life line

Beaver Island with my collection 

Life line

1990-I grow up in south field, in an amazing house my dad built with his builder friends before I was even born. Both of my parents are art teachers and now art is in my blood. I have always sung and danced for my family, I never took any classes though.

 

1995-I remember the raspberries, we have a full yard of them. My sister and I would dive in to the thorns with our baskets and race to see who could fill the basket faster. 

2003-When I was in middle school, I started horseback riding at bowers farm. At the end of the year I won third place out of nine places for the walk and trot section.

2006-Freshman in high school, I joined the Civil Air Patrol. I didn’t like the military but C.A.P. was for 12 to 21 year olds that wanted to help out the community and have fun.

2008- I took a summer college class at beaver Island through Central University. it was 3 weeks long and the best experience of my life. I was serounded my people that love nature as much as i do, that want to sleep outside, and play with bugs. when i was there I found my two loves, spiders and bones. I did my report on the Golden Rod Spider for my final, i have never had that much fun doing a report on something I truly love. on the beach, there where lots of bones and things, so the artist inside of me wanted to collect them. by the end of the class i had deer, bird, snake, fish, and unidentified animal bones.

2009-Senior in high school: at school, only my friends know the real me, not the quite, shy one in class but me. In the arts, there is this cooption called the traub scholarship.  And all the senior artist take over the media center and make their own display of their hole portfolio. I do environmental artwork made out of bones, wood and palm trees. Even though I didn’t win the scholarship, everyone in the school wanted me to win. My art was different from all the painters and photographers, and my display was right in front as you walked in the door.  

2009 (summer)- In Civil Air Patrol, I have now grown into a Senior Master Sergeant. My Commander wanted me to go on staff for Encampment ( C.A.P.'s boot-camp ordeal) I was tariffed to find out that I was going to be a flight commander and have a group a female cadets hanging on my every word. what if my flight sergeant and I can't get along? or if my flight hates me? well the week went a lot better then planed. we where the deadly delta Dragons and we where amazing. so amazing in fact that we got honor flight 3 times in that week then got the award for honor fight of the week. with that i got a challenge coin from the national commander of C.A.P., my wing Commander, and my squadron commander. I will forever love my Delta Dragons, and my home squadron for making me as strong as I am today.