I am…

I am a lot of things. I am a lot of very wonderful and amazing things.

I am a mother. I have a little boy. He is the single most amazing thing in my life. If there is one thing that my husband and I completely agree on, it is how amazing that little boy is. He is my angel. In my younger years, I never thought that I wanted to have kids. That was something that kicked in when that “biological clock” started ticking. Even then, I expected that I would easily be able to transition in the world of working moms. I was wrong. I thought that I would be the type of mom who could leave her kids at home with her husband while pursuing my career. Nope. After my son was born, my “career” became an insignificant blip on the radar. All I wanted (and still want) to do is spend every waking minute with that little boy. He is my heart. He is my joy. I didn’t know I was capable of this kind of love.

I am a wife. I have been with my husband since my first semester in law school, and we were married during the first semester of my last year of law school (4 days before our 2 year anniversary). We havea  rather interesting relationship. Ask yourself, “what do you get when you pair two stubborn, sarcastic, odd, intelligent, crass and independent people together is a small living space?” You get one interesting relationship. It’s hard to explain really. You’d have to see the interaction to know what I’m talking about. We definitely have our issues. Two hardheaded people always will. We are the type of people that will adamantly disagree with each other just to be the one who is “in the right.” That and we routinely (and jokingly) threaten each other with violence. There has never been, is not now, and never will be any violence in our home. It just makes us chuckle when our imaginations get a little stabby. One thing we always agree one, we sure did create one adorable little child.

I am an attorney. I am a prosecutting attorrney for one of Florida’s State Attorney’s Office’s. I began there is May 2008. I started out prosecuting Juvenile offenders. That was interesting. The plus side to that was I was able to immediately start prosecuting felony cases as well as the misdemeanor cases. I learned so much in a short priod of time. One thing that I did learn right away is that I love my job. Of course there are aspects of it that, quite frankly, suck. However, I found that when I actually got to engage in some lawyering, I loved it. I was home. I was good at it too. After 14 months in Juvenile I was moved to Misdemeanor. The plus side, adult defendants with real punishments. The downside, while I haven’t experienced it yet, I hear it gets monotonous. We’ll see.

I am a rockstar. Well not really. But I am in my head. In my car with the windows rolled up, I am definitely a rockstar. When I am making dinner, I am a rockstar.

I am a musician. I played flute an piccolo in junior high and high school. I taught myself how to play the piano. I tried to teach myself how to play the guitar. I taught myself how to sing. Music is a part of my being. Without it, I might shrivel up and become unendurable to be around. Music affects my soul. There are songs that when I listen to them, I feel them. In my chest, I feel them. It’s an amazing feeling. I highly recommend you find something that makes you feel that way.

I am beautiful. As with most women, it took me quite a while to come to that realization. I am beautiful on the outside. I am even more beautiful on the inside. I believe that.