When it comes to favorite hobbies or pastimes, I’ve led a very full life. Fortunately for me, having children to use as my excuse, I was able to shamelessly buy myself all manner of games, books, craft supplies, and the like… all under the guise of “it’s for my kids!”
As time marched on, however, my kids grew and moved away, so I became a closet crafter, for a good while.
Then, as age crept onto my hobby scene, my fading eyesight and arthritis stole much of my hobbies and pastimes, which included things like photography, gardening, painting, horse wrangling, camping, hiking, and the like. The list really does go on and on.
But, the one hobby that began when I was small… you know… my Easy Bake adventures in baking… some things never change!
What I find rather hilarious about answering this prompt is all my answers seem to be running in reverse, as far as my age and maturity are concerned.
Back in the day, when everyone my age was playing computer games, I was crocheting, cooking and camping. Then when I got older, and slower, I switched it over to doing the things I should have been doing when I was a kid!
While my arthritis and fibro prevent me from doing any of my usual hobbies, as well as, we are a bit homeless just now… my writing and gaming fingers are still on point!
I wrote something a while back, regarding myself, my husband, and my brother-in-law’s gaming techniques.
If you haven’t read that story yet, or if you want another good laugh, you should click the link.
Either way, don’t forget to grab a fresh cookie on your way out…
There are so many unbelievably wonderful things to choose for my favorite, that I am not sure it is possible to pick just one, so I shall go against the stream and say Passion is my favorite pastime.
The purpose of choosing Passion for my hobby stems from the idea of selecting anything I want for a pastime as long as it stokes the flames of my inner fire. That place within the soul that comes to life as you pursue your dreams… I am sure you know of what I speak.
My soul will rise to the surface of life’s waters, by passion brought about from activities of many kinds. I have traveled, I love to cook and bake, I can sew and crotchet, I have grown gardens, I homeschooled my three girls for nearly 5 years when they were small, I have bred and raised dogs, cats, and horses… see, the list goes on and on… Passions.
I am not able to do most of those things anymore, due to age and life interuptus, but that which does not kill us will make us stronger, as they say. Where there is a passion there is a way… and baby I got A LOT of Passion! Why? Cause I got Jesus, that’s why!
As you may have noticed, I have yet to included this blog or even the ability to write, among our choices and it’s for a very good reason. I suppose you could say writing is, in fact, considered a pastime or hobby… as I am sure, for some, this may be true… just not for this human.
For this woman of Faith, writing is so much more than a passion because of the one whom I am most often writing about… God! It’s my father in whom I find myself constantly writing about, talking about, singing about, and dreaming about, and I shall make no apologies for being a Jesus Spammer.
So, to sum things up for you… Jesus is who I am, and stays off the table for a pastime or hobby, and I choose Passion for my hobby so that I can pick whatever I want. I am such a rebel!
One of my favorite baking passions is Cheesecake, to be specific, my homemade Snickers Cheesecake. In honor of this we shall all share in some …
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