: About Me

Education:
MBA; BA with a double major in English and Music; A.A.S. in Legal Assisting Studies. Assorted coursework in: intellectual property, contracts, statistics, biology, mathematics, business and technical writing, and finance for non-financial managers.

Personal:
I am married to my "first love"; we had gone our separate ways for 18 years then reconnected and married in 2001. We have 2 wonderful sons (a preschooler and a toddler) and I am an "older" mom.

My passion is ...

life.

I know too much about ...

I don't think one can ever know too much.

My parents always told me ...

I had an overactive imagination.

My childhood ambition ...

To fly.

My favorite memory ...

I can't limit it to only one.

Why I write ...

I write because I enjoy it. (And if I didn't, I think my brain would explode! LOL.)

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

depends on my mood and whether my kids are awake.

My first job ...

Sales Associate for a high-end women's retail shop.

My best moment ...

There have been too many to choose just one!

My inspiration ...

the world around me.

Style & Beauty > Clothing Tips & Advice Should plus-size clothing be modeled by plus-size models?

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As a plus-size woman, I find it amusing that this is even a debate. Of course plus-sized clothing should be modeled by plus-size models. Standard models are somewhere in the 0 to 4 range and have little body fat. Granted, in recent years we are seeing more models with actual breasts, hips and behinds but they still do not possess the sort of curves (and speed bumps) that the typical plus-size woman has. If I am looking in a catalog for a bathing suit, seeing it on a woman whose thighs don't touch and who can still buy a bra off the rack at a Wal-Mart is not going to help me. I need to see ...

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