{via jessica lorren}
{participating, albeit a few days behind, in Jenni’s blog every day in may challenge}
I was born in the early hours of the 17th of december in 1983, with eyes always a little too big for my head. The third of my parents four children. My mom’s “easiest” child; as I took right to sucking my thumb, listening to brahms lullaby while being mesmerized by my mobile. My father played major league baseball, which meant we traveled a lot. We landed in Bradenton, FL where the Pirate’s spring trained. At the end of his baseball career, he took a job playing in Italy. We lived just outside of Milan. I was a curious, shy, and smiley kid. I went to the same private Christian school (off and on due to baseball) from kindergarten – high school. I’ve always had a few close friends, and many acquaintances. I am an INFJ. I have always been sensitive; to others, to food, to surroundings, to words…in most every way, I am sensitive. After high school graduation, I went to Flagler College. Upon graduating I taught high school. I held hands with a boy who i had always considered just a friend, and lightning struck. I fell in love. And then I fell ill. I had open heart surgery and a thoracotomy, as well as months of IV daily antibiotics. I took my GRE, and went to graduate school that fall. I worked in non invasive cardiology, and taught undergrad classes. I got engaged after my first year of graduate school. I got married after a six month engagement on a windy day in January. We moved to Switzerland that spring. After 8 months abroad, we came back and I finished my masters. I taught at an edible schoolyard as my practicum. We went back to Switzerland. We had many adventures abroad. We moved home to Florida and began being “real humans”. My dreams changed, and I started my own business. I had a miscarriage last spring, and the following month discovered I was pregnant with Tuck. We welcomed our first born in January of this year.
And he has been our greatest adventure and biggest blessing yet.
