Where does one begin...or end? Oh...then there's all that "stuff" in between? The passion of life has found me living in the Quarters in New Orleans, a little fishing island in the South China Sea, sugar cane fields in the Philippines, playing on the beaches in Australia, snorkeling the coral reefs in Thailand, watching children peeling shrimp in freezers in Pakistan, riding elephants in Sri Lanka....The years of living adventurously and sometimes dangerously ultimately brought me back to the U.S. where I began to journey with persons as they battled catastrophic illness.

In 2006, I traveled back to China where I adopted my beautiful daughter ...I sense that the/our story still has ALOT of chapters!

Taxi driver, short order cook, stifled gardner, oppressed maid and I still manage to get downtown every day for my "other" job - the one that pays the mortgage etc. In the best moments, I am the receiver of a lot of hugs!

Living in the moment - and taking great notice of the bark on the trees and not worrying too much about getting through the forest too quickly!

Probably my eyes -they have seen ALOT!! Smiling and helping others to feel good about who they are ...

Probably one of my all time favorites - "Tuesdays With Morrie"; The
Year of Living Dangerously; Music - other than rap...it's all good --really enjoy dancing to the good ole rock and roll!! Ethnic food is a treat!!--

It's all relative - Never is a long time! I would prefer to not live without family, friends, margaritas, beaches, hugs, running water...

My daughter's future and how I can be a really good parent..

Celebrating that it is Friday---

Inquiring minds do want to know...that would include mine???????

If you are a risk taker - if you are passionate about life - if a 6 year old is not a deal breaker....