Family

I was born the oldest of two children to a young couple who had their share of life’s challenges to navigate. The gifts of my birth family included a rather large extended family which provided a boisterous sense of belonging during my early life. My nuclear family gave me lessons on sacrifice and resilience. It has been within the context of the family that I have created with my husband that I have come to most fully appreciate the challenges that my parents faced, the complexities of relationships and most importantly the power that is found when we allow ourselves to love.