CURRENT MISSION My mission, as it relates to couch-surfing, is to always strive to show or remind people that the world is a good place with good people whom you can trust and be open with. The very fact that this couch surfing site exists proves the point. ABOUT ME Briefly, I am a good-natured, happy type who loves people, loves travel and loves life. I am a mother of 3 wonderful human beings and continue to be surprized and in awe of them. I live in a good city whose negative attributes only inspire me to travel often. (it gets bitterly cold in the winter) PHILOSOPHY It seems to me that this way (couch surfing or other) of sharing our space with each other, with others in need, and reciprocating in kind, is what "normal" really is for human beings. Yet, the mainstream experience misses out on these healthy, natural connections. Living isolated and unnecessarily careful becomes the norm and folks miss out on the beautiful richness available by living with this natural openness to other humans.