by my father who was a chef.

I am fiercely loyal to the people in my life and have a huge open heart. I'm all about family and enjoy being around others that value their family ties as well.

Writing has always been a passion of mine and actually became my form of healthy release and healing when at a very young age my family went through a traumatic adjustment with my father becoming ill and in need of full time care. This love of writing and my passionate need for learning, kept me focused on the prize that would someday be mine … all I ever wanted to do was go to college and get my degree in sociology. I had to postpone this dream as my family needed my help to care for my father and it was my greatest honor to be there for them. After he passed away, I decided it was time for me to be “selfish” and go achieve my dream of going to college and get my degree in sociology. For years, though, I have been encouraged to follow the path of nursing or medicine by my friends and family since they had watched me be my father’s caregiver and nurse for 12 years. They observed how I cared for him and what my temperament was in the face of all kinds of stresses and demands and continually made the comment to me that I was cut out for the path of being a caregiver. My best friend decided to leave corporate America and go back to school for nursing/medicine. She successfully encouraged me to do the same, so now I am in a double major of sociology and nursing. My primary focus of nursing/medicine is to work with children that have various physical and learning disabilities, in particular Autistic spectrum (aka autism). After doing many hours of volunteer and fieldwork I know this is the path that I am meant to follow.

I have a busy schedule (work full time & school) so the free time I have I like to spend wisely...sometimes relaxing at home and sometimes going out - the key being enjoying life and keeping balance. I feel life is a gift and I don't take it for granted. I live each day with passion and joy. I love to laugh and am considered by those that know me the best ... as loving, funny and the person you can count on whenever in need.

Music: it is deeply part of my being - I could not live without it. Powerful beats, melancholy chords, heartfelt lyrics that make my soul melt - I love it all! Music has gotten me through many a dark hour and enriched many a precious memory. Music is a drug and I am hooked!!! Books/reading: I love to read! I can't even begin to list all the books I enjoy reading - let's just say I read a lot and really enjoy learning about all sorts of things so I have a lot of books and love getting suggestions from friends on books I should read.

Inspiration: My father (who I miss and think about every day ... he passed away in 1998) and my mother - both heroes and beautiful individuals in their own way - sources of light and inspiration to me forever and always ... those who care enough to make a difference, whether it be in their own life, their circle of friends, their community or the world as a whole - if you make a positive contribution to this world in any way, on any level large or small, you are a hero to someone and inspire others to do the same.