About Me

Hi there, I thought I would take some time to tell
you all a little about myself. I am 33 years young, 
5'1, 110lbs. I have long dark brown hair that is 
down to my waist and dark brown eyes. I live with 
my second husband John, and my three children 
Josh (age 17), Matt (age 16), and Krista (age 14). 
They are all the lights of my life. I am from 
central Alabama where I was born and raised, that 
makes me a Southern Bell, a fact of which I am very 
proud. I am also very proud of my heritage, it 
includes Cherokee Indian, Irish, and German.

My Poetry
I have been writing poetry since I was around 12 years
old and over the years it has become a big part of my
life. I find I can express myself through my poetry 
when I can't any other way. All my poetry comes from 
various times in my life and from my heart.

My Creative Side
As well as writing poetry, I also make jewelry and 
dreamcatchers. I love to read, Daniel Steel is one 
of my favorite authors. I have a love for music also, 
I can not pick a favorite type as I like most all 
music. I have a weakness for cds and have a big
collection of well over 300 of them so far and it is 
growing every week. I listen to country, soft rock, 
classic rock, alternative, jazz, blues, celtic, and 
I am a partial to love songs.

If you have time take a look at my auctions on Ebay to
see my jewelry and other stuff I have up for
bid just Click Here!


My Inner Child
I love to act like a kid sometimes, it keeps me
young. I like to play jokes on my friends and 
family and cut up with my children. They say I act
more like a sister than a mother sometimes (smile)
 

My Serious Side

Now for the hard part, I also have epilepsy (I was
not born with it, when I had my first child my blood
pressure went up when I was in labor and caused a 
blood vessel to burst in the back of my brain. I had
a blood clot the size of a man's fist and had to 
have surgery to remove it. The scar tissue causes my 
epilepsy) Becauses of the epilepsy I do not get to 
drive, I have to be a year seizure free to get my 
driver's license, and the last six years or so I 
have not managed to make it. But oh well such as life, 
you learn to accept the things you can not change and 
move on. Because I do not drive, I do not work, so I 
am a full time wife and mother. I also have mitral 
valve prolapse, which simply means the mitral valve in
my heart does not open and close right. I have some 
side effect from this, I suffer from pantic attacks, 
cold hands and feet and my heart races sometimes. It 
is not life threatening, just annoying. (grin) The 
pantic attacks are worse when when I drive, so I have 
an added incentive to stay off the roads..The down 
side of this, is that it makes it hard for me to meet 
people and make friends in "real" life. But it makes 
me cherish the ones that I do have more. And I have 
made many good friends through ICQ on the internet. 
And to look on another bright side, it gives me more 
time with my children. If you look hard enough you can 
find a bright side to most situations in life.

Tidbits
Last off I am a hopeless romantic, a good friend,
and when I love someone I love them to the core of
my being. I am the youngest of six children, I was
a late life baby for my parents. My oldest brother 
is 20 years older than I am. I have oodles of nephews
and neices and a few great newphews and neices. My 
father passed away two years ago this August and my
mother is still with me. She is a wonderful influence 
in my life.. I am on my second marriage, my children
are from my first marriage. And if any of you bothered
to do the math when you saw my age and theirs you know
I started way too young. I married at 15 the first time
(shocking huh?) and divorced after 13 years of marriage.
Being divorced with children is not an easy thing, but 
for their sake we try to get along though we don't always
manage (grin) But I think that is the case with most
divorced parents.

My Dreams
I love to go to the mountains, it's my favorite place 
to go on vacation. I would love to travel one day, that 
is one of my biggest dreams, I want to see the world.. 
I would also like to publish my poetry one day.. and 
maybe write a book..I will get up the courage to send it 
to someone to look at at some point in the future..but 
just putting it on this page was a big step for me..

Closing Thoughts
I hope you feel you know me a little better now. The 
pictures you see of me were made around Christmas 1997.
The first one shows more the "real" me while the second
one shows more my serious side. I couldn't decide on
one so I used them both (smile)They were a gift from my 
husband. He took me and had the Glamor shots made, since 
it was something I had always wanted to do. It was loads 
of fun and I really enjoyed it. I hope you have enjoyed 
my website, come back often as I am always doing something 
to it. It has become a labor of love for me..and I have 
really enjoyed putting it all together. 

Contact me through ICQ: 10022422



"Memory of Trees" By Enya



Poetry © by "Emerald" 1998