Welcome to motherhood by terri
About Me
I was born in Casper, Wyoming, and lived the first 9 years of my life in a small oil community called the Gas Plant near Midwest, Wyoming. I have a younger brother and two younger sisters. After I turned nine, we moved to the town of Meeteetse, Wyoming, where I lived until I graduated from high school in 1971. Then I went to college at
I was born in Casper, Wyoming, and lived the first 9 years of my life in a small oil community called the Gas Plant near Midwest, Wyoming. I have a younger brother and two younger sisters. After I turned nine, we moved to the town of Meeteetse, Wyoming, where I lived until I graduated from high school in 1971. Then I went to college at Casper College, where I was finally on my own.
I am loyal and enthusiastic internally--and quiet and reserved on the surface. I focus on learning ideas and have a passion for championing people and causes. I continually seek ways to make a difference. I quietly contemplate life's mysteries to create a better world. I like to energize people through an optimistic outlook. I enjoy children, and they love me.
I spend a lot of time focusing on current events and the internet. I love technology. I am working on getting family pictures scanned and organized into scrapbooks to share with my children for their children to enjoy. I am also interested in genealogy, and my family is on geneology.com. I love children and have all sorts of learning adventures for them. I have done foster care in the past and am currently fostering an 18-year-old son.
.. I love the internet and computers. I like to organize things because I was once a Librarian, and I loved that too. Gardening is fun, and so is making the lawn green. Teaching children and watching them explore is fascinating to me. I have a large collection of toys and learning activities that I have left over from when my kids were young. Then there are all the toys that my grandchildren are presently interested in and those that they have outgrown. I have done daycare for most of my life, and my toy room is large and organized. I am loved by all the kids that come to my house. Of course, I am no neat freak; I love to let the kids explore, get dirty and messy, and have fun. After all, they are only kids once, so let them enjoy life. I love to volunteer for Non-Profit Corporations because it satisfies my need to make the world a better place.
My favorite quote: “Because we do not know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. And yet, everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number, really. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood--an afternoon that is so deeply a part of your being that you can’t even conceive of your life without it. Perhaps four or five times more. Perhaps not even that. How many more times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps 2 times. And yet it all seems so limitless. Bring into focus how precious every moment of your life is. Nothing is trivial.” Brandon Lee 1965-1993 The Crow
My grandparents traveled to the United States and Canada from Sweden to start a new life.
Thus, I proudly fly the Swedish Flag.
They first settled in Casper, Wyoming. When they found out that Canada had land to homestead, they picked up their belongings, drove their Model T to Canwood, Saskatchewan, and settled there. That is where my mom was born.
I believe in diversity and interracial marriages. I was married for 21 years to the father of my 5 children, who was a black man. My children are beautiful young adults. I am very proud of each one of them. I had 3 of my children at home with a midwife attending the birth.
I am a Certified Teacher in the State of Wyoming. However, I do not teach in public schools. I home-schooled my children for 3 years before allowing them to attend Public Schools, which I regret to this day. I allowed them to go to school while I finished my schooling.
I went 20 years with only 6 credits needed to attain an Associate Degree in Science. I wanted to have a Teaching Degree so I could help other mothers who wanted to homeschool.