A Catholic Harvest Interview

Interview questions by Paula over at A Catholic Harvest. Thanks for these questions, Paula!

Everyone has a chance to be interviewed! Here are the instructions:
1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me".
2. I will respond by emailing you five questions. (I get to pick the questions).
3. Update your blog with the answers to the questions.
4. Include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you ask them five questions.

Paula's Questions for Soutenus:

1. I know you have/contribute to 3 blogs. Pick one of them -- how did you chose the name for that blog?

A Catholic Notebook -- This is an easy answer! I called this blog exactly what it is, my online Catholic Notebook. I started it for my Confirmation students. I've continued it for me. I have notebooks upon notebooks of hard copy info. Blogging was the logical next step. What else could it possibly be named? :-)

2. What is your favorite Bible passage and why?

"Suffer the little children to come unto me, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." (Mark10:14)

It is the first verse I learned - when I was about 4 or 5 years old. It also reminds me to come to God as a child with total trust and love.

I remember my Mom explaining the words to me because, at first, I didn't understand why Jesus would want the little children to "suffer." :-)

3. Before blogging, what if any was your mode of personal expression?

Dancing . . . as in performing, teaching and choreographing. My favorite endeavors have included:

• teaching on faculty and as a guest artist at Universities
• Mommy and me movement classes for pregnant Mommies
• my wonderful Christian modern dance company called Arms of Love
  
• teaching across the country with New York Dance Experience (my motto was "Have Bongos; Will Travel.") It is AMAZING how many great conversations were sparked because of those bongos. A middle aged, relatively average looking woman with bongos must equate to someone who seems both safe and interesting :-)
• One of my favorite local classes brought babies and Mommies together with Sr. Citizen Alzheimer's patients for a movement and music class.

4. Where is your absolute favorite place to be alone?

My absolute favorite place to be alone was on my horse, Dancer.

Now that Dancer is gone I would have to answer, "On a good horse waaaay out in the country."

I have especially enjoyed helping with Equestrian Therapy sessions and wish our school would let me start a training program so that our students could participate. Ahhhhh red tape, you know!

5. Not counting husband, kids, family...the usual suspects, what is your most treasured possession?

Materialistically speaking?

My Mom's furniture and my books.