To be honest, it's very hard to talk about myself without talking about my family and friends. I love being an aunt to my 9 year old niece. My parents are role models for a happy marriage for 41 years. I had a brief marriage which was annulled, and I look at that experience as a lesson learned. I grew from it, and have become a strong, independent woman.

I love to laugh. I enjoy walking and riding bicycles. I love going into NYC to see a play, concert, shop or just walk around with my friends.

I love to travel – went to Italy, Germany & Austria in 2005 (First time out of the country) and want to go back. Need to see Greece and Rome before I die.

My Favorite Quotes say a lot about who I am:

"When a door closes, we often look so longingly back at it, that we don’t see a new one has opened."

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." (Abraham Lincoln)

"Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile." (Albert Einstein)

"People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built." (Eleanor Roosevelt)

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." (John Lennon)

I am a songwriter and musician. I just starting getting back into the music scene doing open mics, and am getting ready to go into the studio to record an album.

I had been active in the music ministry in my parish as well as youth ministry. And although I have a bachelor's degree, I recently went back to college for a Certification in Youth Ministry and am contemplating a Masters or a Teaching Certificate. I love working with kids - especially teenagers.

I'm really good at a lot of things: Music: writing, playing piano, guitar & bass; singing - especially harmonies. Aside from music, I'm a relatively good competative miniature golf and pool player, and used to be pretty good at Bowling....so watch out. And just got the Wii - loving the Tennis, Bowling and Baseball. And cards, well... Texas Hold-Em is a favorite.

I'm a quick learner - so whatever you want to try, I'm up for a challenge.

My eyes or my smile. I think they're equally beautiful.

Music: Varies depending on my mood (Rock, Jazz, Classical, Christian) Stephen Curtis Chapman, Michael W Smith, Third Day, Casting Crowns, Billy Joel, Eagles, Bon Jovi, Etta James, Louis Armstrong, Cyndi Lauper, Elvis, The Beatles, Beach Boys, Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Garth Brooks, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Eric Clapton, Eurthymics, Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, The Four Tops, Aretha Franklin, The Police, The Pretenders, Bonnie Raitt, Huey Lewis and the News

TV: Chuck, Heroes, Grey's Anatomy, Project Runway, Top Chef, Survivor, CSI, Law & Order, Monk, Psych

Movies: Too many to list all of them - and quite a range, but a few are the The Outsiders, Gone With The Wind, It's A Wonderful Life, Jaws, Grease, Casablanca, Facing the Giants, Pay It Forward, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Wizard of Oz, Field of Dreams, A League of their Own, and all of the Hitchcock films.

Books: The Shack by William P. Young is a "Must Read."
But some of my favorites are stuff we read in high school and I re-read as an adult (without the pressure of writing a book report) - Catcher in the Rye, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Separate Peace, Brave New World and Of Mice and Men

Food: Italian, Portugese, Chinese

1) My guitar
2) My Blackberry
3) My laptop
4) My best friend Michele
5) The relationship I have with my only niece
6) My faith

1. What can I write about next. I try to write for at least 10 minutes a day - trying to reflect on things in the past, or what happened that day. Sometimes they remain journal entries. Sometimes they evolve into poems. Sometimes I turn them into complete songs - lyrics and music.

2. I think about the kids in the youth group in my church. I worry about them. I try to be the person they can turn to in times of crisis - someone they can trust and who won't judge them

out with friends listening to live music somewhere

I was married for less than a year - though we dated 3 and a half years. I ended the marriage with divorce, and then an annulment with the Catholic church. It was a very traumatic experience - but I've learned alot about myself, specifically, that I am a strong person and deserve to be loved and treated well by my significant other.

If you want to take a chance to get to know a real person who you eventually hope to have a serious relationship with, then send me a message