Welcome

Welcome to my blog. I am not going to attempt to entertain or have profound bits of wisdom, but mostly sporadic thoughts from a girl that is becoming, growing and trying to figure out who she is and what this life is all about.

I've thought a lot lately about the word becoming, hence the title of the project. As I've said goodbye to some and met so many new people over the past year I've thought about who I am and how so many of the pieces of the puzzle that make up me are so different. Do people really know me or just part of me.? I asked a new friend recently if there was more to him than his job, because that was the only thing that was on his mind. What makes him passionate, what gives joy, and what brings sadness? He couldn't answer. Are we really that simple? I beg to differ that we're not.



My family knows the most. My dad knows that I love to take old things and make them new again and in the process fill up his garage and house with my stuff! My mother knows that politics have changed in the last 8 years and that if I had a few minutes with Dubya I'd give him a few pieces of my mind. That's for another entry! My sister has been by my side since January of 1981. We've laughed, we've played, we've fought, and until she got married our life milestones were all 15 months apart.



What is it certain friends know that others don't?

I'm a proud Irish lass...
Yes, I am and I didn't really discover it until a year or so ago. With a name like McWilliams it's inevitable that I wondered, but I had never given it much thought...until I met my friend Katie and Stephen's Green. Who wouldn't love a land that is beautiful, rich with history and wonderful music too! At the top of my list of places to visit is Ireland. I can't think of another place on earth I want to visit first.

I'm a HUGE fan of everything Elton John...
What it was I'm not sure, but ever since I bought his greatest his compliation a few years ago I have fascinated by how this man can write. At the top of the list of concerts to see before I pass is him...and that's over Michael W. Smith!

I love musical theater....
Yes, I love to listen to it and see it, but someday I hope I get the nerve to really try it. Other than the role of Mother Rabbit in Mrs. Lenherr's production of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" in 1st grade, playing twins in the 8th grade musical, a stint as a nun in "The Sound of Music" and an shaft as a "pit munchkin" in the Wizard of Oz, which I am still bitter about I haven't done much else, even though I believe I can. I directed 3 junior high productions but haven't been on stage since high school, which I forgot my last stage show was Guys and Dolls as a member of the mission band. I put in my bio in the Aquin musical last year that someday I want to the play the part of Elphaba in Wicked, which isn't just a pipe dream...I really do!

I love American Idol...

I want to be a parent someday...

I can't stand people with no common sense...

I would like people to think I read more than I do, or at least think that I read more serious stuff than People magazine....

I think Ryan Seacrest is a genius...we'll get into that later.

I wish I had a brother, because just maybe I could relate to the opposite more and he could help me when I have to move all my stuff...

There is so much more...but like me this blog is becoming and I'm getting hungry...