Although five years older, my “big sister” is about five
inches shorter than me. I always looked up to her because she did everything
first, and did everything better than I did. Of the two girls in my family, she
was and is the sweet one and I was the mean one. She is still sweet and me—well,
I am still a work in progress. My favorite Bible Verse is “Be as smart as a
snake and as gentle as a dove.” I am as smart as I will ever be, and I am still
working on the gentleness; I have a long way to go.
My big sister Maresa had a great group of friends in high
school. It was through one of these friends, Jan Silverthorn Urban, of
Remembering My Grandmother’s Kitchen, that I was nominated for the Reader
Appreciation Award for my writing on this blog. Thank you to Jan Silverthorne
Urban for the nomination and support. Check out her blog and her book, Gator Bait, at Amazon.com.
As a recipient of this award, I am bound to publish seven
interesting thing about myself. Warning: It is most probably too much
information.
1. I have read the entire bible all the way through
one time, and am on track for doing it for the second time by the end of this
year. (Maybe I will get at least 11 days ahead of schedule in case there is
anything to that whole Mayan story.)
2.
I am wearing the first pair of lace undies that
I have worn since I was a child.
3. I have thrown a live hand grenade. (But not
while wearing lacy undies.)
4. One of my proudest moments of my life was
learning to ride my bicycle without training wheels at the age of six. I haven’t
accomplished much of anything since then.
5. I had my first gray hair at the age of seventeen.
6. I almost drowned two different times in my
childhood. My sister Maresa saved me the first time. A lifeguard saved me the
second. That’s why I became a Methodist. I have a fear of immersion.
7.Once I realized that my shoe size is a 10 ½ and
not a 8 ½, my feet have felt much better. (Wonder if that works for lacy underwear? Size matters indeed.)
My next instruction is to list other blogs to pass this
award on to: nominations, if you will….
3. http://www.aholyexperience.com
Please visit these blogs and see what interests you.
I am humbled and honored that approximately one year ago, I won a writer's retreat to Laity Lodge. This year I won this award.
Thank you for reading.
copyright 2012 by Kathy Robbins
