As if you don’t already know too many things about me….I thought I take my Christmas break to tell you everything about my life and more (or less). Then, you can decide if you still want to read my blog or not. (Oh, please come back.)
Really, I just figured that it would be good for you to know more about the whole me. About what has shaped me into the person I am today…then you can read and watch as I continue to be molded by God. It’s hard to look back on your life sometimes and see who you used to be. But really, isn’t that the point of growing and being molded?
We can’t start out the way we will end up. (Wow, Laura. Profound.)
I really will try not to bore you with too many details. Like what color of shirt I was wearing when Matt and I went on our first date (red and white striped, button up, by the way) or what my favorite cereal was in Kindergarten (Cheerios). And I’ll try to refrain from telling you about all the thousands of ways my brother tortured me growing up. That’s another book in and of itself. I guess that’s what helped me grow into who I am today too, huh? (Although I don’t see how him pouring water into my ear while I tried to sleep really helped me grow into a better person, do you?) (Perhaps I have some bitterness issues?) (Ah, Kevin…you know I love you.) (Like Kevin actually reads my blog?) (Yeah, well his wife does…so I’d better be careful.) (Hey, Michele! What’s up? Great guy you married, that Kevin.)
I find it hard to pick and choose what information you really should learn about me. Like…do I really want you to know what my high school nickname was? It’s horrible. And…I’ve shared some pretty dorky things I’ve done in the past…do I really want you to know more?
And, some things are painful to write. What deep places within my heart do I need to draw from to share with you?
I think I’ll just start writing and let God lead me. My prayer is that what I write will be beneficial to you and encourage you. I hope to make you laugh. But it isn’t all funny. I may have to skip some of those parts.
Thank you for being my audience.
Laura:
I loved this post. I am a real fan and love to come here to visit. I am two days late so I read two posts at once and I also got a doll every year and one year a little wooden case with hangers to hold doll clothes. My Grampa made it and it is gone now as I gave it to my cousin when I got too old for dolls. I never had a brother and think it would be wonderful, except for the torture.
Roberta Anne
Neat idea. I look forward to reading your posts. I hope you’re having a wonderful time with family.
Merry Christmas, from my family to yours! I look forward to your posts!
Laura,
I love getting to know you here, so I know I will enjoy whatever you write about!
But…you know that I have some requests, right? :-)
Well, one thing that I’ve come to admire about you is your (apparent) strength. (I say apparent because I realize the truths of the Bible about all of us. We all are in need of a Savior! So there surely are things in all of us that would drive us to Him for His strength.) However, there seems to be some things about you that were likely acquired from your youth and the roots of your raisin’! I would like to know more about your ‘training up in the way that you did go’. I would like to know more about what your Dad did and what your Mother did…and I do understand that some memories could be tough due to the loss of your mother. Yet, I know there’s some things that you could share that would be of great value to those of us who didn’t have that kind of home :-)!
You’ve shared some pretty personal things that might have crushed the average person, so I’m wondering what your parents did ‘right’ to help you have the inner strength to ‘bounce back’. I would love to hear more about the ‘mother-daughter’ things that you shared growing up.
And….I know you got even with that mean ole brother ;-)…what’d you do? Tell his friends that he still slept with his teddy? Bite the heads off his army men?
:-)
Merry Christmas! Thank you for all you give to us gals! May God pour out His blessings on you and your family this year!
Hi Laura, I am a lurker coming out to say Hi! I love your blog and read all the time! Can’t wait to read more about you. I don’t blog myself per hubs request. But I share some of the same passions as you and would love to get to know you better. Merry Christmas.