I was born and raised in the land of the midnight sun, where the Caribou and the Salmon run. Alaska will always be the owner of my heart. California the owner of my lungs. I now live in Northern California, on one of the oldest and largest natural lakes in North America. So I guess my horizons have been small.  I am a single mother of a 13 year old. I also have two adult children. I am a college student at Mendocino College. My life in limbo for the moment. You just don't know when your world will change in a mere moment. Alpha-1 has drastically changed my life forever. In some ways debilitating and in others ways so enlightened and enriched. So live, love and laugh, and dance to your own drummer.