About me

Gender	Female
Occupation	Mom 24-7
Location	PA, United States
Introduction	Married my best friend, Jermaine, in 2004. He is the most wonderful dad and partner. Had my first son, Tatum, in June 2006 and my second son, Keegan, in March 2009. We try our best to live in wellness and teach this to our children through example. We are huge advocates of healthy eating (whole, organic, and local as much as possible), attachment parenting, breastfeeding, homebirthing, midwives, babywearing, natural family living, free thinking, chiropractic care, simple living, and probably more I'll share about. We craft, we read, we cook, we play, and we always have fun. My house is never really straightened up, but life is good.
Interests	Want to know what NATURAL FAMILY LIVING IS? http://www.mothering.com/guest_editors/quiet_place/130.html "The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new." ~Rajneesh" "Baby has three needs. Nourishment of mother's milk, the warmth of her arms and the security of her presence." ~ LLL “Whenever you have truth it must be given with love, or the message and the messenger will be rejected” -Mahatma Gandhi
Favorite music	Mostly reggae such as Tanya Stephens, Bob Marley, Sean Paul, and R&B such as Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, John Legend, Maxwell, D'Angelo, Anthony Hamilton, India Arie, Rihanna, Mos Def, Common, and my cousin Michael Annotti
Favorite books	Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. Active Birth, Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. Dreams from my Father, Spiritual Midwifery, and Ina May's Guide to Childbirth, Anything by Harlan Coban, A Bondwoman's Narrative by Hannah Crafts, Edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., The Lovely BonesBones BonesBones, Stolen Lives, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth, The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth, In Defense of Food, The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, oh and of course, MOTHERING MAGAZINE which sums up everything I believe in regarding pregnancy, birth, and anything having to d o with caring for babies and raising children healthier in every way. It's the only parenting magazine out there with NO hidden agenda, no pharmaceutical ads, and no insensitive parenting advice. Mothering magazine rocks! Every mother or soon to be mother should at least subscribe.