Hello! Welcome to all the new kindred spirits who have joined us recently!
It occurred to me that you may like to know a bit about your host of this L.M Montgomery Book Club. Here are some random facts about me.
~I’m a Christian
~I have loved Anne since I was a teenager
~I visited PEI for the first time this summer
~I live in Illinois and have also lived in Arizona
~I’m a former elementary school teacher
~I homeschool my three daughters (my oldest has now graduated!)
~I’ve been married for 21 years
~I’m a dreamer and a poet
~I’m an only child
~I love vanilla rooibos tea, raspberry bonbon lattes, and anything chocolate
~I like meeting one-on-one with friends at coffee shops
~I used to be an Irish dancer (though not a very good one)
~I love teaching children to read
~Picture books are my love language
~I do not like wind (it’s very windy today)
~I would rather read about nature than actually be out in it
~I have a love/hate relationship with my bangs (if I could tell Emily Byrd Starr not to get bangs, I would)
~I love my bed and sleeping too much
~I read too many books at once
~I like wordsearches
~I’m a social introvert, though I used to be painfully shy
~I LOVE leading book clubs
~I’ve published a poetry book (find it HERE)
~I can’t resist a Little Free Library or used book sale
~I love pizza
~I’m a homebody, especially in the evenings
~I taught myself how to use a DSLR camera and own two expensive cameras that I rarely use
~I take too many pictures of sunsets and nature with my phone
Now, tell me something about you!
As always, I’m delighted that you’re here!
~Stephanie
Loved hearing more about you, Stephanie. What's it been like being a mother to three, having grown up without siblings? Makes me curious. No worries if you'd rather not answer.
My husband and I have been together (22 years this Feb) about the same you and yours have been married. Our girls are 14 and 11. I grew up as one of 6 kids.
I am a social introvert also. Being in a big family, I learnt to zone out 🤣- can still become completely engrossed in a book in a busy room. But oh how I love the quiet all alone. Unlike you, I prefer actually being out in nature than just reading about it. I think it's also because I can escape people 🤣.
I love Yorkshire tea, chocolate covered almonds, All Creatures Great and Small, sunrises and sunsets ❤️