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| Me, catering a wedding in 2010 |
Ancora Imparo is latin for "Still, I am learning." It is attributed to
Michelangelo Buonarroti as something he said near the end of his life. Years ago, someone gifted me a necklace with this inscription, and I loved it. I would like that humility to mark my life.
I'm Marianne. I was officially born in the 80's (1980, to be exact). I am married to a man 12 years my senior, officially born in the 60's (1968, to be exact), and we have four children, S
øren (2005), Elliot (2007), Penelope (2009), and Lucy (2011).
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My husband,
who is never this serious
but always this cute |
I graduated from a Christian Great Books program at
Gutenberg College. I like to read, though, I really rarely get to browse beyond my Google Reader. I am homeschooling, though I want to cater each education to each child, which may mean public or private school somewhere in our future.
Like any person, I am much more than my title and a short bio. Things you might not know about me from first glance: I once dated my younger half-brother's older half-brother, I've been to Africa, worked for an evangelist, started a house church, abandoned evangelicalism but kept my faith, agreed to marry a man after 6 weeks of knowing him, and created a large black-market network to help people access raw milk. My father (who isn't my biological father) has become a woman. Life is funny and God writes the most interesting of stories.
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| Elliot, 4, and Søren, 6 |
I've lived in the Seattle, WA area, the Portland, OR area, and the Eugene, OR area, which makes me very officially a North-westerner, the kind that doesn't know that the NW includes dessert areas. I cloth diaper when I can, eat organic, and try to steward the planet well. Like any mother, I am trying to balance a lot of priorities, dreams, and goals and I cannot boast that I am doing any of it right.
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| Penny, 2 |
I think a lot, and feel a lot, and am compelled to verbally (or typographically?) process those various things. Despite being passionately opinionated, I am patient and compassionate and truly do not think I have it all figured out. I really like dialog. Sometimes I encourage and challenge you, sometimes you encourage and challenge me. That's why I blog.
