My World

I am Valarie, and I have been married to my wonderful husband, Gaylon, for twenty-one years! We have three awesome kids, who we homeschool. Our oldest son, Kendall, is nineteen and in college now. Alex is sixteen years old, and Faith is eleven. They are both still being homeschooled. They are amazing, and without a doubt, they are my heroes! My mom, April, also lives with us. She is a great blessing in all of our lives, and we love having her here. We have four dogs: Bonnie, Gitta, Morpheus, and O’Malley. We have six cats: Colonel Mustard, Piewacket, Anastasia, Waldo Pepper, Bandit and Pippin. We live in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, and I honestly can’t think of anywhere else on earth I’d rather be.

I love to travel and spend time with old friends. I love to cook, crochet, research my genealogy, scrapbook, and watch CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, X-Files or M*A*S*H. I enjoy cool Autumn nights, Summer Lightning Bugs and Spring Thunderstorms. I love my cats, and cannot imagine life without them. I write some poetry, and some short stories. Nothing paradigm shifting. I love being Catholic. I’m easy to get along with, hard to offend, and loyal to the bitter end. My children are my heroes.