Collette

I am a divorced mother of two beautiful boys. I am originally from Long Island, NY but have made Virginia my home for the past 14 years. I work in the computer field and totally dig my job. I also enjoy photography and write often in my spare time. I enjoy meeting new people and social environments. (You can never have enough friends...ya know) I have unique views on things and I don’t like to fit stereotypes. I take pride being my own person. I tend to be sarcastic and stubborn, but it all depends on how you look at it. I get along great with anyone who has a good sense of humor. I believe in open communication. I despise awkward moments and will avoid them at all costs. I can take life seriously when I have to, but love to let go and just have a good time when I can. I believe in the ol’ work hard/play hard theory. I am old enough to know that mistakes are just a part of life…but young enough to remember to stop and smell the roses. I am real and full of flaws and not afraid to admit that. I have had my share of disappointments but accept them as learning experiences. I have taught myself to never walk away from any relationship empty handed. I have learned something from it all, even if I wasn’t aware of it at the time. I am a realist and a daydreamer. I believe in love and I refuse to give up on a realistic version of “happily ever after”. I think a lot…too much sometimes. I believe in falling down and getting back up again…as many times as it takes. I believe that life is a total pain the ass but finally understand that I was foolish to think that I would glide right through it. I believe that although I am a little wiser each day, I will always have so much to learn. I look back on my life and realize that it seems like it has passed in the blink of an eye. I just want to figure out a way to get the most out of the rest of it.
“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat”. ~ Theodore Roosevelt
"I disregard the proportions, the measures, the tempo of the ordinary world. I refuse to live in the ordinary world as ordinary women. To enter ordinary relationships. I want ecstasy. I am a neurotic -- in the sense that I live in my world. I will not adjust myself to the world. I am adjusted to myself." ~ Anais Nin
"When others asked the truth of me, I was convinced it was not the truth they wanted, but an illusion they could bear to live with."~ November, 1933 from The Diary of Anais Nin, Volume One 1931-1934
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