On February 7, 1974, I was born as Jill Tusing in Springdale, Arkansas, where I lived until I was 14 and my parents divorced. My mom and I moved to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, leaving my Dad and my Brother, Jeff, behind in Arkansas. I lived in Oklahoma until I met a wonderfully strange British guy named Joel who whisked me away to Colorado, where I became Jill Matthias and we've lived happily ever since.
Now, I am a stay-at-home mother of 4 slightly crazy, but wonderful kids. My oldest is Torein, who is 15. Tiffany is 13, Teagan is almost 10 and my baby, Tristan, is 6. We also have a dog named Molly.
Also, one of my very first friends that I met when I was 14 and moved to Oklahoma was Amber and she lives in Colorado, now, just 20 minutes away from me with her husband and two kids.
I love music, especially Bright Eyes, but I also like Jack Johnson, Dada, the White Stripes, NIN, Neil Finn and the Kooks. There are very few female voices that I like, but I like Sarah McLachlin and Maria Taylor.
I am a Christian, but I think that for the most part, organized religion is wrong. I think that too many people try to add their own rules and penalties so that they can control a population. I also think it is up to each individual person to decide what they believe and it's just lazy to let a church tell you what you think.