This time I’m vlogging after an emotional day (wallet was lost or stolen yesterday on the cusp of my monthly hormonal imbalance… *ahem*) so forgive the lack of make-up and contact lenses. If you didn’t know, I’m practically blind but normally wear contact lenses. I didn’t have the energy to put them in today. It’s…
Games We Play
We took a lot of road trips when I was a kid. For summer vacations mostly. We played car games like “I Spy”, the alphabet game and “Tank” (if you are not from south Texas and your name is not Elaine, Misty or Amanda, you may not know that last one – I think my…
She Was Wrong
This was absolutely the last time I was going to sit in this chair in this oh so familiar position. One arm automatically supporting his little back while feeling the soft cotton of his onesie. The other hand, caressing his silky blond hair. His legs were now too long and his little feet kicked the…
Oh The Bangs – #SeniorHottie
I’m joining in on the totally rad, out of this world #SeniorHottie carnival at a belle a bean and a chicago dog . It’s no lie that I love a good look back… I loved high school. Well except for Freshman year. It quite sucked actually (socially anyway, I always did well in my studies). It…
They were supposed to be yellow…
I trudged into the building, my tired body struggling, my eyes still burning and bloodshot from hours of crying. My boss wanted to know what was wrong so I told him. As was his way, he shrugged it off and told me there were other fish in the sea or some crap like that. But…
The Sprinkler Out Back
“Mom, can I put on my swimsuit and go run in the sprinkler?” “Sure, I need to water the front anyway.” Doesn’t she need to water the back? Certainly it needs it more. “I wanna go out back though.” “I just watered back there yesterday honey.” Well never mind then. I’m not going out front…
Missing School
It was a school night and as the warm water rushed out of the shiny faucet, I climbed into the tub for my bath. I saw the bright pink bottle of bubble bath with that silly bubble guy smiling back at me. I grabbed it and started to unscrew the cap when my Mom walked…
Break Up
He sat on the weathered bench at the picnic table under a huge and familiar oak tree. We were at a park that I had loved to play at as a child, with its hills and enormous jungle gym. I sat next to him, so elated to be back from my first year of college…
Looking Back, Facing Forward
Since I cannot use my camera right now I was looking back at pictures from this time last year and pondering some things… It’s amazing and crazy all at the same time how our kids just keep growing right before our eyes but we don’t really see it until we LOOK back. A shot of…
The Day We Met
Imagine you are meeting someone for the first time. You want to tell them about yourself.Instead of reciting a laundry list of what you do or where you’re from, please give us a scene from your life that best illustrates your true self. I threw myself into the room, announcing I was there and the…