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Hello Susan here, what do you want to know??

I'm in my forties though I sometimes feel that I have lived many lives over. I think I have had many evolutions over time.

     I was born into a catholic family, but my mum had a religious experience when I was 13 so we all converted. I became a fundamentalist christian of the pentecostal variety - scary stuff!!!! I came out of the church in my late 20's. So between my early 30's and my 40's I have tried to catch up on all the things I missed out in my youth and I've had a wonderful time.

Me the day of our wedding

I only ever wanted to be a nurse when I was a kid. But when I did my Higher School Certificate I did better in the final exam than anyone thought I would and got talked into going to uni (at that time nursing was taught in the hospital and was not considered a professional career). Well I went off to university, but had no idea what to study, so I fell into English Literature and thought I might as well become a teacher. But I hated it and finally left uni in my third year and drifted through a range of work roles: receptionist, secretary, administrator, insurance sales person and youth worker. When I started doing youth work I used to get frustrated by the professional staff who thought they knew it all because they had a degree and would not listen to the staff who worked with the kids on a day to day basis. So I decided I would go back to uni and get my own degree. So off I went in my late 20's and decided to study psychology. I am now a psychologist and I work in Mental Health, a field that I love to work in.

I'm one of 7 children and had a wonderful childhood as a result. We remain a close knit family and now there are 28 or so in our immediate family.

The Crokett familly
from oldest to youngest

Mum is a great great grandmother at this stage and proud of it. My mum is amazing. She still has strong spiritual beliefs but is no longer in a church. She went to university in her late 50's and graduated as a Social Worker, this from a woman who left school at 13, married at 18 and had 7 children between 18-27.

Jean-Charles and I met on the internet and have been together now for 9 years, married for 7. I usually tell people he was my first internet bargain!!! Our little family is made up of Jean-Charles, me and our poodle Jazz. Jazz is somewhat spoilt and at the time of writing this is quite fat!!! We are putting him on a diet, poor thing he acts as though we are starving him, and frankly I don't know how long I will be able to put up with the longing looks and pleas for more food.

Jean-Charles has a range of skills/life experience he has variously been a electrician, photographer, chef, musician and computer buffin. I have always thought that we meet partners who have the skills that we need in life. Me I need an electrician, photographer, chef (boy can he cook!!!), musician and computer tech, Jean-Charles on the other hand seems only to need a psychologist!!!

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