I'm a 30 year old free spirit hindered only by the bonds of anxiety and a lack of confidence.

*I grew up in a Southern Baptist home. This world view permeates all that I am and most of what I say. I won't apologize for it!

*Before kids I followed the Grateful Dead never envisioning a time when that would stop. I was atop a psychedelic wave that I wanted to ride to a new shore, where that was I didn't care.

*I've always been passionate about other people. Despite my beliefs, I think all people are entitled to their lifestyles as long as it's not imposed upon others .

In 1999 I became pregnant before marriage, before we'd even called ourselves a "couple". Luckily my biggest mistake was my best! At 19 years old, Kelly, decided that he was in this for good. We moved from Ithaca, NY to Massachusetts. Kelly graduated at UMASS. I stayed home and cried, cooked, walked, and cried some more trying to adjust to my role as a new mom in a new place whose main goal thus far had been to never stay in one place for too long. After the period of mourning was over and I'd guinea pigged enough birth control to know that there's no such thing as control, we decided we may want number two. And so our family grew... Here I am in the thick of it. Three kids, two of which were completely unplanned but are the miracles of my life. Somedays I want to pull the pin and watch it all explode. Others I feel like I've mastered the game. But all days I know there's no predictability and the probability that things turn out smelling like roses is, well, a mathematical improbability. I'm really bad at math too. To sum it all up, my goal is to learn, love, and grow!