About Gretchen, By David
Gretchen is a wonderful wife and an amazing woman. She has such a kind and loving heart. She spent most of her career teaching children and adults skills to help them better their lives. Recently she has started her own business which allows her to use her artistic talents to create beautiful artisan goods. She also loves working hard to make our home beautiful. She has painted, wall papered and decorated our home since the day we moved in.
Gretchen has always wanted to have a loving family. She adores her nieces and nephews. She also loves planning events, parties and holiday get togethers to make them full of memories and delicious food. I watched her love and care for our foster sons and daughter while advocating for them every step of the way for years. She is so strong and puts others before herself. I witnessed her kindness, love and devotion as a mother to our foster sons and daughter. Her faith has been tested during our attempts at creating our family, but it is her faith in God that keeps her pushing forward to our dream of growing our family.
Hometown: Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Favorite Place: Outer Banks, North Carolina
Hobbies: Hiking, swimming, gardening, baking, painting, crafting, photography, decorating, DIY projects, bird watching and anything to do with the beach
Fun facts About Gretchen:
- Gretchen is a Reiki Master Practitioner and loves practicing energy work on her friends and family.
- Gretchen loves decorating and secretly wishes she were an interior designer.
- Gretchen loves children and dedicated much of her career to helping children reach goals and milestones- 2 of her former clients just started college this year and she is so proud of them.
- Gretchen loves the water! She is usually the first one in the pool, lake or ocean and the last one out of the water.
Gretchen’s Favorites:
Animals: love all animals big and small. Was an equestrian for many years so horses are one of her favorites.
Author: Currently reading The Book of Joy- co-authored by Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu
Can’t live without: My husband
Childhood activity: Ballet, Skiing, Equestrian(English style)
Children’s book: Goodnight Moon
Children’s TV show: Care Bears
Dessert: My Mom’s Strawberry Pretzel Pie
Dream jobs: Interior designer or Photographer
Game: 80’s Trivia
Hobby: Quite a few but Painting at the moment.
Holiday: Christmas- love decorating the tree and baking cookies
Ice cream flavor: Pistachio
Place to take a child: Beach
Superpower: fly- it would be awesome to fly to my favorite places and avoid traffic or airport security!
Vacation spot: Hatteras, NC
Perfect day: On the beach with my loved ones
Youtuber: Omar Gosh
Nickname: Gretch
Zodiac: Libra