: About Me

Educator, Mom, Retailer, Mom, Fortune 500 Training Manager,Mom, Benefits Manager, Communication Manager, Six Sigma Black Belt(specially-trained systems analyst), Retiree, Volunteer

Graduated: DePaul University-Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education
Attended: Saint Xavier College-Completed studies in curriculum development and educational administration
Graduated: Westminster College-Masters Of Professional Writing (emphasis on business writing)

Interests:Writing, Cooking. Music
Passions: Education and Volunteering

My passion is ...

Education

I know too much about ...

to talk about it

My parents always told me ...

to go for whatever I want in life

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a cowgirl

My favorite memory ...

watching the sunset on Jenny Lake

Why I write ...

to watch the words spill on the page

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

The Hunger Games Trilogy

My first job ...

was a clerk in my grandmother's bakery

My best moment ...

was becoming a mom

My inspiration ...

are my children

Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Teens Raising teenage boys to be sensitive

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Some one once asked me how my sons became such sensitive men. "Did you start teaching them manners in their teenage years? Were they boy scouts? Did they go to church with you every Sunday? Or did you punish them when they weren't courteous or thoughtful?" The truth is you nurture your son from the time of conception to be sensitive to all that is good in nature. You have him learn your voice through song and laughter. He recognizes his father's voice through stories and the thoughtful sweet things he whispers to his mother before he is born. Once the child announces his arrival with his f...

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