User:Lipstickcloud

Hi all,

I am a mom of four kids, a boy and three girls~ my son is 10, and my daughters are 8, 5, and 2. I have been happily married almost 10 years. My son has Autism and my oldest daughter had developmental receptive speech delays, and my husband and I have had a good amount of experience learning about developmental disabilities, navigating early intervention, early childhood education, and special education in the public schools. I also have some knowledge through a combination of research and experience with high risk pregnancies, ulcerative colitis, anemia, and varying degrees and types of mental illness and substance abuse and addiction.

I love animals, especially cats. I love music, especially alternative and new wave from the 80's, most rock from the 80's and 90's, as well as R&B and old school hip hop and some rap. I studied fitness and health for two years in college, I love swimming and diving, dancing and gymnastics. I took swimming, ballet, tap, and jazz dancing classes as well as gymnastics for most of my childhood, so I am an expert by no means but enjoyed all of these a lot. I was classically trained in choral singing as a teenager, and sang in both school choirs and performing choral groups. I have amatuer interests in many things and professional training in very little, other than being a barista and managing a Starbucks coffee bar. Right now my full time profession is being a mom and I know more about that than anything else, and I love it more than anything else.

Wikipedia is amazing, I look up both common and obscure things on here and I am always amazed by the amount of information people have and share on such a variety of topics!