marylea

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Occupation Nurse Practitioner
Location Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Introduction I'm a wife and a mother. I work more than full time as a nurse practitioner with cancer patients which is gratifying on many levels and sad and frustrating on a few. I love my job as much as I love my time off! 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 maintain a correct perspective on what's important in life, and that requires reflection. My friendly exterior might mislead you to regard me as an extrovert, but I am comfortable with, and require, a considerable amount of time alone. I need that balance. My Catholic faith is very important to me, and while I'm no theologian, I believe my faith informs my outlook and values. That is my intention. In a world that seems more and more drawn to the trivial or the brash, I look for inspiration from the absolute truth that God was, is, and is to come. Knowing Him is my ultimate destiny.
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, Historical biographies, anything by author: David McCullough.

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

What, and loose altitude???!!