Liz’s Bio

In case anyone is confused, Virginia is a southern state.  And Danville, Virginia, the last capital of the Confederacy, is my home town. In fact, Robert E. Lee is my great, great, great uncle (not).   I have many great memories of growing up in Danville as the bossy big sister to my three siblings.  We lived in an old home with a big porch where many life events took place including first kisses, break ups and a lot of girl talk.

I graduated from Virginia Tech and, as a wide-eyed child bride, moved with my husband to Athens, Georgia, just for a year or two before making my dream of living in the Big Apple come true.  Well, a year or two somehow turned into 26.

Athens became home and a wonderful land of opportunity for over 20 years of community leadership and involvement.  I again found myself in a lovely historic house with a big porch where a lot of action took place including random drunk college kids kissing in the porch swing and toddlers occasionally falling off the sides.

Talking, according to my friends, is a passion of mine so instead of monopolizing them one on one, I gave them a break, picked up a microphone and talked over the radio

(LizTalk  www.1340wgau.com).  That was seven years ago, and pre-empty nest.  3,400 guests later, I am still doing it.

I talked so much about empty nest because my husband and I found it SO unexpectedly fabulous that I must have said a little too much. Because now they’re baaaccckkk! That would be my two children (a.k.a. young adults), both of whom I find very entertaining (code for “good show material!”)

A few things you should know about me:

• I’m a “wordie” with an entire vocabulary that doesn’t make sense to you….yet.

• Don’t mention “dance” to me unless you want to have a conversation because that’s all I want to talk about.  It is my newfound passion, and I have been dubbed the “dancing evangelical.”   I am twice a spectacle on YouTube (www.youtube.com Liz Dalton dancing) from Dancing with the Athens Stars. Did I mention competitive ballroom dancing?
• My biggest fear is aging, and it’s not because I’m scared of getting wrinkles.
• Bob Marley is alive and well in our house and driving me crazy every day.
• I changed my name mid-life and it changed me.

Life happens, on and off “The Porch” – the good, the bad, the ugly and the funny.  I can’t wait to talk to you about it all!  There is actually more to my life, so kindly visit www.lizdalton.com.