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Hi there. And welcome to the About Me section. Wow—talk about conceited. Seriously, how does one write an About Me page without
coming across as slightly full of oneself?
And what about you? If you made it all the way to this About Me page, I can only assume it wasn’t by mistake. I’ll admit, though, it’s difficult for me
to imagine that anyone out there, other than Richard and Liz Porter—my wonderful parents, would care to read even a partial page devoted to
getting to know me.
However, now that I’ve stuck my foot in my mouth and likely driven you from this page—or even the entire site—I will attempt to tell you a little
about myself.
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coming across as slightly full of oneself?
And what about you? If you made it all the way to this About Me page, I can only assume it wasn’t by mistake. I’ll admit, though, it’s difficult for me
to imagine that anyone out there, other than Richard and Liz Porter—my wonderful parents, would care to read even a partial page devoted to
getting to know me.
However, now that I’ve stuck my foot in my mouth and likely driven you from this page—or even the entire site—I will attempt to tell you a little
about myself.
- Born: Odessa, TX in 1964 (To save you from having to do the math—which gets especially hard when you change centuries—I’m 44.)
Reared (I’ve heard that “raised” sounds like one is growing corn): Odessa, Dallas, Odessa (all TX); Gainesville, FL (while Dad went to law
school); Macon, GA; Saginaw (north of Ft. Worth), TX; Evergreen, CO (for junior high and high school); Ft. Collins, CO (for college).
Education: 16+ grades, including English degree from Colorado State University in 1985 and paralegal certification soon after.
- Marriage:
- I moved to Dallas to meet my husband—wait, that didn’t come out quite right. I moved here for a job (wink, wink) and joined one of
the largest church singles groups on the planet—at Park Cities Baptist. I met my future husband Bret Wilson (Baylor graduate,
which I’ve come to find out is actually a call on one’s life—not dissimilar to, say, youth ministry) about a year later.
We became engaged after knowing each other for 30 days—which, by the way, I don’t condone or recommend. To aggravate our
families even more, we wed in August of that same year. 1988. This means we have an anniversary ending in a zero coming up
soon. (If anyone has a time share anywhere in the Caribbean they could let us borrow, we would be eternally grateful!)
Family:
- We welcomed Charlie into our lives in June of 1991. Then, we stopped making babies in July of 1991. That’s when we discovered
that men and women are different. (I wanted to talk about our infertility struggles 25 hours a day, eight days a week. Bret wanted to
go to work, watch football and sleep. Men can be so selfish, yes?)
Anyway, after getting help from some really nice doctors, Miss Molly arrived in October of 1994. But with being poked and prodded
during our Infertility Years, we saw no reason to use birth control after she was born. Reese—our Bonus Baby—arrived 11 months
after Molly. (Though perhaps not how we would have chosen to space apart our children’s births, we now praise God for His perfect
plan for our family.)
Our family has always been active in church—Sunday school, AWANA, MOPS, Mother’s Day Out, Upwards sports, drama, choir,
children’s church ministry, youth ministry, mission trips and so on. (Before you panic on my behalf, we haven’t served in all those
areas at the same time!)
- Joking aside, I did suffer a stroke in January 2004, leaving the entire right side of her body without feeling. After a record-setting
response, my symptoms abated almost immediately. Today, I have few side effects other than I tend to repeat myself. Residual side
effects are few, other than my tendency to repeat myself. Besides that, I now have a great excuse on which to blame my bad memory. To
read more, go to My Stroke Story.
After several years of sometimes rapid, sometimes painfully slow mental recovery, I praise God to be able to do what I do—be real with
other moms to help them feel normal. I hope you’ll come on board.
When I’m not gallivanting off to exotic speaking locales—from Lansing to Lindale, from Rochester to Richardson—to speak at conferences
and retreats, I spend weekends watching my children play sports—everything from football, competitive cheer, basketball, baseball and
track. I also have the privilege of being “stage mom” to two members of the Barney & Friends cast (Molly plays Amy; Reese plays Ryan.)
In a desperate attempt to practice what I preach, I manage to squeeze in Date Nights with hubby Bret every week or two.
A professed stalker-mom, I endeavor to stay as close to my teenage daughter as possible. I teach Molly’s Youth Bible Fellowship (what
our church calls Sunday school) at Lake Pointe Church, as well as the weekly discipleship group, (link) Girlz-4-God, at Cain Middle
School. To paraphrase Joe White, founder of Kanakuk Kamps, I might not be the brightest light in the world, but I can be the closest.
Hobbies:
• Watching my kids play sports
• Working out (elliptical machine and weights)
• Going to garage sales, which is very different than having garage sales. I’m not allowed to do the latter any more.
• Playing games with my family and extended family
• Shopping at Canton—the worlds’ largest garage sale
• Going to movies with Bret
• Writing—funny stuff (I hope!) and e-mails. (Sometimes those are the same thing.)
Favorite vacations: Snow skiing or going to the beach with my family
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