About

On the day that I turned 29 years old I decided that my motto for that next year would be "I REALLY LIVED!" I set out on a journey to live life to the fullest and become more of the woman I know I am meant to be. It has been a fantastic journey and one that will continue for the rest of my life. This book contains my story, along with stories from many people that have inspired me in my life. It is about how all of us have had moments in our lives when we have really lived!


"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbors children. I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden. I want to be there