I'm a single mom of four sons and a daughter with one more left in the nest.
I'm a writer, shift worker, seeker of truth, justice, and wisdom.

My Interests are educating youth on the dangers of drug abuse. Mentoring adolescents. Instilling in youth the beauty of their Self......

I lost my beautiful son at 19 of a heroin overdose in 2007.
I am still struggling, and probably always will be, with his death.
I may be in various stages of Being at once; grieving in the throes of madness, looking forward, seeking hope, back and forth, and back and forth.

But I am struggling like everyone else with life's most important lessons. Being thankful for the small things. I believe our human struggle is a movement not only in sorrow but in Beauty.
The awareness of both is always with me.

I treasure my children, my poetry, my music, and my books in that order.

There are so many things we take for granted I think. So many things we place importance on that mean so little in the scheme of life.
We worry ourselves into sickness, hold on to anger, guilt and expectations of others.
We look for Love everywhere without realizing it is always at all times inside of us all, ready for giving and receiving. 

Always remember... the time to Love is short!