Introducing myself and my journal: Becoming Woman

About Me:
I was raised to respect my elders, not talk back, listen to my parents wishes and obey. My mother raised me this way because her mother raised her that way and so did her mother before her. It seems that as I got older I realized that I did not have a voice. The voice that was coming through my parted lips was that of my mother, her mother and so on. I wasn't raised to have an opinion. I was suddenly in a dilemma. Did I actually posses an opinion, individual thought or was I a sheep walking through life following the back end of some other drone raised to do the same thing?

As I got older I realized that I did have SOME opinions. Being a rape survivor I was adamant about a womans right to choose, I knew there was a God and I knew that I looked at the world differently than my mother. It has taken me several years to add to this list and to accept that it is OK for me to value my own thoughts and ideas. I think I value others opinions more now as well. I like to take in all forms of others truths without judgment or agenda. I respect that we all have individual life experiences therefore different views on what this life is about. I celebrate those differences and applaud life experience.

I always say that my 20's were my learning decade, my 30's were when I put those lessons into practice and my 40's are a time when I can relax into all of the hard work I did in my 20's and 30's. I will always be on a path to better myself and I look forward to the journey.

My Passions:
Riding horses, photography, my husband, painting

My Challenges:
My health (Lupus)

My Vision for the Future:
I want a child

My Areas of Expertise:
Motion picture development