Hi, how is everyone? I am very new having just registered to the group today but I have been reading here since the summer. I live in Hampton Roads, VA and work as a teacher and counselor. I have five children: a girl aged 11, and four boys aged 12, 14, 15, and 17. I enjoy designing and collecting miniatures as a hobby and I am in school right now pursuing an advanced degree. I have an affinity for the polygamous life in that I do believe in female submissiveness to her husband and in his right to pursue marriage with other women. I am currently in a relationship with a man who also believes in this principal but it is long-distance. I am going through a divorce right now having been separated for many years from my ex due to abuse. Right now in life I am just focusing on being happy and appreciative of my blessings, God's wonderful gifts, and the miracle of waking each day to another chance to enjoy living on God's miraculous world. I spent many years dwelling on unhappiness and feeling low self-esteem and depression and now that I look back I cannot believe I wasted so much of my life away in that manner. I am very excited now about living and doing and experiencing all I can in life, but I also feel anxiety because I am afraid something will snatch it away now such as illness as happened to my mother who died of cancer at age 63. So I am happy and trying to do things and seek out people, situations, ideas, decisions, etc. to keep it that way to show God my true appreciation for all He has done for me. I love Him so. I also love my male friend so very much and I am very blessed to have him in my life, as well as my children and all the other blessings. I am even happy for negative things at this point because I want to cherish every bit of living even the parts that are painful, frustrating, or difficult. Well, take care everyone.