I am...

I'm catching up on my favorite blogs and found this meme over at Ren's place. If you pick up the chain, please put a note and link to your blog in the comments.

You can play by finishing the following sentences about yourself:
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• “I am…”
• “Right now I am in…”
• “Most people do not know that I…”
• “I am passionate about…”
• “Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember…”
• “My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember…”
• “If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to…”
• “I think that the most important thing about life is…”

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Here are my answers:
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• I am suffering from a cold but hanging in there. In the larger sense, I am more happily mySelf with each passing year.
• Right now, I am in a good mood due to the excellence of our Halloween festivities last night. MJ and Chloe were Alice in Wonderland a lá Grace Slick and a beautiful fairy/butterfly, respectively. They very kindly went trick-or-treating out at Grandma's with younger cousins first – 4yo Ella won the Cutest Kid in the World contest – and then roamed our neighborhood with unschooling buds Hunter and Logan (Sherlock Holmes and an employee of the Umbrella Corp., respectively). A most excellent night.
• Most people do not know that I have secrets. Amazing how much you can hide behind a whole lot of talking.
• I am passionate about my kids, my husband, unschooling, doing a good job, writing, family, travel, and fun. Not necessarily in that order.
• Decades from now, when my children think of me, I hope that they remember unconditional support, Christmas mornings, Happy Halloweens, cozy family nights watching Heroes, fun, fun, fun.
• My soul feels warm and I have a big smile when I remember birth days, especially MJ's and Chloe's, but also Megan's, Madison's, Ella's, and Lila's, when I was the coach. Nursing. Dancing at my wedding. Our honeymoon. Our family roadtrip in 2000. Our year with Chiara. Also, see the previous item.
• If I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to myself when I was 18 years old it would be to learn about attachment parenting before MJ was born and never send my kids to school.
• I think that the most important thing about life is nurturing kids and family, plus living it instead of letting it live you.

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Your turn.