secrets (Photo credit: Ramon Snellink)

1. My nickname in one of my high school yearbooks was “peanut.” I hated it then and I hate it now.
2. I do not like having my photo taken. I am known to run from cameras.
3. I have 6 g’children, 4 girls and 2 boys.
4. I used to be so clumsy when I was little that at one point, I had not one, but two hickies on my forehead. NOTE: I was 2, so I am not referring to the type of “hickie” that you are thinking of.
5. As a baby, I was so bald that my Mom resorted to taping ribbon to my head.
6. Snakes, pre-historic-looking lizards (no, really, lizards in general) and big hairy spiders terrify me.
7. If I have to chose between “cat” or “dog,” I chose cat.
8. I am a world-class worrier.
9. I speak to my grown daughters almost every day.
10. I love singing and dancing to 60’s and 70’s R&B music.
11. I’ve always loved playing jacks.
12. When I was young, my favorite sports were tether ball and volleyball.
13. I do not like opera.
14. I like country music.
15. I love books.
16. I love to write, and would love to be an author.
17. I was getting my yoga teacher training certification, but had to stop because of my health.
18. I am taking painting and drawing e-courses.
19. I meditate to force myself to stay still.
20. I cry at Kodak commercials.

Blessings, Lydia