38 Things

Here’s a list of 38 things about me, since that is how old I am and, well, 100 is just too many for me to come up with:

1. I am originally a Midwestern girl, transplanted to Pennsylvania in 1995 with my husband.
2. I was born and raised in the Quad Cities and lived in the same house in Rock Island, Illinois, from the age of 3 until leaving for college.
3. I became a Christian in 1978 at the Assembly of God children’s summer camp in Carlinville, Illinois, at the age of eight.
4. My birthday is on Christmas Day, and yes, to whatever your next question is.
5. My father was a time clerk for the US Postal Service, and my mother was a procurement officer for the US Army (at the Rock Island Arsenal).
6. Both are now retired, and they have been divorced for 20 years.
7. I have two younger brothers, both of whom joined the Marines after finishing their GED’s. The youngest is still in the service.
8. My wedding took place on August 16 (1992), which is the Elvis death date, as well as the birthday of both our minister and my brother-in-law.
9. I skipped first grade.
10. I almost skipped sixth grade but was caught copying the answers for an assignment from a classmate (my one and only time cheating in school).
11. I am a lefty, although I do many things, including using scissors and bowling, with my right hand.
12. I have had two broken bones in my life, both in the same year and both occuring while playing outside with the neighborhood kids. The first was my left pinky, and the second, following almost immediately thereafter, was my left arm.
13. Once again, I am left-handed.
14. I have owned 4 cars. My first two cars were stick shift, and my last three have been Fords. The car I have now is the first one with air conditioning.
15. I have worked for the same company since moving to Harrisburg in 1995, although I have performed several different jobs as the company has grown from 7 employees when I was hired to over 40 now.
16. I have never been a bridesmaid.
17. My favorite foods are pizza and chocolate, not in any particular order.
18. My drink of choice is Mountain Dew.
19. I now automatically refer to Coke, Pepsi, etc, as soda and am surprised whenever I visit the Midwest and have to ask for pop.
20. I am extremely nearsighted and have worn glasses since I was five years old. My first pair were red “Flinstone” glasses.
21. Both of my grandfathers were born on September 12, 1912. My mom’s dad died when I was five, and my dad’s dad when I was 27.
22. My grandmothers are both still living and in their 90’s.
23. My first airplane trip was in 1991 at the age of 21.
24. In high school, I loved algebra and hated geometry.
25. I went to college at Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri and graduated with a degree in English Education.
26. I have never taught professionally.
27. For those of you familiar with Christian recording artist Sara Groves, her father, Dwight Colbaugh, was the campus pastor during my time at Evangel and was also my professor for an Old Testament book study of I & II Kings.
28. My favorite class in college was Structures of American English.
29. My least favorite class in college was Essential Christianity, where we were made to read a book entitled, I kid you not, How to Read a Book.
30. I would forgo a bonus at work if it meant I could dress down every day.
31. I can’t remember my mom ever giving me a hug.
32. My first boyfriend was 5’10” and of German ancestry; my husband is 5’10” and of German ancestry. (Not the same person!)
33. When I was pregnant, the ultrasound technician told us we were having a girl. We didn’t.
34. I’m glad we had a boy because I hate pink.



35. I thought the most difficult day of my life was when my son had surgery at six months old.
36. He recovered from the surgery.
37. Then he was diagnosed with autism at 33 months of age.
38. My dreams have changed.

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