I was born and
raised in Santa Cruz, California. Life was never easy, but my Mother did her
best to provide us with a loving home. My blood father left when I was 2 years old
and my mother remarried when I was 11.
We grew up quickly and learned several of life’s lessons along the
way. Life is after all a series of
lessons. I believe the toughest lessons
are often the ones that stay with us the longest and teach us the most.
Without getting
in to all the details, our family consists of several entities… mine, yours,
ours, and even an adopted… All in all there were 7 girls and 4 boys. I am the 2nd to the eldest and our
family still gets along quite well. Our
mother passed on in June of 2005. There
isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t miss her.
She had a big heart and a great sense of humor. Sometimes when I’m really quiet I can hear
her singing and even giggling. She loved to sing around the
house while doing chores and was happy most of the time.
My Mother worked
part time, and my Father was a Fireman. Growing up, we had our chores to do, as
well as plenty of activities and time for fun. We learned at a young age the importance of
responsibilities and the value of a dollar.
It was important to our parents for us to learn how to do most tasks and
they encouraged us to do things that other people might have considered to be
gender specific. My brothers can cook
and my sisters and I can fix most anything.
I’ve even installed wiring in a house, done roofing, carpentry, I drove
a tractor, also operated a forklift and more.
And yes… I can cook and do so quite often from scratch.
I could spend
more time telling you about who and why I am, yet I won’t. I am me.
I have my own view of who I am, as other people have their own opinions
and/or views. I can tell you that I am
grateful to have come from such a large and loving family and glad for all of
life’s bumps, twists and turns that made me who I am today. And if you ask me my sign... I will have to respond with "under construction". That about sums things up for now.
Thank you for
taking the time to read about me. This is my first post and first blog site. I'll write more later in other posts.
Have a wonderful day/night.
