Galen
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Occupational therapist |
| Location | MO, United States |
| Introduction | I worked as a pediatric occupational therapist for 30 years, in both the public schools and in the home health setting. I was on long-term disability for 2 years, but it ran out. I'm hoping to open a new type of practice within the year. I'm a single adoptive mom of 10 children (all now adults) with special needs, including cerebral palsy, spina bifida, dwarfism, developmental delay, traumatic brain injury, and schizophrenia. I am also a dog lover, heart attack survivor, proud Boomer, occasional poet, progressive Democrat, and a pretty nice person. |
| Interests | Dogs, gardening, writing, exploring state parks, Russian language, Obama, schizophrenia, adoption, liberal politics, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, occupational therapy, retiring overseas, mountains, rivers, coonhounds, cohousing |
| Favorite movies | Father of the Bride, The Thief (Вор), East-West, Awakenings, Les Miserables, The Killing Fields, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Regarding Henry, Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times, The Sum of Us, A Beautiful Mind, Shawshank Redemption |
| Favorite music | Don Henley, Travelling Wilburys, Pete Seeger, Cyndi Lauper, Willie Nelson, zydeco, Wayne Toups, Lyube, Belyi Orel, Tatiana Bulanova, Golubyi Berety, Oldies |
| Favorite books | To Kill a Mockingbird, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Adam Bede, Far From the Madding Crowd, My Antonia, Death Comes for the Archbishop, The Chosen, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Facilitating Developmental Attachment, Dreams from my Father, North Towards Home, Cancer Ward |