My relationship and walk with Him matters more to me than anything else.

I'm divorced & the mother of one grown son (31) who is in the Air Force, stationed in Italy and I have 2 adorable & beautiful grand daughters. People find me to have a good sense of humor & above average intelligence. I'm also a romantic - & probably all that it entails - but I'm not stupid about it. It is important to me to treat - & be treated with respect, honor, compassion, honesty & love. I won't ever ask anything of you that I'm not willing to do myself. I'm affectionate plus I enjoy good conversation, easy going, laid back, open-minded and pretty rational & logical (for a woman! :-}) My career life has taken me from medicine as a medical technologist to hotel sales, residential real estate & owning & running my own magazine and a group tour business. These days I'm doing an interesting blend of several things in the amazingly beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina where my parents always brought me on vacation as a child. My Daddy instilled in me a deep love of the Earth, nature & wild things, teaching me to respect them but not to fear anything in nature.

In my spare time, I enjoy reading, music (oldies, old Motown, blues, classic rock, classic country, r & b, contemporary praise and worship, gospel and classical, contemporary jazz) - I play piano & used to play violin - in fact played in the junior symphony in my hometown. I also love movies (drama, westerns, mystery, comedy, romance),traveling, walking, hiking, camping, hanging out with friends, cooking - esp. baking, computers, & just being outside in general. I love MOUNTAINS, "Big Sky" - especially at night, sunsets, thunderstorms, old jeeps, exploring, abandoned mines,, cool little towns, etc, & "critters" - that is, wildlife. I love pets too, but haven't yet had the heart to adopt another one since needing to have my sweet Lancelot kitty put to sleep back in 2005 (he had cancer). Working in domestic violence is also a huge part of my life & what I consider to be my passion & my 'mission' in life. God has made it clear to me that it's what He wants me to do (even though I resisted doing it for a while because it was hard & brought back too many bad memories).

After God in my life comes family. My Mom passed away in 2008 & from then up until last August (2012) my Dad was largely the focus of my life. Whenever I wasn't working I spent my time with him, usually just hanging out or taking care of him. He passed away on 8/19 - a week before my birthday - & it broke my heart. He was one of my biggest fans & really my best friend. His passing has definitely changed my life - I still find myself picking up the phone to call him nearly every day.

While I have spent most of my life in NC, I lived for most of the 90's in New Mexico & spent lots of time in Colorado & in Wyoming. I love the American West & can definitely hear it calling to me. I dearly love everything about it - the MOUNTAINS, climate, culture, Big Sky, history - so many things about it!! II'd love to move back there - but, trying to be open to staying in NC. My commitment was to stay in NC as long as my Dad was living & I did that. (Since my Dad passed away I can REALLY hear the West calling me. Trying to be smart about it, but I know that my Dad would want me to follow my dreams.) I love WNC & her mountains. So many wonderful things here, too - so staying here is certainly feasible if that's what God wants me to do.

I'd really love to leave this world a better place somehow, even if just for one person...