The Backdrop is a way to personalize a Backlight profile. We ask people simple questions to get a better idea of who they are, and their answers are displayed here. The important part of the response is, of course, the Why - what is behind that response.
Why?
Having two small boys, life IS funny! Did I tell you the story about Everett going poopy the other day? Yeah, as he's sitting on the pot trying to push the poopies out, he says, "They don't want to come out now. They want to ride the metro and see the museum inside my intestines." !!! I wonder if that would be the Museum of Natural History?? Anyway, life's a trip with two active boys, and if it's not a comedy, it's a drama. And who has time for drama??
Why?
That, and making gazpacho. And being outside. And running, and going to the park with my boys. Going to Mint Springs in Crozet, Virginia. Going to the vineyards out in Virginia.
Why?
There are too many good times and several tough times and they can strike at any time of day. My favorite time is when my boys are enjoying life and I'm enjoying it with them.
Why?
And making Halloween costumes for the boys. And trick or treating...and Thanksgiving. Catching falling leaves, finding acorns, watching the leaves change colors...I love autumn.
Why?
That, or Life. Or Lost. :) I like SYTYCD because I love the dancing. All types of dancing and most of it rather inspirational as it looks easy...and yet I know it's not! I like Life because I love the main character...quirky, dry, smart. Lost...I just want to know what happens!
Why?
There is no greater joy than playing with my sons on a gorgeous day in the sunshine. The laughing, the running, the giggling and tickling, swinging and making new friends...There is nothing more pure and precious on earth than that.
How?
How embarassing! We were "boyfriend and girlfriend" all through 7th and 8th grades and part of 9th, but we never even spoke! We just wrote each other notes and left gifts in each others lockers. In 9th grade, on retreat, we were playing truth or dare with friends. And our dare was a kiss! YEEPERS! Talk about awkward!!!
Why?
Just google it. You'll agree with me!! Ok, maybe not if you don't like the beach...but, seriously. It's gorgeous. And the Soggy Dollar Bar is amazing, too. :)
Other than that, I'm not sure...toss up between Spain and England...
Why?
I love Sid the Science Kid. Ev and I watch it together and it's super fun. Very creative, fodder for lots of conversation between us. Growing up, I really liked the Electric Company, but it's not really a cartoon, I guess...
How was it?
I'm re-reading the Narnia series. I love these books. They remind me of my childhood, when Dad would read out loud to us at night after having made us homemade chocolate malts on Sunday night...But, as an adult, there are jewels and gems to be found throughout.
Why?
I just loved that part in the movie...you know which one...where he stands there with the boom-box and plays the song...It's just romantic. :) And I'm gooey like that.
Why do you like it?
Not only are the words timeless, and the way Sufjan arranges it and plays the banjo to it...but... at this point, it's a prayer for me:
Come Thou fount of every blessing! Tune my heart to sing Thy grace. Streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise! Teach me some melodious sonnet (because my heart is dry on its own) sung by flaming tongues above. Praise the mount, I'm fixed upon it, mount of Thy redeeming love. Here I raise my Ebeneezer! Hither by Thine help I'm come!! And I hope by Thy good pleasure safely to arrive at home. Jesus sought me when a STRANGER, wandering from the fold of God. He to rescue me from danger interposed His precious blood. OH TO GRACE HOW GREAT A DEBTOR daily I'm constrained to be! Let Thy goodness like a fetter bind my WANDERING heart to Thee! Prone to wander, Lord I feel it! Prone to leave the God I love! Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it. Seal it for Thy courts above.
So, yeah, that about sums it up. It helps me to know that people like me have struggled with the Lord and have cried out the same words as I have for as long as there have been seekers. I'm not alone in my journey of faith.
Why?
There was a huge magnolia outside of Everett's window at our house in Texas. His changing table was under that window, and he'd giggle every time he'd see the tree. One of his first words was tree because of that! Anyway, every time I see a magnolia, I think of my firstborn son and his early childhood. Those were good-hard days, and he's taught me a lot about who I am as a mom and what I'd like to be.
Why?
This can change on a whim, though. We've been to the National Gallery a few times and his pictures of water and boats always draw me in. He gives detail but still leaves enough undone that there are places you can fill in on your own.
Why?
It's so much fun to go there for the day as a family. The museums are free and amazing. You can totally get lost in them and it makes my little guys so happy. So far, it's Washington DC. We'll see as time goes by...
Why or why not?
What are you guys trying to do? Don't you know that I memorized the planets with an acronym and now it's being messed with?? M-VEM, JaSUN P. NO CONFUSING OLD LADIES WITH SMALL CHILDREN! I don't have the brain capacity! And then my poor kids are going to start Kindergarten thinking Pluto is a planet, only to be told their mom is all washed up. Thanks. ;)
Why?
I like so many! Agua, just outside of Antigua, Guatemala is the first thing that comes to mind, but I also love the first view of the Rockies as you drive in to Denver from Texas. I love high mountain streams and waterfalls...Other than the "beach" in Texas, there's probably not a natural landscape that I don't like.
