My career path... college professor, published author, and ordained minister !

My spirituality... Christian !

Letters after my name... PhD !

My relationship status... Married !

My relationship saga... divorced once and remarried to a man who also was previously divorced; blended family with one child together !

My political leanings... slightly left !

An awful song... Seasons in the Sun !

A great movie... Everything is Illuminated !

An awful movie... Problem Child !

A great book... To End All Wars !

An awful book... Jonathan Livingston Seagull !

A great person... my paternal grandma !

An awful person... my maternal grandma !

Proudest thing I ever did... getting through an in-patient recovery program for multiple issues and working all twelve steps (finally) with a sponsor / spiritual mentor !

Best time I ever had... honeymoon with Rod and second anniversary at same place with Rod; almost any time we have our whole family together !

Worst time I ever had... relationship breakup and auto accident in 2004 that led to hospitalization (separation from my daughter) for ten days !

What Ive been up to lately... work, family care !

What drives me crazy... having too much to do at one time and no help, especially when toddler is whining and physically clinging to me and I'm under deadline !

What makes me glad to be alive... private couple time with husband, quiet prayer and devotional time with God !

I believe this... God lives and is faithfully loving in spite of anything we do and feel !

My ethnicity as others define it... Caucasian, European, European-American !

Gender... Female !