Hi, I’ve noticed a few new faces around here, so I thought it’d be fun to share some random facts about myself. I hope you’ll take a few moments to introduce yourself. 📚 I was a Nancy Drew fan as a kid. Then I moved on to Danielle Steele and V. C. Andrews {I think every pre-teen girl was obsessed with them}. 🎧 If ain’t 90’s R&B, I don’t want it. Well, unless it’s Motown or Prince. And don’t get me started on Lisa Stansfield. Love her. 📝 I wanted to be a combat reporter or documentarian, courtesy of Message from Nam by Danielle Steel. 🎬 I’m teaching myself videography.…

Soooo, today is the last Monday in 2013. How crazy is that? Very, right? Usually, I like to take the last week off from blogging so I can spend time with my family and recharge the creative battery but I didn’t do a very good job of timing my “100 Things” posts, and I don’t want to go into the New Year with unfinished business so… Here we go, a total wrap up in one final post. 61. My favorite food is seafood. Specifically, crabs. 62. I check my email obsessively. Even though I rarely get anything important. 63. I don’t set resolutions because I always break them, so I…

51. I had seizures as a child. In fact, my last one was so bad the doctor told my mother he wasn’t sure I’d ever regain my memory. Can you imagine being told your child may never know who you are? 52. I have an incredibly bad temper and it takes a lot for me to keep it in check. 53. I knew my twin sister was pregnant before she did. Both times. The first one took us both by surprise, but the last two? I was dead on. I also gave her totally different due dates than her doctors. I was right. Both times. 54. People say I wear my…

Are you guys sick of me yet? I think you now know more about me than the NSA…. 41. I can bake three things really well: Orange Cranberry Loaf, Banana Nut Bread, and Dried Fruit Bread 42. Seinfeld taught me one thing: if you look really frustrated people will think you’re busy and leave you alone. Life taught me one thing: that does not work on children. Or husbands. 43. Crocheting relaxes me. 44. I had to do so many push ups in Basic Training that the Drill Sergeants called me “Private She~ra”. I kept getting in trouble for giggling. 45. Every summer I re~read Peyton Place and Valley of…

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139:14 {NIV} What a powerful declaration! Each and every time I hear a story about a child being bullied, I just want to grab him or her and say 2 things: you are made in the image of God {Genesis 1:27} God loves you {John 3:16} I know what it means to be bullied, to go home crying because the teasing hurt so much that I thought I’d break in two. I understand the kid who sits in the dark of night and thinks life will never get better. I’ve…

A few weeks ago, the family and I were sitting around the dinner table talking when Miss 20 said, “You never know how crazy your parents are until you move out and then come back home.” blank stare I proceeded to explain to her that we are not crazy, my parents are crazy. Their dad’s parents are crazy. But we are not. Then I started looking at my list… While I’ll admit nothing to her or the rest of those people, I will concede that I’m, ummm, different. 21. I’m a walking talking contradiction. 22. My daughter and I lived in my apartment for almost a year before I turned…