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Introduction	I’ve spent the majority of my pre-mommy life painting, traveling, and working in a variety of seemingly unrelated jobs. These included: contact lens technician, flight attendant, bookseller at Golden Braid Books, waitress, or in what seems to have become a career, the teaching of art – specifically to children. I was born in Salt Lake City, spent my elementary years in Arvada, Colorado then returned to my place of birth with frequent sabbaticals to places like Europe, Asia, Nepal, and the east coast. I married the love of my life, talented musician, composer, producer, John Hancock in Florence, Italy in 2002. Then, at what the medical field calls “advanced maternal age” (I won’t say how advanced!) I became a MOM and a student of my daughter, Aria. With this newfound calling, the Catalyst column, Babying the Buddha was born. On May 29, 2008, at an even more “advanced maternal age” I gave birth to my son and new teacher, Azur. In my current incarnation, I am mostly a mommy but occassionally still paint out of my studio in Sugarhouse and teach art at the Salt Lake Art Center

Introduction

I’ve spent the majority of my pre-mommy life painting, traveling, and working in a variety of seemingly unrelated jobs. These included: contact lens technician, flight attendant, bookseller at Golden Braid Books, waitress, or in what seems to have become a career, the teaching of art – specifically to children. I was born in Salt Lake City, spent my elementary years in Arvada, Colorado then returned to my place of birth with frequent sabbaticals to places like Europe, Asia, Nepal, and the east coast. I married the love of my life, talented musician, composer, producer, John Hancock in Florence, Italy in 2002. Then, at what the medical field calls “advanced maternal age” (I won’t say how advanced!) I became a MOM and a student of my daughter, Aria. With this newfound calling, the Catalyst column, Babying the Buddha was born. On May 29, 2008, at an even more “advanced maternal age” I gave birth to my son and new teacher, Azur. In my current incarnation, I am mostly a mommy but occassionally still paint out of my studio in Sugarhouse and teach art at the Salt Lake Art Center