I recently participated in my son's wedding.  He was in the summer before his senior year at CSU when he and his girlfriend found out they were pregnant.  They took their  time to search their hearts  for the  anwer of what to  do next .  I remeber the sobering call I got from him announcing the news.  I was happy, sad, disappointed all at once.  Knowing that the path they choose would wisk them away from their present college experience.  He was on his way to become the President of the Delta Tau Delta Fraternaty and now he was to become president of paternaty instead.So the past year and a half has been a year of adjustments for John, Marie and their new son, Cooper and also for both of the familes giving them love and support . I have had to forge a new relationship with my son and his new family.  This summer when I visited there was a new openess in my forging relationship with Marie.  It was wonderful, more accepting, a bit playful and less tension!  They announced wedding plans also! No beating around the bush in this family, they planned a destination wedding in Scottsdale and within a month the families merged to celebrate!  Wow!  We really had a great time!
    Upon arriving home exhausted, happy, I found myself yearning for having my own significant love in my life!   Recently a very special man who gave me support and companionship my first year in Pocatello moved away for a wonderful new job.  The past year with him has been very sweet, yet I am still here, and he is off and away. Not once was the 4 letter word love spoke.  It is time for new beginnings, and visualizing and creating intimacy in my life. I  am  ready to open  my  heart ,  soul  and spirit to creating love in my life!

Mostly through touch..... it is the first thing we do when a child is born.... it is something we all need to survive... and sorry to say.... the computer has made us less of a touching world.

The past thirty years of my life has been spent teaching body awareness through touch.  When first experiencing bodywork and massage therapy in the 70's a profound healing took place in my life.  A bit different then as it was concidered an "Art" form in which one had to search to find a teacher.... it was not on Colorado State University's campus!  

Now I have been blessed(in some ways) to develope a Massage Therapy Program at Idaho State University.  An interesting challenge to take a non-traditional healing art to a university setting.  A bit more acceptable now than it was thirty years ago.

Teaching parents to touch is one of my passions..... also helping new parents transition with grace, confidence and patience into their new role.  Bonding, mutual regulation, helping with constipation, gas, colic, are just few of the benefits, most of all it teaches respect and awareness.... parents who have tools in their toolbag to deal with fussiness are less likely to abuse their children.  See more about this at www.lovingtouch.com.
If you are a new parent and have questions.... just ask!