Who exactly is Noel Cordle?
Noel Cordle is not your typical twentysomething. She was born and raised in Kentucky, but briefly sojourned into Yankee territory, living in Columbus, Ohio for two years. After graduating from The Ohio State University in 2008, she is currently ministering and teaching middle school Language Arts at a private Christian boarding school in the mountains of Southeastern Kentucky. She has been married to her wonderful husband since June 2006 and is striving daily to prove that internet romances really do work out. She has one son, Silas, who was born in April 2011. In her spare time, which she does not really have much of, Noel enjoys reading great literature, cooking, knitting, crocheting, watching movies, and listening to music. In summary, Noel is a deer-phobic, self-admitted Facebook addict, out-of-the-closet country music fan, terrible night driver, Twilight fanatic, and former high school stage sensation who has been known to get stuck in revolving doors in European countries and is often complimented on her sense of humor and the color of her eyes.
What exactly is mere musings?
mere musings serves as Noel’s outlet to write about the things she loves, is interested in, and is thinking about. Typical blog posts will range from topics like Biblical womanhood, parenthood, serving as a teacher/minister, the television and entertainment world, and book reviews. Noel’s varied interests are reflected in her blog topics, and she hopes you will find them interesting as well!
You can email Noel at noelcordle at gmail.com
You don’t happen to live in or near Columbus Ohio do you? Not a freaky question, but I just read your dad’s blog about your bookstore adventure, and I was in Columbus for a wedding two years ago and it sounded like the exact bookstore I was in. Very scary place indeed. Just wondering if it was the same one, b/c I felt the claustrophobia your pops did as well. Thanks.
Josh Phillips
Thank You for writing First Steps, I hope you don’t mind I posted it on my site, with a link back to you. I live in Ky hopkinsville to be exact. Where did you live. I went to school in Louisville during my high school years.
Other website: http://restingingraceandtruth.blogspot.com/
I have a list off all my sites on my “Vine Life” site.
In Christ Love,
TinaB
I read your blog First Steps about your wish to adopt special needs children. I wish you had not closed the comments, although I understand why you did.
Please know, there are MANY people behind your desire to adopt a special needs child. And if I had gotten a chance to respond, I would have told you my story.
Please know that the “hate” that was spread to you was done so by people who were adopted as infants, which is a completely different situation. They have NO understanding of the situation you are considering or what could happen to children that are not adopted.
Follow your heart.
I wish you the best. Email me if you wish.
Ok, like the others above, I’m using your “About” area as a sneaky way to comment on the First Steps post that you closed (and I don’t blame you a bit). I don’t think I have ever commented on a blog post of a personal nature as this one, but my own experience is so similar that I just had one thing I wanted to say. What your doctor said about insurance not covering anything related to infertility sounds very odd to me. It’s true that most insurance does not cover high-tech reproductive technologies, but blood/semen tests are basic tools of medical diagnosis. Frankly, I think a doctor who really wanted to help you could find a way to “code” the test that doesn’t scream infertility anyway. I know insurance coverage can vary a lot, but I would definitely check that out, either with your insurance and/or with another doctor (if you haven’t already, and if you have, forgive my going on about it). We’ve gone a fair way down the infertitily treatment path (though for moral reasons we did not do AI or IVF), and I’d be happy to share more about that if you want to email.
By the way, none of the above is intended to be express anything but complete support for your calling adopt. Some of the most beautiful families we know are “both/and” biological and adoptive families, and we ourselves are on that path right now (we have two biological daughters and are beginning the adoption process). I hope that you will be blessed with children both biological and adoptive, but mostly that you will continue in your faithful seeking of God’s plan for your family life.
Finally, your father and family are in my prayers.
Superb blog! Do you have any suggestions for aspiring writers? I’m planning to start my own site soon but I’m a little lost on everything. Would you suggest starting with a free platform like WordPress or go for a paid option? There are so many options out there that I’m totally overwhelmed .. Any ideas? Cheers!