About

I am a recovering alcoholic/addict (sobriety date Jan 26^th of 2009), former teacher, former school guidance counselor, formerly chronically ill for 3+ years, PTSD suffering, cursing, mother to a toddler.  Simple, right?

I am so many things.   I taught English for a 1/3 of my life.  I am a school guidance counselor with a Master’s.  I nearly died in childbirth. I previously published a book with a small press.   I suffered from a rare medical illness that led to me having half of my pancreas removed.  I am a survivor of sexual abuse.  I am a stay-at-home Mom.  I have suffered since childhood with major clinical depression and generalized anxiety.  I am a wife of 3 years this week.  I am all of these things and yet they don’t really encompass who I am.

I graduated from Michigan State with my Bachelor’s from the College of Arts and Letters.  My Master’s is in school guidance counseling (MaEd) and I did my practicum at Mesa Community College directly under their head counselor.  I have taught a plethora of subjects all under the umbrella of English at the middle and high school level with the exception of the counseling courses I taught at MCC.

 

In the last 3 years I have gone through major and rare medical trauma which has left me, shall we say, a little bit hesitant.  So here I am finding myself again.  This is the third time.  I found myself for a 2nd time when I got sober in 2009 and I am finding myself again now in 2018 post- surgeries.