I like to read informative books, biographies, fiction: Dean Koontz, John Hart, Mauve Binchey, MC Beaton, Ted Dekker, Jean Auel, Philippa Gregory, Poetry, true stories of people rising up beyond difficulties. I am a spiritual person. My favorite things to do to chill out are to listen to music or to just be in nature and be quiet and listen to the sounds around me. I like to sketch. I am an artist: acrylics, some watercolors, mixed media. Helping others is the way I have often helped myself. I once went to another country to "help others." Only it was a humbling experience. It was I who needed the help, and I who was "taught." My heart is so big now, but there isn't enough of a lifetime.