Who’s writing this blog ?

My name is Missy, and I am a sinner who’s life has been redeemed by Christ.

I am the wife of Jon, and the mother of David, Audrey, Michael, Helen, Daniel and Maggie.

We are a family of Americans, thickly marbled with Norwegian, living in Canada.  I am also a Southern girl, though the South is scandalized by my yankee accent.

I have lived in eleven area codes in my life.  In California, the coast of Massachusetts, the deep South and the Midwest.  If I were instructed to move “home”, I would not know where to go.  Maybe to my car.

I am a home-schooling mom, living a migratory life, hoping to make up for some of the time I squandered in my youth by using the time I have been given better.  By reading and serving my family and taking the little gifts and talents which have been given to me, and using them well.

As I approach the various objectives which will be chronicled and measured on this blog, I think that to be truly thankful for all the mercies and kindness which have been poured out on me is my real ambition.  To remember that the ability to read a book, to run a mile or more in the early morning, to parent children and see them flourish and grow into fascinating adults are big fat gifts for which I am to be always thankful.  To learn to never complain, to always remember to articulate my thankfulness, and to give out as much as has been given to me…..this seems like a worthwhile objective.  So, I’ll aim for that .
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