I was born February 12, 1977 in Cleveland, Ohio. I have been in Cleveland all my life, aside from the many, many years that I spent in Athens, OH. So, you can imagine that it’s taking me some time getting used to being away from my Mama and Daddy!! It really is hard to be away from home, but my brand new husband is trying his best to make my transition better I have wanted to be a doctor since the eighth grade, although now that I am actually in, I am doing a wee bit of re-thinking! Just kidding. But seriously, I have just began my residency in Family Medicine at Waukesha Memorial Hospital in Waukesha, WI. It is…tough, to say the least, but it is very nice to have finally arrived at the place where I have been trying to get for so many years. It seems like I have been in school forever, which I guess I kinda have, and I thought I would never get out. But I have and I must answer to “Dr.”!!! How funny is that!?!?

In my free time, I like to write poetry. I’ve been writing for as long as I can remember, and it really is a stress relief and an outlet. I have tons and tons of poems written in all kinds of different places — books, notebook paper, napkins, cardboard… When the creative juices flow, you never know what you’re gonna have to sop them up I’m really gonna try to compile them all and maybe even try to get them published. It’s hard though because “I’m sensitive about my $#!*” - Quick, who said that…? Another thing I love to do…LOVE to do is sing. Anytime, anyplace, I don’t care who’s around, na na na na na naaa na - Who sang that? My real talent is the ability to make ANYTHING into a song. I think I missed my calling in advertising to be a jingle-lady or in the biz to be a hook-lady (NOT a “hook”, but the person who writes hooks…)

At any rate, I am quite happy to be at the place I am today. Job-wise, I am happy doing what I know is preparing me for what I want to really be doing. Life-wise, I am happy in knowing that I am growing everyday that I begin and end. Love-wise, I am happy in knowing that the man that I am with now is the man that I will be with tomorrow and for every tomorrow that I will ever see. I really do love my husband…my husband… It just feels so nice to be able to come home and know that he’ll be there soon, to know that I don’t have to wait another month to see him, that when he leaves and kisses me good-bye in the morning, he will be back in a few hours to kiss me hello again. That’s so nice…