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Shana

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About Me


We are enjoying life in Louisiana. I can't believe that we have been here a year! We love it! A little about me...I love to laugh and have fun. I am a big kid and a goofball. I love surprises and and I love to surprise others. I love teaching the junior high girls small group at church. They are so honest and open. I love them! I work as a paraprofessional in the school system. I have finally found out what I am supposed to be doing! I love my job!Let me tell you about my girls - Madison and Meagan. Madison is in the 5th grade and she is a lot like me. OK, is exactly like me. She wants to follow the rules and wants everybody else to do the same. She is determined, strong-willed and she loves to sing. Madison sings in the choir at school and she has had the opportunity to participate in honor choir and go to district festival. They sound fantastic! I'm a proud momma! Meagan is in the 2nd grade. Meagan is hilarious! She makes me laugh so hard. She is a girly girl. Loves to dress up, look at herself in the mirror all the time. She always has an opinion on what she should wear. She is so dramatic...going to win an academy award one day! The Lord knew that I need some comic relief on occasion...that is where Meagan comes in.My husband - Tommy. I love this man! We have been married for 17 years. Such a patience and steadiness about him that I wish I had. He is the worship pastor at our church. I love to watch him lead worship.I am so blessed, and grateful for the opportunity to touch people and pray that they see Jesus in me. So, if you are reading this, please know that I strive to be the woman God wants me to be and I would appreciate that you not put any bad language or filthy messages on MySpace. Thanks!! This layout was handmade with love by the folks at My space or yours? Go get one!

My Interests

I love to sing, read and play with my girls and hubby. I love keeping in touch with my friends and family. Now that I have some room I'm pulling out the sewing stuff.
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I'd like to meet:

JESUS, Beth Moore, Angela Thomas(I met her, hugged her and talked to her, YIPPEE!),Nichole Nordeman,George W. Bush.a href="http://www.whateverlife.com" target=_blank alt="From Whateverlife.com!"

Music:

I love Travis Cottrell, Nichole Nordeman, Ce Ce Winans, FFH, Sara Groves and all kinds of praise and worship stuff. I enjoy big band music and mushy love songs. Natalie Cole and Corrine Bailey Rae and music from the 80's.

Movies:

Somewhere in Time, Pretty Woman, Radio, Remember the Titans, 50 1st Dates, Beauty and the Beast, Beaches, The Polar Express, We are Marshall

Television:

American Idol, What Not to Wear, Extreme Home Makeover, Dancing with the Stars, HGTV (I know...I am a dork!)

David Archuleta - Love Me Tender
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Books:

The Bible, Do you Think I'm Beautiful, When Wallfowers Dance, The Redemption Series by Karen Kingsbury, Redeeming Love, The Scarlet Thread and anything else by Francine Rivers,Get Out of That Pit by Beth Moore.

Heroes:

JESUS, Beth Moore, Tommy Hodge (my hubbie),Charles Gibbs, he preaches the WORD and doesn't apologize for it at all! My pastor, Rob Sumrall - he's not afraid to do things different. My dear friends, Gene Tackett and Vanita Gibbs - she is the coolest pastor's wife ever!! My sister, Heather - she has been blessed with an extra-special baby. I can't wait to see how God is going to use her!

My Blog

perspective

Funny how it takes one thing in life to change your perspective on things. I’ve experienced this change in my life thru the birth of my new neice, Victoria. We found out months ago that the doct...
Posted by Shana on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:45:00 PST

the race

    This has been such an exciting day for the Hodge family.  Tommy , along with the rest of our church pastors, ran a 5K race today in Eunice, LA.  Tommy has lost lots of weight ...
Posted by Shana on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:08:00 PST

driving in Louisiana

I am having a really hard time understanding the way folks drive in this area.  It seems that it is normal practice around here to pass a car regardless of whether or not there is oncoming traffi...
Posted by Shana on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:58:00 PST

calling the North Pole

My girls always make me laugh and this past week was no exception.  I was driving home from work and was running a little late so I wanted to call the house and let Madison and Meagan know that I...
Posted by Shana on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 07:27:00 PST

things my kids say

This has been such an eventful weekend for our family.  Madison, our 10 year old, wanted to get her ears pierced.  We have always told them that ear piercing would be their decision because ...
Posted by Shana on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:31:00 PST

boys!

Maybe I'm old fashioned and not living in reality but this liking boys thing cannot happen in this house, yet. Madison has this friend, Aaron, and he is a great kid but a BIG flirt. They hang out toge...
Posted by Shana on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:10:00 PST

Bunk Beds

OK, well, we are in our third week in Louisiana.  We are living in a small, temporary space.  I'm extremely thankful for it.  It's close quarters but it is working out great.  Bunk...
Posted by Shana on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:02:00 PST

my crazy kid!

God really has a sense of humor when it comes to my children.  He must be laughing His head off as he watches what goes on in the happy Hodge house.  Meagan, the 7 year old, decided that she...
Posted by Shana on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:47:00 PST

cheerleading

Well, I think that I found my calling in life!  I'm supposed to be a cheerleader!  We have the girls participating in Upward  this season.  Madison is playing basketball and Meagan...
Posted by Shana on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 06:09:00 PST

Clothed in joy

I feel so full right now just realizing how much my Father loves me that I am about to burst.  I just finished reading Psalm 30 and verses 11 and 12 say this: You turned my wailing into dancing; ...
Posted by Shana on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 02:30:00 PST