About Me

A half-Japanese, half Scotch-Irish (but 100% American) woman in her early to mid-30's who has three children and lives a relatively peaceful existence in Western Pennsylvania. I have the pleasure of staying home with them during their most impressionable years. I certainly hope I'm making a positive, warm, and loving impression on them...for the most part. :)

I long to be near the beach again. I'm getting there. Grew up in Virginia Beach and intend on moving back there. :)

I long for simplicity in my life and mindfulness in my thoughts and actions. I'm getting there, too.

I long to rid my mind of self-doubt and worry, of fear and uncertainty, and replace these things with love, compassion, and mindfulness...and unless I can up and relocate to some Buddhist retreat in the mountains somewhere, I need to focus, reflect and seek a way to gain these things in the comfort of my own surroundings. I've been working years on this...I'm getting there. It's about the journey...the path, right?

I am preparing myself to go to graduate school to pursue a Master's degree in Counseling...I'd like my focus groups to be children and emergency personnel (police, firefighters, military). With kids, it will take me a little longer but that's to be expected. I'll get there.

I'm a Leo. I love blue jeans, (preferrably Levis), coffee, chocolate and autumn. :) I became a stay-at-home mom when my oldest was born in 2002. My husband and I both knew that when we had kids, I wanted to be able to stay home to raise them. While I would be lying if I said that each and every day since that first day has been a breeze, I would be telling the honest to goodness truth when I say that I realize that with each less than stellar day I might have, I have 10 times as many wonderful and meaningful days.

This is my journey to re-discover what makes me "me," to explore new ideas, new interests and to simply live how I used to...with the mindset that I could accomplish anything I wanted...that I just had to act. Growing up, I remember being interested in so many things and wanting to just try everything! For some reason, once I got married and had children, I lost sight of being that way and as a result, I guess you can say I lost myself to the point that I didn't know who I was looking at in the mirror. While I knew that raising kids was quite an accomplishment in and of itself, I would see my reflection in the mirror and wonder where I went. I've since come to the realization that the only thing holding me back was me. No one else. Nothing else. I've re-discovered my love for writing, my sense of adventure, my love of laughter and just the overall sense that I'm just a goofy, "adorkable" person who should be content with herself. I'm working on that part.