My Backstory

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Chicago, IL, United States
My Backstory: Michigan native / MSU Alum Class of 1999 (Go Spartans!) / JET Programme Alum (3 yrs teaching English in Japan) / Current Employer-Position: Allstate-Recruiter / Karaoke Queen / Fan of: camping, hiking, music, reading, kayaking, outdoor concerts and festivals, ethnic food, long bike rides, friendly gatherings, football and hockey seasons (my teams: Spartans, Red Wings, Steelers & Bears)

Words of Wisdom


  • Confucious:
To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.

  • Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh:
A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

  • Diane Arbus:

My favorite thing is to go where I've never been.

  • Anne Sullivan:

No matter what happens, keep on beginning and failing.  Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you find that you have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you will be glad to remember.

  • Janis Joplin:

Don't compromise yourself.  You are all you've got.

  • Eleanor Roosevelt:

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

  • Henry David Thoreau:

Our truest life is when we are in our dreams awake.

  • Denis Waitley:

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed.  Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.