About me!
I am a mom of four beautiful daughters, and three wonderful children by marriage. I am a wife to the best man on earth. I am a daughter and a sister in a wonderful family. I am very curious and like everyone, have had several challenges in my more recent years. Those challenges have given me a gift. That gift is accepting my mortality, being comfortable with it, then living each and every day to the fullest. Every single day I look for a hidden blessing. Every single night before I fall asleep I am grateful. I have always had a wild infatuation with Mt Everest. As a young teen, I would imagine myself in the Himalayas climbing with the Sherpa- and narrowly escaping nature's wrath. Then I wanted to sail around the world, just myself and my dog. Visiting far away places and making friends at each port. Never did I fear disaster. And I never thought I couldn't do it. Well, reality eventually set in and those adventures became childhood fantasies. I got married, had four wonderful children, ran 25 K races to get my adrenaline going and was happy in my space. Fast forward many years........after my second battle with cancer I started reassessing my goals and dreams. Why can't I go to Mt. Everest? I don't have to climb to the top- base camp would be just fine! I would still be challenged. But most importantly, I would be exactly where all climbers start their assent. Maybe George Mallory walked where I will be walking? Maybe Sherpa Tensing, also known as Tensing Norway, slept where my tent will be staked at Base Camp...... So.....here I go! |