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Intros are so hard to write. How can I summarize that which makes up my whole being in a few short paragraphs? I have never felt a particularly need for labels, since I am, and can only be, myself. Still there are a few titles that I do not mind.

I am a wife. Michael and I were handfasted on June 23rd, 2007. I love Michael for all that he is and because he loves me for all that I am. Though we have our ups and downs, as all couples do, we share the same dreams and will reach them together because of our love and respect for each other. We make an amazing team.

I am a mother, the most challenging job in the world, and the most rewarding. My son, Damian, was born at the Spokane Midwives birth center on Friday, June 6th, 2008. He is the precious shining star in my husband and my life. I am currently pregnant with our second child which we are all looking very forward too.

I am a gardener, a crafter, a bumbling novice photographer. There is something that lives deep inside me which calls out to be allowed to create. It wants to learn, to grow, to live life to it’s fullest. If I do not let it out I become a very cranky scary person indeed. I am passionately against over paying for something, especially mass produced items. When I can make it myself, I will. That goes for everything from clothing through decorating my home to grinding my own wheat and making my own bread.

I am a child of the Wild Old Mama Earth. I was on this path which for a long time before I realized that there others walking the way with me. Some might call me a Pagan or a Witch, and I don’t mind, as long as they are said free of hate. We are so blessed to have this tiny blue planet to call home and it is our duty to take care of it.

I love my life and I love to laugh. I love the sunrise and set, the passings of the moon, the flowing of a river, the changing aspects of nature and the simple joys life has to offer. I love the feeling of being a small part in a whole. My life, so far, has been quite the journey and I know there is much more self-discovery to come. I am blessed to have my husband, my friends, the spirits and my guides as companions along this wanderlusting way.