Here is a glimpse of my life…
I have an amazing partner of 4 years whom I am raising my beautiful 4 ½ year old red-headed little girl with. I met my partner when my daughter was 3 months old at a softball tournament. My partner “Lindsay” was in the US Army for 8 years and has been in the National Guard for 11 years; so she has one year until retirement. I am happily pleased to say that she proposed to me on New Year's and I said yes. Yeahhhhh!

I am also a 31 year old lesbian with 2 college degrees (BA in Anthropology and Secondary Education) who cannot find a job. My community is, I’d say, middleclass. It seems as though 35% of the homes in my neighborhood are for sale because of GM shutdowns, or slowdowns. There are not many jobs, and the ones that are around are low-paying with no benefits. I am the post-Clinton, Bush-era college graduate.

I am also an alcoholic. About 9 months ago I got my 2nd DUI. My first DUI was 7 years ago, a month before graduating from college. In the past 5 or 10 years I have been in and out of recovery a couple times. But for the first time I have quit drinking for myself, not for anyone else. I have never felt so much optimism and hope for my life since I have stopped drinking.

My whole life seems to be a combination of the “typical” and “non-typical” or ironic…
I met my girlfriend at a softball tournament.
My first 2 concerts were Pink Floyd and Melissa Etheridge.
Both my parents were school teachers.
I am a recovering alcoholic.
I am a college graduate with no job.
I came out as a lesbian in 1995 while a senior in high school.
I had sex with a man, by choice, got pregnant accidentally, and became a single (lesbian) mother.
My girlfriend is in the military and I’m on welfare.

My life is not extremely controversial or over the top, but interesting and complex none the same. Not Oprah-dramatic or Springer-crazy, but more like MTV Real World after rehab and with a child.