As a 7th generation native of Onslow County, I guess you could say I’m Southern born and Southern bred. Growing up on a family farm in the community of Bear Creek, my parents instilled values of family ties, hard work, and love of home. Living on the coast afforded many hours of enjoying life on the water. Locals have salt water flowing through their veins which makes it very difficult to stay away. Therefore, after graduating from North Carolina State University with a degree in Business Management, I came back home to be near family and the coast. I married my high school sweetheart and we settled into life. After the birth of our son in 1989, I closed a small business to become a mom. Having a child completely changed my view of life. Forever more, it became my goal to help him become the best person he could be. As the time for him to enter Kindergarten drew closer, we made the choice to home school. In 1997, our second blessing arrived and she completed our family. Being a mother has been the most rewarding, difficult, and awe-inspiring job I have ever had. For the past 21 years I have watched these two precious souls grow into people that I am so very proud of and am so honored to be a part of their lives. My son is now a senior at North Carolina State University double majoring in Marketing and Economics with plans of attending law school after graduation. My daughter will be entering ninth grade in the fall and is an aspiring ballerina. She has been dancing for eleven years and has performed in many local productions with Swansboro Dance Studio and with Carolina Ballet of Raleigh. My life is extremes; both simple and chaotic. At times it’s as simple as sitting on my dock with an iced cold glass of sweet tea and watching the sun set over the river. Other times it’s a chaotic rush of packing 30 hours of activities into a 24 hour day. I wouldn’t change a thing. My life….a great husband, two precious children, the love of family and friends, sunsets over the creek. I am truly blessed.
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Well, it’s mid February and I have been reassessing my New Year’s resolutions. As with most women in America, eating better, losing weight, and exercising more were on the top of my list. I started out with a boom and …
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As a home school mom, I am continually thinking forward to the next school year and planning the courses and curriculum necessary to meet those requirements. I basically have my daughter’s next three years of high school planned.
However, you know …
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Once upon a time was the beginning to most story books that I read to my daughter when she was very young. I haven’t read her one of these kinds of stories or watched these animated videos in a very …
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As you have recently read, my daughter will be going to Austin, Texas this summer for four weeks for the ABT Summer Intensive. It goes without saying that this camp is a bit expensive so we are exploring many different …
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Check out part 1 and part 2 of this exciting 3 part series about my daughter’s experience with ballet auditions.
It was almost too much to comprehend. But, we had to move on because the very next day, she …
