I’ve been tagged by several people on a network I read to tell 5 things about myself that others might not know.
I thought it would be fun to share on my blog as well. I’d love to know 5 things about you–feel free to tell me in a comment. 
1. I love science fiction and named my daughter for an Edgar Rice Burrough’s character–Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium.
2. I was a private investigator for four years, and boy-oh-boy, the hilarious, crazy adventures I could tell you about. I still do some investigation wearing my paralegal hat for law firms.
3. I became a young widow at age 30 when my husband died suddenly. Going through something like that really puts life in perspective. My husband’s last gift to me, through his death, was the acute understanding that life is but a moment of time, and not a drop should be wasted. Once I emerged from my grief, I resolved from that point on that I would never live my life on anyone else’s terms again. It was the catalyst that set me on my journey of self-employment and business ownership, a move that has brought me more joy and fulfillment than I ever could have imagined.
5. I am a high-maintenance, fashion-conscious girly-girl, which always throws people given my love of nature and the fact that my nature-boy boyfriend has gotten me to hike mountains and camp. Outside. In an actual tent. And I enjoy it. Go figure.
Extra Fun Fact: I have never changed a tire, filled fluids or touched anything under the hood of a car ever in my life. At age 43, I only just learned how to put air in my tires myself for the first time (I have a phobia that they will blow up on me).
I hate anything to do with cars (except driving them), and would actually consider paying someone a $100 bucks to add oil or water to my car rather than do it myself.
Of course, that’s what I keep my man around for (among other things), LOL.
