About
Annie’s official bio:
Annie Downs is a freelance writer in Nashville, Tennessee. Flawed but funny, she uses her writing to highlight the everyday goodness of a real and present God.
Annie has been telling stories her whole life. As a child, growing up outside of Atlanta, Georgia, she loved talking to anyone who would listen. (Actually, she still does.) Annie received her bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education from the University of Georgia, preparing her for a short-lived but memorable career as a teacher in elementary schools. Now as a writer, Annie uses those same skills from the classroom to engage, entertain, and educate her readers.
With several Bible studies and many articles under her literary belt, Annie also writes books for teen girls and women braving college and the years after. Annie is passionate about seeing young women find true value in God and His love for them. By weaving together personal stories, humor, and Scripture, she invites the reader to experience a fulfilled life with a living God who loves deeply.
Annie is a huge fan of the Internet, singer/songwriters, waffles with peanut butter, and sports of all kinds, especially four square.
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Keep in touch, yo:
http://www.facebook.com/annieblogs
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FAQs:
Why are you in Nashville?
Find the answers here: POST #1, POST #2, POST #3
What do you do?
I’m an author. I’m a speaker. I’m a freelance writer. I’m the Social Media/Communications girl at Mocha Club. I’m the Events Coordinator for Help Portrait.
So what do I do? I try to remain calm.
What’s your book about?
From Head to Foot is a candid, easy-to-read guide that uses real-life examples and faith-based instruction to equip Christian girls with the confidence, faith and moxie they’ll need to face their teen and college years.
Why do you blog?
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Feel free to contact me with any other questions or suggestions for the FAQ section. Or just because you want to share a recipe. Or a story. Or a picture. Or a moment.
Thank you for stopping by my little corner of the internet sky. You are always welcome here.
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OK…scary, I have never heard of anyone else liking waffles with peanut butter! I love them! I’m new to the blog world but also have a passion for the Lord, the Word,writing and seeing women grow in the Lord! Thanks Annie. Plus I couldn’t pass on the “no comments yet”…keep posting!
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@Mandi Cornett,
Just had to say SOUL SISTERS!! I love PB with waffles too!! (Try adding some Nutella….aaahhhhh divine!!) I sometimes through in a banana too…okay now I’m hungry…thanks!
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You had me at four square.
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grant and i met playing four square. i highly recommend it!
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Got here through Kat. It’s kind of late for me to read every blog post, but you talk college football which is mighty cool in my book. Even though I am a Gator.
We’ll be around!
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Have you ever tried waffles with applesauce? Sounds weird. Tastes good. Especially with homemade applesauce…yum.
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Annie- you are too funny. I love reading your blogs. Wish I had found them earlier!
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I like your updates! I love four-square, too – I was fantastic as a sixth grader!
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So glad you cleared all that up. =)
I thought my daughter was the only one who liked waffles with peanut butter. She’ll be glad to know she’s not alone.
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Really pb is the only way to make a waffle a redemptive event.
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When I was about 9 years old I made up a word called Dramatizic. It was to describe really bad commercials with really bad acting. I would roll my eyes and say, “oh, that is SO. Dramatizic.”
Sorta like melodrama.
But better.
Beuticulous, I know.
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I am enjoying following you on your blog. I ran across your blog through Boo Mama, I think. Anyways, you are a great blessings-authentic, transparent, and in love with the Lord-my kind of lady!
Thank you for following me on Twitter. Perhaps our lives will cross sometime in real life! I write Bible studies for moms, speak, teach and try hard not to destroy my testimony for the Lord publicly! May the Lord bless you and keep you and cause His face to shine upon you! Blessings x 10,000.
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Hi Annie!! I had some extra time this morning so I was browsing through BooMama’s blogroll (which I never have time to do). I’m totally into reading your blog and loved it! And then I realize I know you real life! You spoke at Beloved’s first retreat. I was the MC at that event and met you at the leadership meeting. Small world! I didn’t know you had moved to Nashville. Good for you. I’m loving reading about your trip to Africa. I pray the Lord’s blessings on you today and I’ll keep reading.
