About
I'm Marla Swoffer, a Marin County, California native and a Jewish (by birth) Jesus follower. I have a masters in journalism from UC Berkeley and I am an INFJ who is a certified Myers-Briggs Personality Type Practitioner.
I'm married to my best friend (ENFP) and we have three children whom we educate at home, initially because our oldest child asked me to midway through first grade in public school (way back in 2009). Before that, I couldn't imagine homeschooling and now I can't imagine doing anything else. I offer homeschooling and personality type consultations to Marin County / Bay Area residents (if you are interested, email me).
Back in my blogging heyday (2002-2006), I was one of the founding members of what was then dubbed the Godblogosphere, including an evangelical women's blog called "Intellectuelle" (traces of my past notoriety can still be googled). Then along came my third child, and shortly thereafter, the unexpected path of homeschooling. There went my plan to write articles and books while the kids were away at school. But the life I got instead has turned out to be far more fulfilling, and is making me a better writer, even though this past decade has not been my season to focus on that. With all my children now in the double digits, my primary calling is not any easier or less time consuming (in fact, it's more challenging in certain ways), but I have an inkling that the path is broadening...
I post to my Facebook pages more often than my blog (for now, at least):
Marla Swoffer - my writing
Savoring Creation - food/cooking
INFJ Christians - 4000+ special snowflakes ;)
Marin Family - for locals, especially homeschoolers
All of the above stream to my Facebook profile and to twitter, so follow one of those if you want to get all my content in one place.
I'm married to my best friend (ENFP) and we have three children whom we educate at home, initially because our oldest child asked me to midway through first grade in public school (way back in 2009). Before that, I couldn't imagine homeschooling and now I can't imagine doing anything else. I offer homeschooling and personality type consultations to Marin County / Bay Area residents (if you are interested, email me).
Back in my blogging heyday (2002-2006), I was one of the founding members of what was then dubbed the Godblogosphere, including an evangelical women's blog called "Intellectuelle" (traces of my past notoriety can still be googled). Then along came my third child, and shortly thereafter, the unexpected path of homeschooling. There went my plan to write articles and books while the kids were away at school. But the life I got instead has turned out to be far more fulfilling, and is making me a better writer, even though this past decade has not been my season to focus on that. With all my children now in the double digits, my primary calling is not any easier or less time consuming (in fact, it's more challenging in certain ways), but I have an inkling that the path is broadening...
I post to my Facebook pages more often than my blog (for now, at least):
Marla Swoffer - my writing
Savoring Creation - food/cooking
INFJ Christians - 4000+ special snowflakes ;)
Marin Family - for locals, especially homeschoolers
All of the above stream to my Facebook profile and to twitter, so follow one of those if you want to get all my content in one place.
