So glad you stopped by. Come on in and I’ll make us some tea.
Why don’t we get to know each other? I’ll go first. Since I love lists, I’ll share one with you.
32 Facts about me:
My start
1. Both sets of my grandparents emigrated to America from Greece.
2. When I was five, we visited Greece for six months and I got kicked by a cow.
3. We once had two rabbits named the Lone Ranger and Tonto.
4. I fell in love with poetry by reading Robert Louis Stevenson’s book, A Child’s Garden of Verses.
5. As a little girl, I always wanted a Chatty Cathy doll and never got one.
6. I realized my love for writing when I won a writing contest in the 5th grade.
7. I tried out for a musical and made it, but never sang a note.
Growing up fast
8. Losing my mother when I was sixteen changed my life.
9. As a grocery cashier, I once chased a customer out of the store over a couple packages of Koolaid.
10. I married my husband on his three day pass and then we moved to Germany.
11. I learned how to drive when I was 34 and actually drove on the Autobahn in Europe.
12. I once broke my little finger trying to stop the sled my son and I rode. I do not recommend it.
13. The best souvenir I brought home from Germany was my infant daughter.
14. I once memorized and recited the first chapter of James and the whole book of I John to pay for half my trip to Israel.
15. In Israel, I floated in the dead sea, had communion outside the garden tomb and climbed Masada.
16. I rode a camel and a donkey. No, not at the same time.
17. I returned to school after a twenty-five year leave, and graduated with honors.
18. In one class I got to hold a human brain in my hand.
Writing
19. My poetry has been sold in stores since 1995. You can see some with Christian Book Stores.
20. I once turned down an offer from Dayspring Card Company.
21. One of my poems, I’d Marry You Again, was shown on Extreme Makeover House Edition.
22. I have written and published over 42 Bible studies as well as 27 articles with Christianity Today. Articles like this one, and this one, and even this one.
23. I am a Tribe Writer and once interviewed Jeff Goins.
24. My sister was the victim of domestic violence. I wrote about her story in BROKEN: A Story of Abuse and Survival.
25. Since 2012, I have published five books, three of which are children’s books.
26. One of my articles, Don’t Make These 3 Mistakes When Giving, reached 24K people and was one of their top posts in 2014.
27. See the trailer for my first children’s book, Emma’s Wish, a collaboration with my daughter, Jessica Peterson.
Misc.
27. I am a nervous driver, but a terrible passenger. See number 11.
28. You will not find me gardening. Nope.
29. I hate the cold. No really, I’m serious I HATE it.
30. I am tenacious, although my family spells it – s t u b b o r n.
31. I am technologically challenged.
32. I am a poet, speaker and writer, but my favorite name is Grandma.
Well the water’s boiling again. Ready for a second cup. And I think I have some cookies here.
Anne Peterson Writes 