❤️ Fun facts about me!
❤️ I’ve known my husband since I was 8 years old! He was my best friends brother when we were kids and I would NEVER have guessed in a million years he’d be “the one” that I would spend my life journey with and yet, I believe that was God’s plan all along.
❤️ We got married in 1997; I was 21 years old and within one decade we had FIVE boys! My husband “prophesied” when we were dating that we’d never have girls and I laughed at him and thought that was funniest, most bizarre thing to ever say and yet, he was right! He loves to remind me of that day where he predicted the future!
❤️ I am beyond blessed to be the mother of five incredible boys—JD, Alex, Kevin, Tim, and Owen. They are the kindest, most loving, and sweetest souls on this planet. Being their mom is one of my greatest joys, and I couldn’t be more grateful for them. They are truly at the top of my list of things I love beyond words, bringing me endless happiness every single day!
❤️ We have lived all over the world! Our roots are in Pennsylvania right outside of Philadelphia, but we have lived and traveled the world including other countries; we home schooled our children for a few years in Prince Edward Island Canada, then we moved to Hawaii where our children all attended a small Christian school for seven years until we returned back to the mainland. We LOVE islands and seem to be drawn to the ocean anywhere we live!
❤️ The love of my life isn’t my husband, it’s Jesus, so yes, I am a Christian through and through. However, some of my closest friends and family members aren’t and just like Jesus, I love ALL people of all beliefs so that is never a deterrant in my connections or part of my coaching methodology.
❤️ Taking care of my health means ALOT to me since it’s something I’ve lost several times. I now love jogging - I call it jogging with Jesus because I listen to the most amazing worship songs while exercising. My oldest son, JD, has taught me weight training 🏋️♀️so going to the gym is part of my daily life on most days. He’s introduced me to “macros!” which I had never heard of! It’s so interesting when children start teaching their parents! Over the years, I have struggled with extreme obesity, thyroid disease, hypoglocemia, cysts, anemia, a brain injury, depression, suicidal thoughts throughout my painful journey. I now focus so much attention to what I eat, what I think, what I say, what I do. What I FOCUS on increases in my life, thanks to these Six Intimacy Skills™ and God, I am now healthy mentally, physically and spiritually which is nothing short of a complete miracle!
❤️ I love to play the card game NERTZ because it’s something I can do in HUGE groups with my children!
❤️ My heart is drawn to creation and that includes SO many things! I especially love sunrises, sunsets, children, dolphins, seagulls, giraffes, flowers, the ocean waves, bunnies and cherry trees!
❤️ I love music and I play the guitar, a little! Motown music, Country music, Christian music and some rock all make me ridiculously happy! 🎶
❤️ I’m very “girly” so I love anything beauty related (nails, lashes, facials, makeup and clothes shopping I love getting dressed up and being as feminine as much as possible now that I have the Six Intimacy Skills™!
❤️ My favorite meal of the day is breakfast! I LOVE coffee, especially iced coffee and I drink it black, but it has to be the blonde brew Starbucks type you can get from the grocery store, NOT the kind you buy at Starbucks! I am gluten sensitive so I avoid gluten all the time, but thankfully I’m not celiac. My favorite type of restaraunts are ones that have outdoor seating, especially when there is live band or singer!
❤️ I love country line dancing, karoke and playing guitar, but I’m not good at any of these things! I just love them all! My husband and I recently bought a program you can do at home called “Show her off dance” and we are practicing our moves to we can actually know how to dance on our next cruise!
❤️ Oh yes, I LOVE cruising! We have been on more cruises than you can imagine with our family. We used to go every year to get those photos of us smiling even though we weren’t happy, but now when we go, we actually ARE happy! We cruise with Carnival since it’s the “fun ship” and it’s a family affair! Now that my children are getting older, we are growing with daughter in laws; it’s a tremendous blessing! My favorite destination ever was Jamaica, but I love anything with a beach and sunshine! Waterfalls make me happy too!
❤️ My favorite thing to do at the beach is feed the seagulls, listen to the ocean waves and close my eyes as the sun makes the light filter through my eyelids. I know, oddly specific, but true!
❤️ Peddleboarding is something I do nearly every single day; it’s not quite the same as paddle boarding, but it’s close. It’s standing on a board and basically doing a stair stepper to walk on the water. I LOVE this and spend most mornings out in the water seeking out dolphins!
❤️ Hobbies are endless! I LOVE taking photos of my family and even strangers; capturing a memory is one of my FAVORITE things to do; I drive everyone nutty taking photos of them and always say they will appreciate it someday! I love riding bikes, roller blading, I love to swim in the ocean or in the pool, I love boating and we do that very often (still looking for dolphins!), jet skiing, Parasailing, going to the Zoo to feed the giraffes, seashell searching, gardening and flowers, Movies, Ice Skating, Fireworks, Hot Air balloons, Concerts!! (especially country!) Comedy shows!, Duolingo (I’m learning Spanish!), Yoga, Jumping on trampoline with my youngest son, any sort of theatre or plays, Thunderstorms, star Gazing, massages weekend getaways to Disney, SeaWorld, Discovery Cove, Circus, and Camping.
❤️ I am on the Choir at my WONDERFUL church, New Hope Ministries in Naples. I love worshipping, praising Jesus more than anything else I do.
❤️ My LONG hair IS extensions. I naturally have short hair so when you see me out and about in town, I often have a short bob that I LOVE, but my husband LOVES long hair, so I change my hair just like shoes and clothes!
❤️ I have my CDL truck driving license and can back up an 18-wheeler better than most BOYS!
❤️ I have memorized every single item on the McDonald’s menu because when I was 10 years old I thought that I would win a million dollars if I could memorize the menu and spent an entire summer playing the record over and over until I had it completely perfect, and then when I went to rehearse it, I found out that wasn’t true! It was the most devasting thing at that moment, but quite funny still today!