User Profile

I believe everything happens for a reason.
I believe we are provided exactly what we need - even if we're not sure what that is at the time.

Single mother, working person, artist (multi-media, collage, photography).
Seeking to create a life of which I can be proud, for my child and me.

My friends are important to me.
My child is the sun, the moon, the Universe.

In base terms, one could say I'm an adoptee who searched for 18 years, give or take; located, reunited, and have a growing relationship with my first mother and her three other children. I am the eldest of the four. I am also the eldest in my adoptive family; there I have a sister who is a magnificent creature.

We were raised by an alcoholic mother who, sadly, is still "active." I have always had a very hard time understanding her issue, primarily because her drinking magnified her tendencies toward me. I'm not blaming, but it does influence on how I see myself fitting (or not) into the world, and how I think the world sees me. I am changing that from the inside out. "Co-dependent" is a term I understand, have a distaste for, and am striving to wipe from my self-portrait. What it really come down to is this: loving someone despite their difficulties and demons. We could all use this understanding, right?

As a survivor of domestic abuse, (I left him after seven years of marriage; he couldn't understand why...) the amount of strength in my reserves I now know is immeasurable. I only have to trust it, and my intuition, without doubt. The ex is a narcissist who remarried; predictably, this will go down the tubes as well. Place your bets.

So, I write to process, to entertain, to create, to breathe.
The rest is flight.