About Me

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Mother. Daughter. Sister. Aunt. Animal lover / owner. Caregiver. Foundation owner. Music lover. Tattoos. Piercings. 30 year old living and loving life the way she should. Fueled by passion. Country girl with a splash of rock ‘n’ roll.

I’m a 31 year old, young woman. I was born and raised in Iowa and I’m very proud of that. There may have been times when I didn’t want to be here, but I’m glad I was raised here. I have lived in other places, including Hollywood, California, and I always come back home to Iowa!

I’m opinionated and deep. I can actually hold an intellegent conversation with people and pull my weight in it. I have my own opinions and I know how to express them in ways that gets the point across but don’t hurt other people’s feelings or offend others. I can talk about any topic without getting embarassed, upset, or anything else. Nothing phases me … its a plus of growing up in the midwest!

I am a well-rounded person. People aren’t always given the privilage of getting to know who I really am because I don’t trust people well. When I trust you, it usually happens right away and I start to show the real me. I’m a good person – I don’t lie, I don’t cheat, I go after my dreams and goals, and I don’t let anyone get in my way or try to stop me. I’m nice to everyone unless they give me a reason to not be nice to them. I treat everyone with the love and respect that I expect them to show me.

I am independant and I don’t let anyone take care of me. Yes, I have an amazing boyfriend who loves to take care of me, however, I don’t let him. Yes, he does take me out on dates once in a while, but that’s all part of keeping our relationship and our love alive and in bloom. He doesn’t take care of me. He doesn’t pay my bills. We live together, we have a family together, we are building a house together, we have lived together for over three years now.. but he doesn’t take care of me.

I don’t smoke, I don’t do drugs, and I dont run around and hook up with random people. I do not condone people that do those things, in fact some of my best friends have done this in the past … however, it’s a personal choice. My personal choice is that I chose not to do those things, I’m very concious of what goes into my body, in more than one way (haha, the only joke of this section!). I hope that people can respect the fact that I don’t do it, and I don’t really like being around it. I can handle being around it as long as no one tries to force me into doing things … the friends I have now are the BEST in the world.

I do drink, and I do go out to clubs once in a while, but when I do it is mainly to dance and spend time with people. I don’t go out very often. In fact, the last time I went out since writing this blog.. it has been about 2 months since I was last out at the bars.

I am very family and friend oriented. I would do anything and everything I could or had to do for any one of them. I hope they all know that I’m always there if they need me!

I run a non-profit anti-bullying photo campaign which is focused on empowering individuals to create and embrace their own labels rather than be held down by what society says or thinks they are/should be. I was bullied in high school pretty badly for being the “fat” girl.. so for my own campaign photo I chose the label ‘Size 10′ because that is what size I actually am. It was my way of shooting it back at the people that once bullied me and allowed me to show them that they really had no affect on me except to make me an even better person who truly loves and accepts herself. It took me a lot of years after high school to learn how to truly love and accept myself for who / what I am, but once I did learn that, no one could touch me again. It doesn’t matter to me what people say and/or think about me because the only ones who truly matter are the ones that would never hurt me anyway. Everyone else’s opinions don’t mean anything. I heard a quote on a TV show once that really hit home with me because of the way I was bullied in high school (yes I have been bullied as an adult also, but it was way worse when I was in high school). The quote was ‘the real world doesn’t care who you were in high school”. It is so true! You can be the most popular, the most “beautiful”, etc.person in high school, and once you leave there, you are something totally different. No one outside of your high school cares who you were in there. Once you leave, you get to make a new exsistance for yourself. You get to start over – wipe the slate clean.

That is my mission with my campaign – to let people know that it is ok to be different. We just need to love and accept everyone for their differences. Something I always preach to my children is just be NICE!! It doesn’t matter if someone is different than you, that doesn’t make them a bad person. Just be nice. You don’t have to be friends with everyone, but be respectful and NICE! Yes, there are always going to be people that you don’t get along with..there are people in this world that I don’t care so much for also, but that doesn’t mean that I am mean to them. If they are not nice to me, than they are the ones that have to live with that, not me. The way someone treats you is not a reflection of YOU, it is a reflection of how they really are.

Favorite Quotations

“IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING, I STILL BELIEVE PEOPLE ARE REALLY GOOD AT HEART” – ANNE FRANK”No one can hurt you without your permission. Love those who love you and forget the ones who forget you!” – Paul Stanley

“I’m a God, but a humble one!” – Paul Stanley

“Anyone can catch your eye, but it takes someone special to catch your heart”

“In life … all there is is risk. If you don’t jump into life you’re going to miss out on all the good things” – Paul Stanley

“To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are”

” When you start fooling around with drugs, you’re hurting your creativity, you’re hurting your health. Drugs are death, in one form or another. If they don’t kill you, they kill your soul. And if your soul’s dead, you’ve got nothing to offer anyway. You can keep the drugs, just give me the sex and the rock ‘n’ roll. ” – Paul Stanley