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HI! This is Dana from 4th grade! So you are in Nashville i always wanted to go there I just wanted to say that you were the best teacher you are so funny and fun!
-Dana
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Hey Annie! your blog is great! i have to know how you know dave barnes?? or do you know him?? he is so great too!
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I got this link from your mother. (contact trough work) Thanks for reporting about Nashville. I live in Franklin and got by with much less damage than so many and my wife and I are helping through Samaritan’s Purse. The help and generosity of those who live around here is the most obvious “presence” of God around right now. You can feel it.
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Fun! Beauticulous! BTW, I sucked at four square.
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Awesome blog, I look forward to reading more of it!
Glad I found you on twitter!
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Loved your article on (in)courage, so I wanted to stop by and tell you. I twirled more-than-thirty this year, and I think I may adopt your terminology for all future birthdays.
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You want to know of a snakc a lot of people think is weird? Plain potato chips and cream cheese. A girl I was friends with introduced me to this snack when we were in high school, and I’ve been hooked on it ever since. That same friend…She and I also used to put wintergreen tic tacs in sprite.
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I’m so glad that to hear that more women are writing books to encourage teens and college young women to love their bodies, just as they are. The commercializing world is so cruel to young girls and young women. If they don’t live up to the body image portrayed in “Seventeen” or “Ebony” or other teen magazines, they become very depressed about the natural body that God gave them and do all kinds of weird things to their body. On top of that they think boys expect them to look the way TV commercials and now webline ads tell them they should look. Yes, Annie, there is nothing new under the sun. I was reading “Seventeen” when I was young and I still see the magazine out there. But I was told I was “cute” and had a big behind and was never going to be pretty. I accepted it bona fida. Worse, I had severe acne at 12 and had to go to a dermatologist to lay under sun lamps and had to wear Merle Norman Cake make-up @ 12 years old. I was even put on birth control pills for my uneven period and was told it would clear up my face. I thought no guy would ever like me, ever! How wrong I was. My mother never encouraged me, except to say that personality meant more than looks. Now that I could run with. And did! Amazing how our mothers make such an impact on our lives even as teens. I also had a daughter, who I thought didn’t listen to me, and was very surprized that she did. I did however, read an eye-opening book about what young girls go through during their teen to womanhood transition , called “Ophelia revisited” by Dr. Mary Piper. I was determined that my daughter would never have to face that and put her in an all girls school. But she went through even worse treatment by her girl peers. Girls can be so inclusive and mean at times and downright snotty in their judgement. Just look at the movie that came out “Mean Girls”. Very typical of teenage girls. What I’ve learned as a mature woman is to keep loving myself, no matter how I feel. My grandmother used to say, “I look better than I feel”. She taught me a valuable lesson. No matter how you feel on the inside, put your best foot forward. Well, that lesson didn’t kick in for quite a few years. But I’ve learned to love myself inspite of everything I’ve gone through….because God loves me just as I am (Rom. 5:5; Ps. 139:13-14). And now that I’m old and grey, and facing Parkinson’s disease and I’m a former shadow of myself, I remember what I used to look like and I look at the mirror and say, “Who is that old woman?” But I know that God loves even the old and the grey. And I’m proud of the grey and the wrinkles, I earned every one of them! I’ll be 59 and holding in February and I’m happy just to be alive every morning! (Lam. 3_25-29) I used to tell my underdeveloped and very tiny daughter when she was growing up, “size don’t make a woman!” She is now proudly 4’11 1/2″ and about 95 lbs. and has really blossomed and to me she has been and always will be beautiful to me. And I’m very proud of her. So, in closing Annie, I guess I’m saying to all moms out there, no matter what, love your daughters. Don’t spoil them with clothes or gifts. Money can’t buy love, but just love them as they are and tell them they are precious in God’s sight! Amen!
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Hi Annie. My name is Lee Kronert and I am a writer who is contemplating publishing two of my novels with WestBow Press. They gave me your name and said I could contact you. I am seeking opinions on what authors think about WestBow and what their experience has been. I hope to decide soon. What can you share about your personal experience with them?
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Excited to be following you and to possibly have you join us for a Legacy Conference Annie.
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