Mary Elizabeth : MyBlogHer Profile

Here's a tiny warning!

If you are a feminist in the classic sense, hungry for more social engineering, you will starve to death here.  I love everybody, pray for the whole world, and do what I can to help make life a little brighter for anyone I can, but life is too short, and I consider mine too important to waste, trying to fit into the mold of this post-modern society.

I am a Catholic, Christian, traditional woman.  I come from an Italian-American family in upstate NY.  My husband (high school sweetheart) and I have been in love since I was 15 and he was 18.  I have four boys and a girl, mostly grown now, and I'll be the first to tell you that they are no angels, but they are wonderful, good and decent people and I wouldn't be surprised if they someday end up as saints.

I think that any woman who chooses to be home, thinking, working, creating, enjoying her garden and hobbies, and building her home, is truly a woman ahead of her time.  She is laboring to build a society and civilization worth keeping.  To me, this is true whether or not she has children in the home to raise.

I read quite a bit, research whatever topic suits my fancy, do most of my cooking and baking from scratch, make my own health remedies, and garden.  I am currently working a lot with fermented foods, sourdough starter, and seasonal vegetables.  I am also brushing up on French, which I studied throughout school.

Outside of home, I am an associate of Little Company of Mary, a Catholic women's religious order whose ministry is to the sick, the dying, and their loved ones.  I am also a member of our church Choir, and participate in other ministries of the church. I love to sing, and have been involved in theatre on an off for most of my adult life.

People seem to like to come to my home for a cup of coffee or a meal and a good chat.  I love company and I feel honored (most of the time) to be a listening ear to anyone who needs to talk. People need encouragement and they need to laugh, and so I think that is why I was born! So here's hoping you will enjoy visiting me here in my cyber-kitchen and sit and visit for awhile at my virtual table!