finda w.

Hi! My legal name is Teresa but my friends & family call me Teri or Honey, depending on how we met. Honey is the grandma-name my children chose for me & has become a constant since receiving full & permanent custody of my granddaughter in 2015. I am a natural caregiver to such a degree that my genuine interest & concern for the well-being of others is blatantly obvious to all I encounter. So much so that I am frequently approached by strangers looking to share their troubles, wanting help, advice or just a non-judgmental ear. It still amazes me every time it happens but it warms my heart & makes me happy to be that person. I am a wife, mother to three biological daughters aged 31, 30 & 21, two adopted daughters aged 19 & 12 & caregiver to my stepfather. The 19 year-old lost her mother at 13, her father at 16 & I was finally able to bring her home a few months later. The 12 year-old is the granddaughter who I've been caring for since she was 5, & I became caretaker of my stepfather in 2016 after we lost my mother. For the first 20 years of my working life I was involved in material management, planning & purchasing. The first 10 years were spent in aviation & the last were spent in telecom. I was laid off in 2012 & decided to start working towards my lifelong desire of becoming a medical professional. I earned an associate's degree from Wake Tech in 2014, transferred to NC State in 2015 & earned my bachelor's degree in psychology in 2018. I'm definitely not finished yet but I also have no intention of stopping anytime soon. I am kind, warm, friendly, genuine & patient to a fault. I enjoy meeting new people, talking & listening to their stories. I look forward to learning something new every day. I am pet friendly with both cats & dogs of all shapes & sizes. Most importantly, I love to make people smile, especially those who haven't found a reason to in a while. Note: All listed skills are from personal experience & my Spanish is not fluent.