I grew up the oldest of three girls in a small town of about 1,000 people in Maine.  My family has run a lumber company there for generations and has lived in the area since the time when Maine was part of Massachusetts (about 10 generations).  I grew up raking blueberries, stacking lumber and loving the freedom of the outdoors.
 
Singing has always been one of my greatest joys and being given a good voice in a small town meant that I got to sing at church and sing the national anthem at the local football games and the fourth of July parade in town.  In small towns everyone knows everything about everyone else (and some would say that what they don’t know they make up.)  As a teenager this drove me crazy but as an adult I treasure it.
 
My extended family is large and has always been close.  In the spring, our ritual is making maple syrup together.  On Memorial Day, we participate in our local parade.  July 4th is a huge bash when all of us get together with friends at a nearby lake for swimming and sliding and a homemade ice cream making contest.  Then there is hunting season followed by holiday celebrations and ice fishing.  These seasonal rituals are a huge comfort and are the ties that bind us together.
 
After high school, I studied at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine where I made wonderful friends and was able to build on my love of performance.  I graduated with a degree in Empowerment Theater for Women with a minor in Spanish.  I moved to Spain to teach English and then moved on to Boston to work and apply to graduate school.  I was accepted at Lesley University and used my scholarship from the Truman Foundation to pursue a masters degree in Expressive Arts Therapy while working with at-risk children.  After graduation I returned to tend to my grandparents who were dying.  During this time, I began to study forms of energetic healing including Reiki.  I cared for my grandparents for nine months until my grandmother passed away, did a brief stint at a credit card company phone center while becoming a Reiki master.  I then worked as a social worker and school counselor until I felt called to return to performing. 
 
In 2001 I googled “sacred performance” and up came the Irish World Music Center in Limerick, Ireland (now known as the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance).  I moved to Ireland to study and graduated in 2002 with a masters degree in Ritual Song and Chant Performance.
 
After a brief time at Ithaca College as an artist in residence, I returned to Maine to perform.  During my first performance back at home, I came out singing to find a man in the front row with a golden aura around him.  He chatted me up after the performance.  The next day I told my mother that he had asked me out.  She asked, “Was he the guy in the front row?  Because he is the one for you!”  I rolled my eyes but she was right.  Tim and I began talking about getting married on our third date and announced our engagement after six months.  He is a constant blessing in my life and I am so grateful we were brought together. 
 
Clayton joined our family in 2005 and I took a hiatus from performing and began to write what would become Transformational Mothering- A Prayerful Companion for New Mothers.
 
I am passionate about my family and advocating for other NICU families.  We donate 10% of the proceeds from our work to the Children's Miracle Network or the Angelsong Endowment.  Tim and I are currently working on a new lullaby website which we are very excited about.

I believe in God and in the angels He sends to watch over and guide me.  It is my prayer that you will find comfort, inspiration and peace in my work.

My other interests include gardening, quilting, and crocheting.  I love tradition, adventure, travel and living in Maine.
 
Thank you for your interest!  Email me any time.