marylea

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Occupation Nurse Practitioner
Location Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Introduction I'm a wife, a mother of grown children, and work full time as a nurse practitioner with cancer patients. My work is gratifying often, and difficult and sad sometimes, too. I'm average and extraordinary, just as you are. I've experienced profound failures, significant disappointments, had a few successes, and been the recipient of a lot of mercy. I try to keep perspective on what's important in life, and not get too upset about the rest. My Catholic faith is important to me, and while I'm no theologian, it's my intention that my faith inform my outlook and values, and inspire personal virtue. I love that God desires to reveal himself to us. I love the small hints, the little bread crumbs, the multiple clues, and the pieces of the puzzle that dot the created world and point to the hand of the Creator. I love that He uses beauty, art, science, all his creatures and the invisible realm of our heart and emotions to communicate His goodness to us. And I love that the fullness of his love can be seen in the sacrifice of his son, Jesus, which makes me free.
Interests Family, photography, gardening, Catholicism, Christianity, dogs, Jack Russell Terriers, animals, cultures, knitting, medicine, cancertreatment, palliativecare, computers, technical gadgets
Favorite Movies Truly Madly Deeply, A Man for All Seasons, The American President, Heat, Usual Suspects, Up, Casablanca, Philadelphia Story, In the Line of Fire, Jane Eyre, Sense and Sensibility, Little Women, Best in Show, The Pianist, Forget Paris, The Imposters, Awakenings, Nottinghill, This is My Father, Roxanne, Uncle Buck, Parenthood, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and family favorite: Ace Ventura.
Favorite Music Pretty eclectic tastes including:, Celtic, blues, folk, certain types of Christian music, classical, country, American standards, Broadway musicals, Gregorian chants.
Favorite Books Poetry of Pablo Neruda, Billy Collins, Czeslaw Milosz, Thomas Lynch, and historical biographies. Authors: David McCullough, George Weigel, Maya Angelou, Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

If your whole body were a hot air balloon, would you stop eating spicy food?

What, and loose altitude???!!