maureen
My blogs
Blogs I follow
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Occupation | mental health counselor |
| Introduction | i am passionate about my family, husband and children,i am passionate about therapy and what it can bring of hope and reconcilation to those who are suffering,i am passionate about the way Jesus Christ bids me live my life, i am passionate about mercy and justice. i am passionate about creating beauty. i am a broken down dancer,retired florist,itinerant youth worker and fairly recently acquired the initials m.a.[for master of arts in counseling psychology] after a dance down the aisle of the chapel at Bastyr University [the degree by the way came from that gem of a school Mars Hill Graduate School] i work with incoming graduate students and will begin a new private practice in september i love the beach and valleys like to look at mountains but not climb them. i dream of traveling to prague and africa i dream of writing a book |
| Interests | i love flowers particularly designing with them, gardens, reading,my two dogs lucy and ralphie, conversation, travel, laughing,art especially van gogh,working with students,being with women who have endured homelessness and violence |
| Favorite movies | the mission,the princess bride,the pianist,pride and prejudice, anne of green gables,lion king,pieces of april, patch adams, |
| Favorite music | motown, vivaldi, bach, beethoven,dixie chicks, gospel,anything that makes me dance |
| Favorite books | any thing henri nouwen wrote, the kite runner and his new one, anything walter brueggeman writes, phil yancey's books, brian mcClaren's stuff, anne lamott [maybe not plan b as much], be not afraid,a shining affliction, the drama of the gifted child,the wise woman, sabbath[wayne muller],space for god,velvet elvis,holy listening, the ministry of nurture, ordinary resurrections, amazing grace,gift from the sea, teaching a stone to talk, dying well |