Thinking quietly to myself.. I try to think of what I should put on this page...  What belongs here... or more importantly..what do I feel belongs here....?

This page is about me.. what is important to me.. what helps make me a part of who I am.. what I want my children to read one day and know about their mother.... what  I want my friends to know about who I am... or perhaps, maybe.. in this page.. I want to learn more about this person named Joan...

I don't expect everyone to like this page.. or even care to read it..  but... I feel good making it.. and I hope my friends... my children.... learn a little something about me that perhaps they did not know before...