Hey Y’all!

I’m Stephanie Wetzel. Born and raised in California, I now live in Georgia with Charlie, my husband of 17 years.

We have three partially-civilized kids.

• LC, born 1997. Artist, Drama King, Leader.
• Hannah, born 1999. Dancer, Dreamer, Thinker. (She saw this and insisted that I add “Artist”)
• Abby, born 2002. Singer, Mathematician, Queen of the Universe.

We also have two big, hairy, smelly dogs and one small dog who all live in the house. Tess is young and smells like puppy and feet. Bob is ten and smells like turtle carcasses (don’t ask). Scruff is who-knows-how-old and adopted us recently. Charlie would love to be dogless. I’d like to have five or six.

Charlie is a writer and former chef. I’m his first editor and recipe tester.

I can’t cook. I can speak Spanish. I’ve been to Guatemala, Mexico, Portugal, Peru, Great Britain, Israel, Greece and Turkey.

Charlie goes to the UK once a year to teach churches about small group ministry and leadership. The kids and I have joined him twice. We all love to travel.

I’m learning at lot about social media lately, in my other gig as blog and social media administrator for John C. Maxwell.

We attend a fantastic church in metro Atlanta called 12Stone (www.12stone.com).

We just moved from a house on a dirt road in the country to a place on the lake. Our redneck selves are in for a big adjustment.

I’ve been trying to crack people up with my writing ever since I started passing notes in school.

I also deal with depression. Yes, depressed people CAN be funny.

Besides making people laugh, I also use this blog to make a record of my journey — as a parent, a wife, a friend, and a Christ-follower.

Want to chat? Email me here.