In the Shadow of the Moon

This is my place to write about the things I care about and that effect me, and the world around me. By letting you into my friends list, I'm opening up a piece of my world. I'm extremely loyal to my friends and do not trust easily. Comment on my public entry if you want to be added. Unless of course I've added you first, in which case welcome. I like comments. Giving and getting. Comment often, and I'll do the same.I don't censor myself. If it's on my mind, I'll probably talk about it.

I am a true free-thinker and a skeptic. I live to know things. I ask questions and research the heck out of anything before I make a decision about it. I form my own opinions about things and then stand by those decisions. I post things to make my readers think out of their comfort zone. Likewise, if you post something that makes me think or I don't agree with, I'll probably tactfully call you out on it.

I'm a spiritual agnostic. Basically, I don't believe it is in the realm of human understanding to know for 100 percent certain that there is or isn't a superior being but I live as if there is. I believe in spiritual experiences. I express spirituality through an eclectic form of religion. I'm also studying to become a certified herbalist.

I won't judge or belittle someone for what they do or believe. I find beauty in the world around me, especially in the little things. You never know what will make me smile.

Marriage is love.

I am a meningitis survivor and have multiple disabilities as a result. My brain can't work like other people's and I'm OK with that. I have two Master's degrees, am a crisis center volunteer, and am in school for my doctoral degree.

I'm partnered with my second Guide Dog, a tiny female black Labrador retriever whose smarts, humor, and work ethic amaze me every day. She is truly a special dog and I couldn't imagine life without a dog at my side.

I read just about anything I can get my hands on from murder mysteries, to metaphysical, to historical recounts and biographies/memoirs. You can track what I'm reading and see what I thought of past reads at My GoodReads Page.

Now the hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon
are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA; we will remember
that there is something happening in America; that we are not as divided
as our politics suggests; that we are one people; we are one nation; and together,
we will begin the next great chapter in the American story with three words that
will ring from coast to coast; from sea to shining sea -

Yes. We. Can.

~ Barack Obama, Nashua, New Hampshire (January 8, 2008)