Anne Marie's Musings & Anecdotes

I enjoy writing, I really do.  The problem I have when sitting down to write though is that I have so much that I want to get out of my head and onto paper, that thoughts stray into other topics quite easily which sometimes results in something that more resembles a brain dump than a cohesive paragraph. I am forever editing, tweaking, and rearranging my words so that the piece that I present at the end seldom results in what I had imagined when I first sat down. But since this is my blog and not something official, I appreciate your patience while I ramble toward my conclusion.    While on staff at a local church, I wrote a bimonthly column, I often tried to explain my "free style writing style” to my “editor” Ann   Wagoner, by sharing with her that   the thoughts in my head were so varying and scattered that they felt like butterflies begging to be caught and contained.   Using that visual, my friend, Susan Loncar, an excellent graphic artist cr...

In my first blog post I promised you some insight into my world and I hope to share bits and bobs, most likely in fits and starts, as appropriate to time, place and circumstance. It is my hope that this manner of sharing will aid those who may be interested or those who might benefit from it, to gain understanding and be encouraged. Unfortunately, much of the story will necessarily be shared in pieces over time and you the reader may have to fit it together as you would a puzzle.   Today's post is one of those puzzle pieces, instead of working on the corners and the edges of the puzzle first, I'm diving smack into the middle and trying to clear the clouds.  I was inspired to begin here because my baby brother's birthday is today and I have a theory that I want to share about what should be his special day of celebration. A bit of sprawl is necessary to get there though, so reader please bear with me. It's fitting that my brother's birthday and Mother's ...

For years, I have had so much to say and share and for about ten or so years while on staff at a local church, I had a forum to do so. Before blogs were a thing, I wrote a newsletter titled "Nursery News" with a recurring column called "Anne Marie's Anecdotes",  (the name of this blog is a nod to that which went before) where I shared anecdotes primarily related to the experiences I had while raising my boys.  I'm not entirely sure if it's a good thing or not that the targeted audience for that publication has largely forgotten that it ever existed but I will optimistically count it as positive, since it will allow me to recycle stories previously shared that to most of you, will sound brand new.  (If you remember it, please let me know). LOL! Since I resigned my position at the church five years ago, I have mainly used Facebook to get those straggly and random thoughts on "paper" and thanks to unrelenting encouragement from numerous people...