Shall I properly introduce myself?
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I posted this on a group today and thought it might be a nice filler here:

I'm mama to three little boys (Taylor 8, Alex 5 and Jack 2). They'll all have birthdays in a few months and yes, I cry when my dh mentions how soon my oldest will be driving. 8 years from now is traumatic for me!

I live 1.5 hrs North of NYC and when I am in the country, I long for the city and vice versa. My hubster is wonderful and is my second. I was divorced a few years ago from someone I'd known my entire life and had foolishly married before I knew he would grow up. He didn't. I had to do it over to get it right I guess.

My EMT certification has sadly ended in March, and I always dreamt of going back to become a Paramedic "for fun". I know! I am sadistic. But when the air settles around here, I will recertify to volunteer. I tried various things in health care and it wasn't for me, so I moved on.

I was a rape crisis counselor, a mediator and an EMS Youth Corps Director. I built programs for disadvantaged kids, built and coordinated a countywide program for schools and emergency service corps, worked from 7am to 9pm and never saw my own kids.

I hope to go back to school to get my psych degrees someday, since I had started that years ago, but decided to pause and raise my kids first. I was saving the world, but not my own family. (What mommy? I have a mommy?! What does she look like?)

I never wanted to stay home for over a year after my first two were born, but with maturity and the advent of work at home mommies I realized my calling was to be at home so I could properly torture my children. Seeing them for 2 hours a day or less isn't nearly enough time to mess with their heads properly!

I am currently a freelance writer and business owner. I started in 2002 as a personal coach and expanded from there to reach more parents and families on a larger scale. The Busy Family Network www.busyfamilynetwork.com began with my purchase of www.busyparentsonline.com and grew over the past year to include the new www.naturalfamilyonline.com, www.busyhomeschool.com, www.busyparentsuniversity.com, and the soon to come, www.busypets.com.

I write for my own websites as well as regional parenting publications like Hudson Valley Parent and Capital District Parent, Westchester Parent and even a spot in the Big Apple Parent. I also started recently writing for www.internetbasedmoms.com. Someday I suppose I should try for bigger print pubs! I do hope to write a book or three someday and I have a 99% accepted anthology with a small publisher. I just need to do some hoop jumping for the final acceptance. My hope is to write a chic lit novel though. I love the stuff!

Oh, I also sell Mary Kay (just started in January) and Gabby Goodies (started in March?) because I am addicted.


- posted by Ginxy @ 4/17/2004 07:38:00 AM