To All New Writers: Introduce Yourselves in a Post

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Hi, my name is Melanie Jean Juneau and I have been the administrator of this site since the summer. I dutifully introduced the first five new members to ACWB in the summer but then I pettered out. Pam just gave me a brilliant idea. She just posted an article today entitled, Yes, I'm Catholic...Really!

 I want to invite all new writers to introduce themselves and their blogs,then leave a link to their blog so that we can visit.If you are comfortable, a picture of you or a snapshot of your blog would help us connect and relate to you.





I introduced myself five or six months ago but here is a short bio to start our new series.

 Melanie Jean Juneau is a petite wife, writer and mother of nine kids who blogs at joyofnine9.The very existence of a joyful mother of nine children seems to confound people. Her writing is humorous and heart warming; thoughtful and thought provoking with a strong current of spirituality running through it. Part of her call and her witness is to write the truth about children, family, marriage and the sacredness of life, especially a life lived in God. Melanie is a columnist at Catholic Lane, Catholic Stand and Catholic Attachment Parenting Corner.

Comments

  1. Victor S E Moubarak5:26 pm, January 07, 2014

    Does this include me?

    God bless.

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    1. Melanie Jean Juneau5:44 pm, January 07, 2014

      YES Victor, why don't I send you and email and set you up with pulishing privledges; you already an intregal part of this site and then YOU can choose which stories to post! It is on it's way. I will put you inon the writers page and our bloggers blogs

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  2. Unknown5:49 pm, January 07, 2014

    You're welcome! LOL

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  3. Manny10:46 pm, January 09, 2014

    Hi Melanie. I've stopped by many times. Your first sentence in your intro caught my attention. What caught my eye was that you introduce your self as a "petite mom." If you were large would you have introduced yourself as a "full size" or "overweight" mom? :-P LOL, I hope you don't mind me kidding you. I just found it unusual.

    By the way, anyone with nine children is A-OK in my book. God bless.

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    1. Melanie Jean Juneau10:58 pm, January 09, 2014

      I cut out a whole paragraph where I talked about the fact that I am doomed to be called cute for my whole life, now even by my kid's friends. In fact it will be on my tombstone because I will die a cute little old lady. ( My sister was beautiful and I was...cute!
      When anyone who meets me, theie eyebrows shoot up, there mouth drops open and they say, "YOU have nine kids" So I cut all that and simply said petite.
      Now I see that it sounds insensitive

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    2. Manny12:11 am, January 10, 2014

      In no way did I think it insensitive. Just unusal. Now I understand that it came as a reference to having nine children. I get it. It's not insensitive. Peace. :)

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    3. Melanie Jean Juneau12:31 am, January 10, 2014

      you're kind and thanks for the insight; I might change it so it is clearer

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