Michelle


    At my very core, I am a mom.  It has been what I have always wanted since I was a child and throughout life.  I grew up in Utah and focused on cello, choir, friends and joined every club that time would allow.  I am outgoing and very social.  I sometimes warn my new friends that I'm 'aggressively friendly.'  I love talking to people and getting to know their life stories.  I went to various colleges in Utah and took breaks in my educational journey to teach English in China, Nanny for families in Utah, New Jersey, and Virginia, and serve a mission in Chicago (Spanish).  I've taught cello lessons on and off since I was 16.  Now I teach in my home Cello, violin, and piano.  I went to college to study Music education then switched over to Deaf Culture.  I eventually graduated with a degree in Interdisciplinary studies (Which is what happens when you have a million credits in many different subjects that do not correlate whatsoever).  I also got a license for Real Estate but ultimately decided it took too much time away from my family to have that as a career. So now I just do real estate for close family and friends when they need my help. 
    When I was younger, I have always taken positions where I was caring for others or for children.  I found that caring for individuals with special needs was the most fulfilling.  It's probably no coincidence that I spent years caring for children with Autism then having a child with Autism.  It's like I was prepared for the moment of being a mother by a higher being.  If there is one thing I could talk endlessly about, it's Autism!  I'm the kind of person where if a challenge is presented, I research it with a passion.  
    Other than being a mother, I love to look at houses (selling, buying, parade of homes, interior decorating, etc.), play music, sing, plan parties, being social, and being with my family.  On the odd night, I'll take up a sewing project or a home improvement.  I love having a project.  One summer, we bought a beater RV and renovated it.  Then after having one night camping, all of us stuffed in a tiny camper, we sold it.  I like to say it was because we could make a profit from it, which we did.  But really, I just didn't enjoy begging my children to go to sleep at one in the morning.  I know camping is exciting....but Roger, me and Madi on one queen size 'bed'....I won't be doing that for a while.  Maybe when Madi can be trusted to stay in the bed we put her in and not sneak into her sibling/s beds....over and over and over.  ....I'm so glad we didn't bring the dog.  

    

 

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