All of the information has been fascinating! I love to hear about all of these interests. It's inspiring.
I'm a pet lover, although right now I'm refusing to go to the shelter to choose another one since my wonderful friend Baron died a few months ago at the age of approximately 14. Then we had to euthanize my son's 14+-year-old dog who visited me often. Can't bring myself to visit the shelter again yet. We'll see.
As a side-note, Bill, I was a Rainbow as a teenager. I would say that it was a great improvement to my teenage behavior, but then there was that incident at Grand Assembly when I poured a soft drink in my friend's hair after she deflated my mattress in the barracks. Not one of my better moments. My parents were not pleased. :(
I served on the Board of Directors for the Central Oklahoma Big Brothers and Big Sisters for years and was Big Sister to a beautiful little girl named Lori that I met when she was around 6 years old. I enjoyed that experience very much.
I love to read and belong to a club where they send me selections to choose from including experienced and brand new authors. I've always loved reading and grew up with the habit of having an average of 4 books going at one time. I'm back into that habit again recently, reading a chapter of this, a chapter from another, and one usually catches on so much that I can't put it down until I'm finished with it. Others are more the slog-through-it kind that I read because they have some information that I really want to dig out, but it's not particularly compelling.
Right now I work with 2 clubs where children learn about the Bible. Some of the Southern Baptists here probably know about AWANAS, which stands for "a workman that needeth not to be ashamed," from 2 Timothy 2:15.
This week I have been inspired to get on my rowing machine, even just for a few minutes. I only require from myself that I get on it, but once there, I usually do more than that.
Keep all these inspirational messages coming! They really are helpful.
I mentioned this in the facebook group, but I do enjoy actually going to the gym and taking the classes. It gets me out of the house and around people, even if just for an hour every few days. I am currently at home with my kids and my husband works a lot of awful hours, so this is how I have kept my sanity over the past several years. I also volunteer at their schools and in the community.
And I must admit, my coding studies have been an escape for me. I love learning and school in general, so I have really enjoyed being a student again.