Questions Answered

After my meme yesterday some of you left questions in your comments so I'm answering those today.

Who did you kiss in the rain? That dashing man that I married, of course! We've even kissed in snow, thunderstorms, and a hurricane! How's that for love that weathers anything?

What art did you teach yourself from scratch? Bear in mind that the term "art" covers broad territory in my mind. So...when we first got married I taught myself how to decorate t-shirts using sequin type thingies. That was a real stretch for me. In my late teens/early twenties I wrote songs which I played very badly on my guitar and sang even worse. In 2006 I taught myself the fine art of producing an entire DVD. The videographer did throw in quite a bit of knowledge, but when it was all said and done I took that puppy from idea to finished product. And now I'm getting ready to do it again!

What famous person did you meet? For whatever reason, I've gotten to meet lots of famous people and I know a lot of folks that know or are related to famous people. But these are the ones you probably recognize the most:

-Greg Allman- as in long-haired Allman Brothers band and Cher's ex. I met him at a very "interesting" party.

-Susan Swift- you might not recognize her name, but she was a child star in a horror movie and Harper Valley PTA. Then she went on to be in some of those dreadful Halloween movies. She was also in my fifth grade class.

-Tony Atlas- he was a wrestler and I sat beside him on an airplane when I was 12. He's afraid of flying. I'm not. One of us was embarrassed that day.

-All of the Kansas City Royals back in the 80's, including legendary George Brett. I babysat for third baseman, Greg Pryor. He and another baseball player from a California team were our neighbors.

-Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker- saw them at a movie theater and briefly said hello. Also, saw Tammy at a restaurant on another occasion.

-Andrew Wommack- He's a Bible teacher on TV, radio, books, etc... Andrew spent a week with us every year at our annual tent meeting at our former church for many years. He still does, but we don't.

-I've met several other former professional baseball players, wrestlers, a kazillion famous Bible teachers and evangelists, Christian music artists, authors, speakers, astronauts, yada, yada, yada...

Sorry to disappoint you if you were hoping I'd met some up and coming hunky pop star or something. Most of mine are oldie famous people or those that are not so famous that you'd immediately recognize their names.

Who's life did you save? I worked in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for many years and saved lots and lots of lives, sometimes by emergency resuscitation and sometimes by long term care (but mostly by prayer!). I also made a couple of very quick decisions as a labor and delivery nurse that saved a few lives. When I was in nursing school my dorm room was across the street from an abortion clinic. One day I ventured over there to chat with the patients before the doctor arrived. One woman was particularly receptive and I like to believe that she didn't go through with the abortion after our chat. Only eternity will tell for sure, but I like to believe I saved a little life that day.

And that was probably way more than you ever wanted to know about me!