Bio

Hometown:	Glendale, Oregon
School:	Life
Employer:	Understand i n g Is Us

Hello my fellow music lovers. I'm living my Golden Years (minus the gold..:D) and am a Cancer. That's important to know if one wishes to know the true me. Many characteristics true to my brother and sister crab are also true to me. I dwell beneath a fine but healthy shell of protection. Peering out upon the world around me. As with the true crab...I can be seen side-stepping or stepping back in life whenever I come upon something or someone I'm unsure of. My steps may be small depending on the threat or lack thereof at any given time.
Growing up I listened to my parents choice in music which ran from Glen Miller & Frank Sinatra to Johnny Cash & Marty Robbins..Then I discovered Buddy Holly & The Crickets, The Ventures, Beach Boys and ultimately The Beatles. Many new rock n' roll bands became mainstays in my day to day celebration of life. The Eagles, The Doobie Bros., along with Carol King, John Denver, Heart,and many, many more. Song and dance was as important to me as eating and breathing each day. I married and had two boys with a man I couldn't imagine ever living without. We ate, we drank, we danced, we were quite merry. We built a lovely home together in Napa Valley, Ca. I even went to work for a time on the bottling line of Robert Mondavi Winery. I found God and life was perfect. Well nearly perfect. I certainly didn't have much to complain about. When our youngest son was 11 yrs. old he died unexpectedly. Anaphylactic shock/then coma & death 5 days later,due to a peanut allergy. My world came crumbling down around me. Within 2 yrs. my 20 yr. marriage had dissolved and I began a self destructive journey with drugs and alcohol. Many yrs. went by each I suspected would surely be the last. They kept coming and going. Finally I determined death would not be the result of losing my family, marriage, home and self respect. Sadly however I never felt the magic of music beyond this point in my life. I never again felt the need to dance in celebration.