Kara Melissa
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | stay-at-home mom |
| Location | Toronto, Canada |
| Introduction | I'm an American expat currently living in Canada. Back in North America after ten years living overseas.. I have a son born May 6, 2008 and a wonderful husband whose job brought us out here. I have taught internationally for the past eight years and am now lucky enough to be a stay-at-home mom. |
| Interests | My son. And I still love trees, people, places, discovering new things, taking chances, being in love, the journey, activism, taking photographs...and I can sew again! |
| Favorite movies | Garden State, Dead Poets Society, Magnolia, The Hours, Frida, Bram Stroker's Dracula, Dancer in the Dark, Talk to Her, Big Fish, Vanilla Sky, Cold Mountain, Moulin Rouge, The Constant Gardener, movies I can watch more than once, depends on my mood and if I want to cry or not. It's been a while since I've seen a recent movie. |
| Favorite music | Sufjan Stevens, Sigur Ros, Iron and Wine, Regina Spektor, Tori Amos, Mazzy Star, Bjork, Morcheeba, Sinead O'Connor, The Decemberists, Death Cab for Cutie, The Avett Brothers, Massive Attack, Cat Power, Calexico, Wilco, Radiohead, Mixes from Darryl, The Shins, DJ Shadow, CPI, Orenda Fink, Sia, Andrew Bird, Explosions in the Sky, My Brightest Diamond, Ben Harper |
| Favorite books | authors: Alice Walker, Joyce Carol Oates, Julia Alvarez, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Toni Morrison, Barbara Kingsolver, Margaret Atwood, Edwidge Dandicat, Milan Kundera, Ben Okri, C.S. Lewis, oh the list continues |
When you hesitate before hitting snooze on your alarm clock, are you being lazy?
my son is my alarm clock and my job starts when he wakes. gone are the days of snooze.