I have been tagged by Jen Wagner. I do not know how this game of tag got started but it seems I’m it. I spent the last few hours reading what many others have posted about themselves when they were tagged. Some people have lead some pretty interesting lives. All in all I think it has been a good experience it led me to new blogs and I know more about the bloggers I read. So what can I share with you.

1. Faith:  Like Cool Cat Teacher, Vicki Davis, I must share that my faith is very important to me and helps guide me in my daily life. It gives me strength and hope and I believe a sense of perspective. I also find it helps me see the best in others and focus on their potential as I remind myself that we are all God’s children and that “God doesn’t make no junk” (I think that use to be on a poster in my old Sunday school).

2. Family- I grew up in a strong family where everyone attended every soccer game or color guard performance; I was a rifle in the HS band, my sisters were sabers. That looks odd but that is how we said it. I met my husband in Ghana where we were both Peace Corps volunteers. I fell in love and knew I wanted to marry him in about 3 days. We were married two years later back in the states. We needed to make sure it wasn’t just jungle love, we are now in our 20th year of marriage. We have a 13 year old daughter who was born in Amman, Jordan but thinks of herself as a misplaced Asian. She wishes she lived in Japan, she has been teaching herself Japanese for the last few years, she ice skates, and draws Manga. Our son was born 10 years ago in Seoul, Korea. He is all boy, loves sports (swimming and running), playing World of War Craft and annoying his parents. My husband, Bill, teaches IB chemistry and other science classes at Sturgis Charter School. He also is a shell fisherman on the side raising and collecting clams and oysters. He too loves World of War Craft.

3. Food: I love to eat. I love food from all cultures. My daughter and I will look up recipes, then cook up a meal none of us have eaten before. Sometimes living out here in Cape Cod makes it hard to find certain ingredients. But when we go to Boston or NJ (to visit family) we pick up some good unique foods.

4. Traveling: Bill and I spent 10 years living and teaching overseas (Ghana, Jordan, Korea, Saudi Arabia). We spent a lot of time exploring different cultures and environments. I am just starting to scan in pictures and upload them to flickr. We hope we have gained a bit of global perspective and hope to pass that on to our kids. We have not traveled as much as we use to (my daughter ice skates, remember) but we get out and about once in a while. When we travel I collect examples of the traditional dress of the place I’ve been.

5. Dream: I have this dream to someday write a book. My dad tells me to, almost every time I get on my soapbox. I have all these ideas in my head I would love to get out and share with others. For example; how to teach content through literacy skills, student-learning teams, and contract learning, a mentoring approach? I also wish to provide strategies for teachers to support diverse and special learners. But it is not going to happen I can barely get time to post to the blog let alone write a book. My other dream is to leave it all behind and just be mom to two terrific kids, but that is not going to happen either if my daughter keeps skating.

Now it is my turn to tag five others, So who do I tag:  Julia Colby and Becky, two of my colleagues and local support system. Karen Janowski the first blogger I met face-to-face. Steve Dembo of Teach42 and Discovery Education, I have enjoyed his blog and I support his efforts at the DEN to keep things moving along. And finally Karen at Technology Reflections a new blog I am reading.

So have fun getting to know some new people.