I would be a writer, a poet and a humanitarian. In times of great uncertainty like those we are currently facing, we are being forced to step back and recalibrate. It is a chance for us to reconsider and redefine who we are and what is of greatest importance to us. For too long we have paid little attention to the impact our behavior has, not only on our lives, but on the lives of citizens across the globe. Now, more than ever we need to understand that we are an intrinsic part of that thing called our collective humanity. When we commit to caring for others, to understanding that 'their' stories, are in so many ways, the same as 'our ' stories, we will have taken the first step to acknowledging that there is a better way to live, and it is ,up to us. Even if the first step, is how we choose to see & treat each other on a daily basis. Being conscious of where we are and where we need go is the first step.

"In the tragic narrative that is war...it is only WHEN we are able to look into the eyes of our 'enemy' and know, that INJUSTICE and OPPRESSION are WRONG , whether we are its VICTIMS or the PERPETRATORS. Zehirr Saifeddine ( I wrote this, and it truly is a core belief I hold.)

I love to read,write, spend quite time with friends and family where we share great meals, drive West towards the mountains (it rejuvenates my soul) and sleep. I do love my sleep!

There is something very special about being able to help people buy or sell homes. There is the 'professional me' that needs to attend to all the particularities of each transaction, but there is that other side, the side that impacts you and your relationships with them long after the transactions are done. We often share our love of food, we talk about travel, we talk about our children, we talk about long and short term life stuff, and sometimes we connect on a much higher level, where we share challenges that we are trying to overcome. Sometimes these are tied to a transaction, at other times not. Trust is very important to me, and often these are conversations that help us, help each other in ways that we don't realize at the time. Sometimes clients share how important some of the conversations we had were, years after the fact. Some clients tell me that they are able to have conversations with me about things they seldom if ever have the opportunity to talk about about. We often have fun, we connect as people because my hope is that I am no just my clients Real Estate Agent, but that I am someone who was able to impact them positively on both a personal and professional level. I think that our ability to have these kinds of conversations with people in any of our chosen professions, defines the kind, quality and longevity of relationships we develop over the course of our lives.