If you’re new around here, well first- Hello! Welcome! But if you’re new around here: I started sharing ‘About the Author’ posts in between every Spot Visit, so yall would have something else to munch on until my next review. For someone who hates talking about herself or having ANY kind of attention on herself whatsoever, they have been fun to write despite all that. For the most part, they have been about my history with tea and writing credentials. But I realized that I never really wrote an actual About Me post. On our Instagram account, I have about a handful of posts with some tidbits about me here + there. But nothing really formal. Thought I would do that here. I’ll incorporate what I’ve already shared and fill in some blanks. Through the suggestion of the Huz, I also posted a Question Sticker in our IG Stories asking if you had any questions for me. So I’ll answer those here too! Here goes…

My name is Olyve Rose. I am a 43-year-old married mom of 2 teenagers, with a puppy. The Huz + I have been married for almost 22 years. We have a 17-year-old son who is a drummer (just like his father) and plays in a band, and a 13-year-old daughter who is an artist (she sells her art) and dancer. Our dog Nova (who is a purebred shih tzu) just turned 6, and you can follow her here @newshihtzuontheblock

I was born in San Francisco (St. Luke’s Hospital) and have lived in the Bay all my life. My bio parents liked to move a lot, so I’ve lived in many different cities/houses and have attended (let’s see…) 6 different schools. I was able to attend 2 years of college at City College of San Francisco while majoring in Juvenile Criminology (being born into a gang affiliated family, this was a passion of mine; I have always had a soft spot for inmates + reform), and minoring in Education as I wanted to be a high school Human Sexuality teacher. (I only understood this later in life…but that interest came from my sexual abuse.) School was always important to me because that’s the only place I felt safe. Before and after school, I was being abused.

But even tho I was at school in the City, the longest I’ve stayed anywhere (home-wise) was in Richmond, CA. So yeah, we commuted for 12 years. Richmond was were we lived, Richmond was where we went grocery shopping, and Richmond was where we went to church. Ask my friends + family- they will all tell you I have a ‘Richmond accent’. Whatever that is… Speaking of church (even tho I don’t belong to that church anymore), I was in the gospel choir. This is my segway I guess for telling how big of a role music has/does play in my life. Debbie Gibson, Paula Abdul, and Olivia Newton-John were my first friends in life. I was in Glee Club for elementary school, Band in middle school, and Advance Choir in high school. I had some opportunities to work with some pretty dope producers in college, but my narc bio mom wasn’t havin it. I used to go to concerts once a month, married a percussionist, and even performed quite a bit all throughout my life. (solos and with bands or singing groups) Even named my daughter Soul, after soul music! But when we (my husband, son + daughter) tell you we “love music”, we don’t just love music. We live, breathe, and eat it for dinner mmkay!! We take music very seriously and have cultured ourselves with an eclectic repertoire.

Interests… I’ve mentioned before that I don’t talk about this on my blog, because I want to keep things neutral around here. I am a very spiritual person, and my spirituality is a big part of my life. Without getting too much into it, it’s kind of why I do this Tour. Aside from being busy in spiritual activity, this Tour (and my Boutique) keep me out of trouble! I also have mentioned that I am an avid reader. I love Memoirs and minimalist poetry. (I just wrote that on my previous post, huh? Oh well, this is for the new ones!) I collect fine art. My home looks like an art gallery! We have vignettes all over that highlight favorite artists. I might have to do a whole separate blog post on that one, that’ll be fun. And if I’m not home or at Tea, I’m at the beach or by the water somewhere. Yes, I even named my son Ocean! Getting that Vitamin Sea or Salt Water Therapy is very important to me. And then another huge part of my life (which might have to be its own post as well) was my Trauma Recovery. It was a tremendous chunk out of my adult life, and what drives me today.

Okay, I think that’s the gist. That was hard for me guys! I’ve looked it over a couple times and I don’t feel right about it, but I also don’t know what to change to make me like it. Even now as I’m concluding it, I feel so- [think Ginger when she walks out after finding out Chandler had a third nipple] like, gross. I don’t like talking about myself!! That’s why this is such a cool challenge for me. I had no plans or structure, and didn’t really know what to include here. I think I’ve touched most of what’s important to me, so hopefully I painted a good enough picture of who the Author is behind this website. I don’t get many comments on these posts like I did before (cuz I was gonna say ‘Tell me who you are in the comments!’), but I always appreciate your comments on our socials and in my DM’s. Closing my eyes and pressing PUBLISH now before I continue second-guessing and talk myself out of publishing the entire thing. Thanks for reading!

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