Because we have family and friends in Japan, London, Germany, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida with whom we would like share more of our lives. And everyday more and more of my family threatens to abandon me here in Jersey for a more affordable slower paced life in North Carolina

Because once upon a time I was a writer….Really. Sadly, my WANT to write vanished during the time I HAD to write for school. Nothing like forced topics and deadlines to kill a hobby

Because I believe in communities…online and off

Because I stopped using birth control Oct 2008 and realize that the time we have left as a family of three is limited.

Because who better to record our story and our lives than ME