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Positive, optimistic, wonderfully weird and creative.

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Positive, optimistic, wonderfully weird and creative.

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My maternal Great grandfather was of Scottish decent while my Great grandmother was African American. My paternal Great grandparents were both of Native-American decent "Black foot tribe". My family consists of many ethnic backgrounds. Most of my uncles have blue eyes passed on from my Great grandfather. (My grandmother on the right, and her sisters)

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Most people don't believe that i have been married for 13 years but I have and  I love it. Most want to know why I got married so young, but growing up in the culture I did, I believe that when you fall in love, one should commit and fight to keep it alive. I enjoy being different, dying my hair, and being creative with everything i do or wear.

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I am a very simple person,  I enjoy life, nature and fashion. Most of my days consist of doing crafts, reading or photography. I try to bring out my daughters imagination by giving her crafts to do. My husband says that i have my own fashion and i agree, because i love being weird, normal is so plain. My favorite author so far is Alexandra Hawkins, i enjoy historical romance novels.

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Major holidays celebrated in my home are, New Years, Easter, Valentines Day, 4th of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Being family oriented with the love to cook, holidays are always the best, with the best of food!

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My mother would always read to me and my brother before bed and then sing a song. As a mother I have kept the tradition alive in my home by reading to my daughter and singing her the song my mother sang to me as a young girl.

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Prayer has always been a major tradition in my heritage. Before every meal, when you first woke up, and before bed. I even remember my Grandmother would tell my father to pray before he drove home. Prayer has a way of keeping your faith strong. Getting older, I have come to know prayer to be a way of releasing stress from your day.

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Growing up in the South, in a very small town, food was the element for almost everything and anything. Every Sunday everyone would bring a dish of food to church, because after we always had lunch before the Evening service. Even going to visit a family member or friend I would help my mother make a pie, or rolls to give as a gift. I see food as a gift to feed the soul as well as your tummy. As an adult i have realized why my mother loved her kitchen, cooking helps me relax and enjoy life that much better.

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Family and friends are great elements to have in any situation. My entire maternal family members lived on one small mountain in North Carolina, and my paternal family were only a town away. Holidays and every summer cook-out pulled us that much closer.

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Religion is one the main elements of my culture.   Growing up as daughter to the church's pastor, I found myself following in my father's footsteps, teaching Sunday school, leading Worship services and now being a Stephen Minister as an adult. God's grace is awesome!