I am

• I am a woman.  
• I am 32.  
• I am blond because I pay to be, but a brunette by birth. 
• I am strong and confident.  
• I am strong willed and stand behind my beliefs and convictions.  Really, this is just a fancy way for me to tell you that I think I am just about always right.  
• I am an extrovert who has never met a stranger and can talk to absolutely anyone about absolutely anything.  My blond hair, strength, confidence, and people-loving nature sometimes make acquaintances feel like I'm somehow "untouchable" and "have it all."  
• I am a perfectionist and a performer.  I always want to do things just right every time, and because of this it is rare if I try anything new because I don't want to fail (ahem....I suppose that means I have a fear of failure as well.)  I'm trying my hardest to battle this one because I mean really.....not trying new things is no way to live.  Some of life's best experiences are in the first try of something new. Anyway...being a perfectionist and a performer also mean that...
• I am very hard on myself when I don't do something "right" in my eyes.  I can take criticism well, but internally I am kicking myself for not doing it "right" the first time.  
• I may talk a big game, but at heart I am really quite humble and don't think I'm anything special.  You're  more special than I am, I can promise you.
• I am very introspective.  I evaluate situations and people and myself constantly, trying to find the best approach to a  situation or the best solution to a problem.  My mind is often running and I have to make a conscious effort in order to get it to stop.  
• I am a very good listener and love to help people.   
• I am incredibly empathetic and very tenderhearted.  If you are hurting I can enter right into that hurt with you and help you pull yourself out.  These things together make me a good friend (if I do say so myself).  
• I am so very sensitive.  I am such a "feeling" person that I can get my feelings hurt or be offended quite easily. This is not a quality of mine that I am particularly fond of, and I'm working on this one too.  
• I am so so SOOO sarcastic.  So sarcastic.  My gosh so sarcastic.  I can make a joke about anything and laugh for days at the littlest things.  Now, you might ask: what would happen if you blended the following characteristics into one woman:  menopause (yes, I am menopausal at 32.  I know, I know....), a radically sarcastic personality, and extreme hypersensitivity?  Well my dear friends, I'm here to tell you that what you get is a sister who can dish it out, but can't always take it.  Just ask my best friend.  Haha. And now.....the biggest confession of all:
• I am a recovering people pleaser.  A few years ago I would have never ever thought of myself as a people pleaser.  I am so independent and strong willed that usually I don't care what people think of me.  Or so I thought.  But the last several of years, a lot of hardships, and a lot of people putting in their two cents have conditioned me to have an intense preoccupation with what other people think of me and my decisions.  Now don't misunderstand me; this doesn't mean that I will change my decisions based on the opinions of others, but you better believe that when I make my decisions I am wondering what everybody.....down to the neighbor I hardly know and her mother-in-law who visited last week....are thinking about me and my decisions.  But as I said before, I'm recovering.  I'm doing my absolute best to care only about what Christ thinks of me, and no one else.  Because just like they say you can't take a U-Haul to Heaven, I can't take your opinion up there with me either.  And quite honestly, I don't want to.
• I am a daughter of the King.  And that's all that matters.