Cassie, a girl I admired and attended both junior high and high school with, has an inspirational blog (A Serenade for Solitude) about her life, her family, her thoughts, and a few weeks ago she posted this fun "10 random facts" post which I thought I would copy.
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| {My 29th Birthday} |
2. 10 Random Facts About Me
1. In high school I declared that I only wanted sons.
2. When I was fifteen I wrote a 340 page book called The Sun Will Shine.
3. My favorite poet is Robert Frost.
4. I regret not having more of a backbone and standing up for what I believed even though my opinion was not popular with my church in high school.
5. I would never in a million years have believed my life path would land me in rural Alaska.
6. My favorite candy bar is Butterfinger, even though it gets stuck in my teeth.
7. I still sleep with a bubba. It's a white stuffed bear.
8. I have been journaling since I was twelve years old and have 84 completed journals.
9. I collect rocks. Particularly agates. In another life, I would have become a geologist.
10. My absolute favorite author is Anita Shreve. Favorite books? Fortune's Rocks, Sea Glass & Body Surfing.
3. Cassie's Questions:
1. Do you know your calling, yet? If so, what is it? My calling... Hmm... Well, I think my first calling was to be a wife, and I am trying my best to excel at that. My second calling was to be a mother, and that has been a longer road, with more bumps & a higher learning curve. And my third calling, I would have to say, is to find my truth and share it. Be it on my blog, in my journal or in the novels I'm creating in my head (they will find their way to paper someday!) I am working to find who I am and share the journey.
2. What color describes you? I think blue. Like the sky. It's a color that changes, and I think I am undergoing a lot of change.
3. Where would you like to visit? Home. I would like to walk along the Columbia River, roast a Marshmallow in Cougar, and dip my toes in the sand in Rockaway.
4. What don't people know about you? All I want in the world is to feel confident. I doubt myself everyday, all day long. I long to feel confident in my choices, both for myself and my family; I want to feel confident in my body; and I want to feel confident in my abilities. Whew. That feels better.
5. What book or author changed your life? Women, Food & God by Geneen Roth. This amazing book taught me more about myself than any other single thing in my life. She taught me that I could trust myself to overcome my emotional eating. To love my body as it is, and allow it to get healthier in its own time. And to be in the moment along with a million other things. A great book. I've read it probably ten times!
6. What do you hate doing? I hate calling customer service. I dread doing it and generally spend more time thinking about how awful it's going to be than it actually takes to make the call!
7. Are you more an introvert or extrovert? I would say that I am an extrovert. I love talking to people, am very nosy and have no problem asking people really (sometimes inappropriate) personal questions. Ha!
8. Name five things on your life Bucket List:
I don't have a bucket list. So far, I've really done all the things I've wanted to do. (Get married, have children, become a SAHM...)
Except:
Write a novel
Vacation in Hawaii with Josh {& no children}
9. If you could be anywhere right this moment, where would it be? In Vancouver, at my sister-in-law Julie's house, with her, her three boys, my sister & her two boys, my three boys and my mom. Lots of rambunctious boys running about, and plenty of girl talk!!!
10. What is your favorite genre of music? Country. JoDee Messina, Tim McGraw... They speak to me!
4. My Questions
1. What cheers you up when you are feeling down?
2. What is the best lesson you learned from your mother?
3. What's the hardest part of parenting you least expected?
4. How did your spouse propose? Did you see it coming?
5. What's your bedtime routine? (Not the kids')
6. What was the proudest moment of your life?
7. Favorite all-time movie? And TV show?
8. What one thing would you change about your childhood if you could?
9. What is your favorite name on the planet?
10. What do you wish you knew then that you know now?
Want to play? Post a picture, list 10 random facts, answer my ten questions and post ten of yours in a post and link in in the comments section, or you can answer the ten questions in the comments.
I can't wait to read all about you!