About me and you

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A friend remarked that I post things of a certain 'nature' and from that I took it to mean I should probably post something fun once in awhile. This is my attempt at that. Let's tell each other about ourselves. Not the run of the mill things like what we like or where we live, but things like why we are they way we are. Have you ever had a preconceived impression of friends on here that turned out to be wrong. Like the always embarrassing calling someone a she and they turn out to be a he behind their icon/avatar? Hopefully this will change our preconceived notions of one another. Me first: I haven't always been a conservative. I was raised by a mother who adored JFK and was a staunce Democrat. The first vote I ever cast was for Jimmy Carter!!! Please do not hold it against me. I have not always been a Christian either, I was baptized a Catholic, but my extended family included a cousin who chose to be a Hindu, a bunch of Calvinist protestants, a smattering of atheists, agnostics and just plain reprobates from a bother who was a made man in chicago to a brother who chose the gizzly adams lifestyle in Missouri to a brother who is a prof at Mass. State. I chose to study all the possibilities in religious thought, and as any good flower child of the sixties, I chose an earth based religion and set off to become a witch. A green witch mind you. But that didn't mean I wasn't really interested in the occult for awhile, until one of my spells appeared to cause someone to get mono, then I decided I didn't have the heart for the dark side and limited my spells to mundane things, like sunshine on a cloudy day... I considered myself a witch up until I was almost 30. Why did I stop considering myself a witch, I met the guy who COULD really make the sun shine on a rainy day. lol I was a young mother, owing to my rebellious nature, married and a mother at 17. I passed on a decent scholarship with that bad decision. I am an artist, have sold some paintings, written some poetry that got published in an anthology. I homeschooled my children,not for religious reasons so much as for political reasons. I had seen the difference between parochial school and public school, and wanted to keep my children from the chaos. I did some protesting in High School along with my interest in Wicca and biology. Not against the war, but against a country that spit on its soldiers when they returned and court martialed them for following orders. I guess I've always been a conservative at heart. My older sister led me to the Lord Jesus with her tender care of me and my children. I realized that I'd always believed in a loving God who forgave us if we repented. She taught me about His Holiness and His mercy. It took years to actually begin to live as a forgiven person, the shame I felt over being abused by a step father kept me angry inside for a long time. but the seed had been planted and eventually it grew into the strong faith I have today. When I was a child and had moved from Chicago to the Ozarks of Missouri, I saw a lot of things that fascinated me, it was the sixties and some folks here lived as if it was the 1800s. No electricity, no running water, wood heat and cook stoves. I learned a lot. I saw prejudice and hated it, I saw hard work ethic and loved it. I loved the woods and I would often disappear into them for the day to get off by myself. Missouri is my home now, the rivers and woods still becon to me. I have always been sort of a loner. Teen years back in the city and I've told you how that went. Five kids, four of them boys born within the first five years I was married. (I tried not to let it happen, but it did)that is when I formed my thoughts on abortion, I just couldn't imagine deliberately hurting one of my babies, even though I cried when I realized I was pregnant 'again' each time. lol My rebelliousness got me married to a heavy drinker and pot smoker, and yes, I've smoked some in my day. Did not care for the weird things floating around in my head so when the babies started coming I stopped, he didn't. We fought, he hit, I threw things. He hit some more. I developed a bit of a drinking problem after my divorce, had to get help to stop. Not good for the kids so I set out to get an education, finally. Wanted to be a nurse, couldn't manage with five kids and no money so I settled for the peripheral of nursing, but I eventually worked my way up and was a medication tech for years. Learning all about the medications and what the side effects were, I decided to learn more about herbal and natural medicine. My huge interest is naturopathy, but once again, can't afford to study it offically. So I have this huge library I read and re read. lol Maybe that is the ol green witch coming back out, wise women who tended the ills of the community and cared for those who were weak and infirm. I've always been a caretaker. It is who I am. That is the skelton of who I am and why. Now, don't just answer a short reply and call it done. Do some serious digging and tell us what is comfortable to tell... I hope I have not caused you to dislike me or loose respect....I promise to be as understanding of any of the revelations spoken here.