The Meaning

I met a woman named Ann when I lived in Pullman Washington. Both of our sons played on the same city football league so we got to know each other throughout the course of their games. Every game we would talk about our lives and recent events. We learned that our sons were in the same grade and our daughters went to the same high school together.

She had a way of captivating my attention with her fun and energetic expressions and choice of words. I quickly understood her energy when I found out her choice of profession as a radio announcer for a morning show in town. I had listened to her every morning on my way to work so it was really nice to put a face to such a familiar voice.

She made an impression on me because that woman had been through hell and back yet she still had that fun energy that made everyone around her smile. She loved (or I like to tell myself that she did) to hear about my hobbies and adventures because I always had a different one to talk about each time.

I told her about my skydiving, singing, rock climbing, sewing, crocheting, knitting, camping, painting.... the list goes on. I was never still, always trying something new. I cant even remember the new thing I was trying out the last time we talked. I just remember that she felt the need to give me a nick name that has stuck in my head ever since..."The Dabbler". Synonyms putter, fiddle, toy, dally.

I thought about that name and how it applied to me over and over. The more I thought about it the more it fit. God blessed me with many talents that as a child I was not given the opportunities to nurture. Now as an adult I can finally express myself in more ways then I had ever dreamed possible and the ability to share these new adventures with friends is the best talent yet :-)