How did this blog get its name? “Median” is a word meaning the one in the middle. I’m the fourth of seven children - the middle child, the mid kid, the median sibling - the median sib. I have two older sisters and two younger sisters. I have one older brother and one younger brother. One would think I would be an exceptionally balanced person coming from such a line-up. Wish it were true!

I named this blog on a whim. I was simply trying to come up with a blog name that someone else hadn’t already grabbed. I tried several titles, but they were taken. I have NO idea where the idea came from, but when I typed in “The Median Sib” - it was available, and it became a done deal. At first I thought it was a little silly, but it has grown on me, and now I rather like it.

What about Carol?
Updated January 2008

I’m an early baby boomer - a reading specialist - mother of two - and grandmother of two. I love reading, writing, camping, hiking, mountain biking, dancing, golf, and being with family and friends.

You’ll find that I write about my husband, my children and my granddaughters a lot. Here at THE MEDIAN SIB I call them RT (husband), Stinkeroo (daughter), Scalawag (son), Sweet Stuff (6-year old grandgirl) and Sunshine (4-year old grandgirl). My family is the most precious and important thing in the world to me. Nothing is sweeter than to hear the grandgirls’ voices calling me “Grandma Carol.”

I started keeping a diary at the ripe old age of 10 years when my father gave me a gift of a brown leather-bound diary. I’ve kept one ever since - about 48 years. Blogging is just a different way for me to do what I’ve been doing for so long. Since a blog is so public, though, I find myself doing more self-censoring than I did with my handwritten diaries.

I live in Tennessee. It has been my home for over twenty years now. However, I’m originally from Georgia. Most of my family still lives there. I’ve lived in North Carolina and Illinois, too.

I was married to RT in 1969 and we were married for 28 years, but then we divorced. After 8 years of being divorced we got back together, and in September 2006 we were remarried in a beautiful and rustic outdoor ceremony in a park near Anchorage, Alaska. The photo below is one taken at that ceremony.

I’m thrilled and happy to be back together with RT, my first and forever love. We are in the process of settling into our dream home on some land we own here in Tennessee. RT was the contractor for our house and handled every single aspect of building it. We moved into our home in October 2007 and we love it here. I enjoy writing this blog, and I hope you will leave a comment and visit again soon.