Have we been properly introduced?

Way back in September, I said I was going to do a 30 day blog exercise. So…now I’m doing it.   Hey! I never said WHEN I was going to do it!  Day One is: Introduce yourself.  Sure, I have an about page, but I don’t think I’ve ever properly introduced myself to you.

My name is Erica.  I’m 39 years old. My birthday is March 27. I appreciate gifts.

I have a younger brother. Well, I actually have an older brother, a younger sister, and another younger brother, but I didn’t meet them until my father died, so that’s a story for another day.  I grew up with ONE younger brother.  My parents split up when I was 5, I didn’t see my father again until I was 12, and the next (and last) time I saw him was at his funeral. I was 27.

My mother raised us well, all by herself.  I am a Momma’s GIRL.  I have lived two blocks away from her for the past 9 years, and that’s the way I like it.  My maternal grandfather was a Baptist minister and a very smart man.  I was raised in the church, and I thank God for it! Because of that, I’ve been singing since I was 3 years old.  Yes, they put me on a pew so that I could reach the microphone, and I sang solos at that age.  I was a soprano until I hit my twenties, then for some reason, my voice changed like a man, and I’ve been an alto for the past 15 years or so.  I like alto better.

Smart must run in the family, because I talked when I was 9 months old, walked a month later, and could read well when I was 2. NOBODY TAUGHT ME.  If I had been my mom, I would have been creeped out with a kid like that!  Alas, although I’m smart, I never lived up to my potential, as my mother would gladly tell you.  I coasted through school and did just enough to pass. I hated school. Don’t know why, but I did.

Since the Good Lord deposited the ability to read and the love of reading in me early, that’s how you could sum up who I am: I am a reader. I read almost anything.  I can’t count how many books I’ve read.  I am most comfortable if I can be curled up somewhere with good food and a good book (or nowadays my Nook).  I was never the kind of kid who liked the great outdoors. I wouldn’t go outside to play unless I was forced.  And I’m still that way, though a good cookout with good people can get me to stop acting like a hermit.

I’ve always been: the smart one, the fearless one, the good one, the big sister, the responsible one, the one to take charge, and the one everybody relies on. It’s just who I am. I’ve always been a big girl, but not as big now as I have been in the past.  Yay!  I never want to be skinny!  I love being a mom.  I love being a wife. My life isn’t what I imagined it might be, but I love it!

Things I love: Teaching Bible study, computers, theology, good music, chocolate, cheesecake, Rita’s, the Steelers.

Things I hate: Working, snow, ice, liars, hypocrites, false bible teachers, cheaters, chitterlings, liver, the Patriots.

Anything else you want to know? Feel free to ask!

About MrsDay: MrsDay is a wife, mom, stepmom, daughter, sister, auntie and friend. Writing allows her to let off steam so that nobody around her gets maimed or killed, and it's great for meeting all kinds of people online. She enjoys reading, singing, photography, and spending all her free time with Mr. Day.