blueyonderchild
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Homeschooling SAHM |
| Location | Midwest, United States |
| Introduction | I am 38 years old, and I feel like I live at the Edge of Life, not because I'm any kind of daredevil, but because I have always lived with my hopes pegged on the future. I’ve been a wife for 16 years to my best friend, and I’m the mother of five amazing individuals ages 14 to one. I confess Jesus as Lord with solemn humility and endless thanksgiving. I’m an idealist who spends much time in the "world of what could be." I yearn for the bright skies of the American west even as I try to be of use in my midwest community. I have political leanings and support civic activism, but I don’t feel defined by that as much as by the Beatitudes. I’m passionate about children, motherhood, horses, organic gardening, sustainable agriculture, literature, the ministry of reconciliation, authenticity, holiness. I take my name from a favorite song by John Hiatt, "Child of the Wild Blue Yonder." Oh, and I can be funny, usually when I least expect it. And I have a suspicion I'm verbose. |
| Interests | family, organic gardening, horses and riding, photography, apologetics |
| Favorite Movies | The Black Stallion, Silkwood, Forest Gump, Coal Miner's Daughter, While You Were Sleeping, Colin Firth's Pride and Prejudice, Chariots of Fire, Lonesome Dove, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables & sequel, Uncle Buck, Braveheart, Apollo 13, The Scarlet Pimpernel--1970s version |
| Favorite Music | In my busy life I get by with whatever's available--would like to find some new favorites among jazz and folk artists; old favorites include some classical music and Bruce Springsteen, U2, John Hiatt, Van Morrison, Tom Petty, Al Jarreau, Patsy Cline, others I'm ashamed to admit (hey everyone was 12 once) |
| Favorite Books | The Bible, Francine Rivers' Mark of the Lion series, Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, The Good Earth, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Mark Twain books, Mere Christianity, Passion and Purity, Victorious Living by E. Stanley Jones, What is a Family? by Edith Schaeffer |