Describing myself to someone is very funny with my various contradictions and thoughts. Finding the words to describe someone else would be more interesting.
Everything I am is because of the Lord. My family has been loving and dutiful servants of God’s Church going back at least 4 generations. Although I believe I have documentation proving for many more family generations coming from Germany on both sides of my Family Tree. God is where everything starts from each part of my life stems from what I was taught as a child.
Going to Church as much as possible when I can afford the gas to do so. Teaching or aiding in classes with children; my dad was the Sunday School Superintendent so I started teaching classes while in High School to fill in for other teachers. Music has always been a major piece of my calling in life; I was in choir no less than 5 years of age with my first solo.
History as far as knowing my Bible came naturally as long as I attended Sunday School. My family made sure that happened. Yet it took one fateful Christmas and one death to knock me down a little bit. God shook me to show me I needed history as much as I needed music in my life. Honestly, my passions for music and history complement each other and both have made way for me to write about both with a passion only God can give.
Seeing through a lens of 20/20 the clarity is astounding. God has used His timing in my life to get me right where I am today. Even with Bryan, God allowed us to both make a lot of decisions to get to that moment when we met.
Yet there are still so many more layers. I have spent the past week enjoying the task of using up our cucumbers for dill pickles. Plus last night I got to answer a writing prompt about dinosaurs that brought back a lot of good memories with my Uncles Tony and Mike when they had to babysit us.
Not to mention being the Farmer’s Granddaughter and Daughter most of my life. Describing myself is difficult. There are so many little tangents to forget while trying to remember the bigger facets of life. Like my hobbies or whatever things I like doing: cooking, mowing, swimming, having emu’s for a brief couple of years and having enormously large families.
Church being a big part of my upbringing also means that I understand the essential effects of this Community. Having a Community of believers is everything on so many levels. Actually some ideas have been swirling in my mind about this and you may see some fruition soon. My Community of Churches began with my parents sphere of influence. The Pleasantville Methodist Church and Bethel Church. Isn’t it funny both Churches have always been a literal hop and a skip from me my entire life.
Even as being a writer, describing myself doesn’t entirely sit well with me. Yet if I can show God’s manifestation in my life it’s more about Him than me, right! I am merely a mortal serving my Lord and praying I am doing well doing so!
Jewells of Thought 
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