I grew up being very active, playing softball, fast-pitch, hiking, canoeing and portaging.Favorite memories were playing powderpuff football! I was a lifeguard and when I graduated high school I weighed 115lbs.I was never skinny, but I was small. I never had a tummy pooch till college, hello beer. I got married at 21 and divorced at 23. I then was a single parent to a child with a life threatening lung disease. We were always prepared to make a quick trip to the Emergency Room. She was in the hospital once a month, 80% of the time ending up in PICU. She was intubated approximately 6 times before she was 13. We then went to the Mayo clinic and after 3 more hospitalizations, she was finally maintained. They are amazing People at Mayo! I basically spent 18 years of being sedentary with irregular sleep patterns, poor diet, truck loads of stress and high levels of adrenaline. When she turned 18, my body kind of did a crash and burn. I am ready to start the fight again. If I can be referred to as a "Mama Bear" for my daughter then I can fight that hard for MY health and life too. I will always be there for my daughter who still has some serious health issues, but now it's Mama's time!
I am an optimistic person and will cheer others on, I also have a bit of a sarcastic nature, but am not mean.I love intelligent humor,hate arguing and I am a Steelers fan and really admire Hines Ward,his work ethic and perserverence. His charity deals with helping kids be positive about who they are, where they come from and where they are going!