It’s been awhile since I’ve done a meme … and Jessica had this one up on her blog so I just jumped on that bandwagon. Here are her questions, and my answers:
1) What was it that initially drew you to Christianity?
Well it depends on which stage of life you’re talking about. When I was in high school Christianity was a pretty vague concept. It was this “thing” that my friends did. So in the beginning it was so I could do stuff with my friends. If you remember, Miss Jessica, there was a time when there was a youth group at Grace Presbyterian in Wichita that Sarah Cox went to so I went with her. I believe that you graced us with your presence, though not regularly, at least once or twice. Robyn came with pretty good regularity, if I remember correctly. When I went to college it was really something more about the people I knew who are Christian. They seemed to be able to bridge this gap in life that other people couldn’t. Curiosity won out. That bridge they seemed to have, or be able to build, was peace in Jesus. I have it. It’s wonderful. And the rest, as they say, is history.
2) How do you expect your life to change post-wedding to Mr. Wonderful?
That’s an interesting choice of adjective. I guess I don’t think of him as Mr. Wonderful, per se, although he is quite wonderful. When I think of Mr. Wonderful I tend to think of a cartoon character with rippling muscles a la Mr. Brawny-the-paper-towel-man. I prefer to think of my JJ as a human, thank you very much. 
But that aside, I guess the biggest change I’m going to have to learn to adjust to is this responsibility to another human being for the rest of my life. It’s not that this is a bad thing, but it will be a transition for me to go from fighting for independence a good part of my life, and still doing so, to understanding that every decision I ever make is going to affect both of our lives. It’s a task that will probably strain me a little but I have great expectations that it will go okay. Beyond that, it will be a lovely thing to have someone come home to me at night, or me to come home to him, to have my best friend and confidant around forever, and to build a life together. Oh and lest I forget: the sex. Let’s not forget the sex.
3) What do you want on your tombstone? Or more specifically (minus the cheezy pizza commercial reference), eighty years from now when you’re reflecting on your long, full, happy life, what do you hope your legacy will be?
I hope that people remember me for 2 things: That I had a heart for people and that I had a heart for Jesus. Beyond that, so little else matters that I’m not sure it’s worth even mentioning. So here’s my tombstone: Here lies Angela Cooper. She had a heart for people. And a heart for Jesus. And to her, that was all that ever mattered.
4) Who is your favorite musician, and why does this individual/group receive this coveted title?
Well unfortunately since the downfall of free/legal music downloading, my music collection has sort of gone to pot. With the onset of iTunes it has picked up some but not a lot as iTunes still cost money. However, at the moment, my favorite band is By the Tree, a Christian band that does some really good stuff. They have the “coveted” title because I like their lyrics, I like the fact they write their own songs, and I like their music.
5) Ten years. Your life. What does it look like?
I’ll be 33 … and hopefully I will have a couple of kids, probably both under the age of 5 at the time. I have no idea where I will be living and I have no idea how much money we’ll be making. I’ll hopefully be teaching at a small college and JJ will hopefully be something between a free lance writer and a stay at home dad. I guess it’s pretty idyllic. On the other hand, my life right now is pretty idyllic. Call me charmed.
So for the rest of you bloggers out there, here’s how this works. Leave me a comment saying you’d like to be interviewed. I come up with 5 questions for you, and you post the answer in your blog. Doesn’t that sound like fun?
