Mom of one bunny named Snowball.
Wife to an amazing godly man.
Lover of life and of all people.
Patron of the arts.
Chuck Taylor wearing.
Against humantrafficking.
Busy writing a novel.
Extended version of Tiff:
My journey began many years ago as I was an imaginative child who would stay up all night long in my room creating ballets out of the characters in my head. I would dream impossible dreams and stories, I lived in a real life dream world that I created with my characters and stories. Now my life has been anything but cake and roses but I have managed to achieve varying aspects of my dreams. Next dream in tow, be an author.
So far in my little existence on this planet I have managed to fund a non-profit for the advancement of the performing arts in urban areas and own a dance studio, play the oboe and try my hand at being a pastor’s wife. I’ve even had the opportunity to try out various crappy jobs as well. I’ve also had the grand opportunity to personally overcome a great deal of adversity and I hope to someday help others along the way. In late 2005 I met the man of my dreams and everything changed, life got suddenly complicated beyond my wildest expectations and I had a few painful decisions to make. I cut the cord on my beloved dance studio to persue a higher calling as a wife to my amazing husband. After I sold off my performing arts studio to put my husband through seminary I took a desk job. Desk jockey and glorified paper pusher do not suit well in my overall health and well-being. I despised it immensely. Luckily in the spring of ’09 I was layed off. That gave me an enormous amount of time for self-discovery and reflection thus leading me back into teaching dance again. Now this isn’t the full-scale, 40 hour a week gig I once had, this is much more tailored to my time. So by day I teach little ones to love dance and the Lord and by night I am a compulsive writer with a bad habit of Oreos and milk.
I couldn’t see my life any other way. I write because it calls to me. Writing is a compulsion, a desire, a fettered addiction.
*Disclaimer: Having a blog solely about myself and self-interest named after myself was something I swore I would never do. I feel it cheapens my true persona by hacking away at the world of self-promotion one small blog post at a time. I’m probably more of the suffer in silence type of writer than the heavy self-asserting type. I typically try to achieve a humble attitude and outlook on life therefore talking about myself and my various achievements leaves me slightly in need of a few more Oreos. I’m just me, a girl behind the computer–typing out words that will hopefully touch someone someday as many books and words have touched me. I will however offer you this, my transparency. If I am going to do this, I’m going to do it right and real…one small milk saturated Oreo at a time.
Feel free to contact me anytime: tasoutherland {at} gmail {dot} com
