My name is Anna Bodmer. I was raised in a small town where there are more tractors on the road than cars. Hay fields and trees line the roads while the smell of manure always managed to find its way in the car. I am the youngest of three children. My parents beat the odds that are seemingly stacked against all marriages, and they found a way to stay together and in love. My family is close. Everyone lives in what I call a "pod". They all live pretty much within fifteen mintutes or so from each other besides Cliff. He is my first cousin, but really was raised like my brother.
I have always loved writing. I have journals that I have kept that I occasionally look through so I can remember where and what I was doing, and how it made me feel. As I have gotten older I have found myself dealing with my own problems. I don't open up to too many people. I tried that and found people aren't necessarily as receptive about who you are and what you're doing if it doesn't involve them. So I have turned to writing and not talking as much. I know I can keep my own secrets, and Jesus does a pretty good job at it as well!
I love listening to others talk. I have always been intrigued by how and why people do what they do. I sometimes wonder why I never went into psychology to become a counselor. Sitting down on a couch and asking probing questions and finding out peoples life stories is pretty fun to me. I used to sit in the back of my mom and dads monte carlo and on the way to church ask my mom to tell me stories of when she was younger. Story after story was told to me, and to this day, hearing "life stories" does something to me. I have always been called an "old soul". I love old music, old sitcoms, and I feel more comfortable to sit down with folks from generations before me than I sometimes do sitting with people who are in my age bracket. Sitting with generations before you offers wisdom that so many (including myself) from my generation does not have.
I have always felt like I didnt fit. I felt like the "odd man out" often throughout my life. I have seen things through a different set of eyes from the ones that I have been around. I have never viewed people the way others have, or situations the way they have. I have tried to see the good in people even when they beg you to see the bad.
I am single and for the first time in my life, I'm not whining about it. I want to be married, but I'm also happy with where I am right now. God spoke to me a few months ago and said never seek after when you can be saught after. With that I found a rest and a peace in being single, because I don't want anything that isn't for me. I don't want to rush something that needs more time to grow, or mature. I was told the old saying about you being a half of someone else is so wrong. You have to be "whole" before you can get with someone and it blossom properly. I guess my singleness is just preparing and maturing me to be a great wife. There are definately enough married couples that I am around that I am taking different aspects of their marriage and putting them in my pocket to piece together a marriage of my own. Haha, I wonder how well that will go for me!
This is a small portion of ME! Hope you've enjoyed the small excerpt of my lifes journey.
