1. I used to sing and dance to all the "Monkee's" songs and still know the words to most of them.
2. I really want to sit down with Beth Moore by myself and talk about grandkids.
3. I think that Chandler's red hair is the most beautiful hair color that God ever created.
4. I won the elementary spelling Bee contest in my school when I was in 4th grade.
5. I am completely in love, totally enamored with, and entertained for hours, by a boy who can not walk and has no teeth.
6. If I jump on a trampoline, I will Pee.
7. I once stuck my last $500 Monopoly bill under my armpit because my nephew was winning and I wanted to gross him out when he took my money. It did.
8. My husband is sitting across from me right now with his Bose headphones on and his eyes closed singing Don McClean's, "Starry Starry night" really really loud.
9. After two summers of private tennis lessons and clinics, I still don't play tennis very well.
10. I curse when I play tennis. Usually "Damn", sometimes Shit."
11. Ron Graves heard me say "Shit" word when I was in Tecate with him on a mission trip. I was playing cards with some of the older kids.When he spoke in church the next Sunday he said he learned a lot about me on the trip.
12. I am not proud of these things, but the truth is the truth.
13. I love that after 35 years together Paul can still make me feel like the girl who fell in love with him and I can do it all over again.
14.I want to beat Michael at Scrabble just once. Actually I want to beat Michael at anything just once.
15. I love that God gave me a garden, and I really love growing pumpkins, although I cry when they freeze. That being said, it is a true source of joy.
16. I love, that even with all my faults, l was chosen before I was born to be a child of God, and that I am also unconditionally loved by Him.
17. I love being ReAnnon, Michael and Chandler's Mom more than anything else in the world, and am still charmed and impressed by them regularly. Being a Mom is the single most important job I will ever have.
18. My son-in law- is a gift from God.
19. I really really love my nieces and nephews, and sometimes they even let me meet their friends.
20. In a place where I was paralyzed by the terrible set of circumstances that surrounded me, God put a baby in my arms whose PJ's were stuffed with animal cookies, and made me laugh. I loved Him so much for that.
21. Nothing brings my spirit to a place of worship like God's creation. The places he has taken me, the things He has shown me, leave me in tears. I have been in such awe that I couldn't speak.
22. Watching my daughter become a mother and fall in love with her child brings me more joy than I imagined.
23. I often pee in swimming pools.
24.I have crashed every car we have ever owned...and that's a lot of cars.
25. I love what God is teaching me about who He is and who I am through the study of His word and thankful that the women in my group allow me to ask all my questions, and let me be myself.
