Uniquely Me

Several friends of mine are participating in this thing called, "Celebrate Beauty."  Every day they are posting about different topics such as, "what makes you uniquely you," and "who is someone you know that inspires beauty?"  I am not going to participate myself, especially since I'm jumping in several days late, but I am going to continue to enjoy reading everyone else's responses to these topics - allowing me to reflect privately on my own answers.


There is, however, one that I would like to respond to here:  what makes me uniquely me?  If you read my last post, you would know that in my last visit to my dear friend Kelly, I was happy to find that she was able to find a peace in the midst of her pain.  She is taking this time out of life to re-discover who she is.  She has really inspired to take my time, being unemployed and quite frankly bored, to remember who I am in Christ.  


Here is what makes me "uniquely me"

I am a lover of art in almost every form:

The performing arts (both theater and music) and

visual art (I personally prefer drawing and occasionally painting).

I love both to enjoy the works of others in these forms as well as

produce my own.

I love finding the beauty and art in nature:  it's everywhere from

people and relationships

to the flowers, trees, and sky - I am in awe every time I look at the sky 

(seriously, look at the sky and try to tell me there's NOT a creator behind it all).

In life I feel called simply to do this: love people.

I love giving gifts and baking for people

it's my favorite way of blessing others and showing them 

how much they mean to me.

I am also a listener.

I'm not great at talking, and often find myself without words or wisdom when others seem to need it.

However, I am great at listening, I will listen as long and as often as you need me to.

Along with this, I am a giver hugs, massages, and cuddles:

just another way of showing you how much you mean to me :O)

I am an avid reader.

I have a long list of books that I read often and an even longer list of ones  that I want to read.

JRR Tolkien is my hero, CS Lewis feeds my spirit, and Jane Austen satisfies my romantic sensibilities.

I am a lover of Christ.

He has saved me countless times, has blessed me immeasurably, and I honestly believe that I would not be alive today if it weren't for Him.

Very simply and in an every-day sort of way, I am:

Cheryl Anne (Matthew) Hoskins

a wife, sister, daughter, aunt, friend,  and in law

baker of amazing cookies

scrap-booker

painter

guitar player (acoustic - about as well as Phoebe Buffay)

singer (in the shower)

actor

teacher

student

writer

reader

Mario Kart Wii champ

interior decorator (of my own place)

house wife

TRHS/SAU graduate

introvert

dog-person (who also likes cats)

and 

lover of God and people.