***** I have hopes of sharing respect, loyalty and integrity.

***** I hope to be what is meant to be -- to be able to give to another as they give to me -- fully with confidence and trust to totally receive each other joyfully and gratefully -- to be a blessing to another that grows in meaning year by year, and forever.

***** I believe that at the heart of intense happiness, we find love of good things -- above all -- God -- and man's inner-self being the greatest virtue -- above all of the materialistic possessions or $$$.

***** I believe there's a book about love that is what the Author is all about = Bible = Gospel.

***** It is written that since the beginning of time, love has been the source of the highest bliss + the greatest burdens. It is also written that a heart with misery, from the days of Adam until today, are from our search and love for the wrong things. I believe as we continue to learn and grow in wisdom, we find the love of what brings happiness.

***** I believe in values of integrity in word=truth, exercising faith + hope during good or troubled times, the power of believing, faith, miracles, and the greatest gift to give or receive is time, a well known quote -- LOVE spelled T.I.M.E.

I enjoy cooking, restaurant, creating, teaching, writing, music, singers, choirs, concerts, festivals, laughter, informal or formal, planned or spontaneous, learning, exploring, new adventures, art, photography, historical sites, cultures, all creatures God great and small + sharing memories, and quite times alone or together.

I have passion about the little things matter most to me = My favorite color in rainbows and October leaves + My favorite scents in flowers in spring, rain drops in summer, crisp air in fall, pine trees in winter + My favorite sounds are babbling brooks, rivers, waterfalls, breeze in trees, and thunderstorms.

I love God's grace of giving us new beginnings every day, with our landscapes, 4 leaf clovers, mountains, valleys, canyons, rocks, pebbles, lakes, forests, plains, blue skies, cloud shaping, sunrise, sunsets, the man in the moon, falling stars and our gifts of tender mercies some call miracles.