Have we been properly introduced?
Dec 17
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!
