Sometimes, you wonder if you make a difference in someone’s life. Especially of a child’s life. More often than not, we let the words that should be said slip into the silence, the fight over something so trivial, the exasperated sigh of you never understand, fine, whatever… Then there are times like today, a post, a tweet, a status update, a tag in a photo … Continue reading A Day to Be Thankful
Dear Ronnie, I am so happy Bruce & Kevin convinced me to come Uptown and I am so happy I crashed your birthday party years ago! I am writing you this post to share with the world because I cannot be in the same city or state with you on this wonderful day. Many, many, many years ago, I met a guy on a beach. … Continue reading A Birthday Message for Ronnie
All I have ever wanted to do in life is make a difference in someone’s (anyone’s) life, but I never stopped for a moment to think about the difference I was making in my own life. I, over indulged myself a few weekend ago. In alcohol, in food, in slothness. Normally, I would beat myself up over it, but I just asked myself this: WHY … Continue reading Choosing to Make a Difference
Headspace… ….sometimes, getting in my own head with a flashlight and exploring the nether regions of it is a dangerous place… I’m in a mood, a funk, a whatever you want to call it. Nothing specific happened to put me there. I just woke up one day and was blah. Sometimes, I just wake up and I’m there, standing on the edge of the darkness … Continue reading Putting Bass in My Walk
Crazy Little Thai Lady was my mom’s nickname. Who gave it to her, no idea. She wasn’t knife wielding crazy or any of that sort. She was more of a 110 degree heat, pushing a lawn mower around 4 acres of land, crazy. There was nothing she couldn’t do and you couldn’t tell her “no, it’s impossible.” I guess that’s where I get my stubborn, … Continue reading Letters to Lek: Happy Birthday Crazy Little Thai Lady
“How long has she been out there?” “She’s been waiting since before sunrise,” Celeste said to James as he stared at the window towards Marion. She sat motionless in the lotus position in the center of the yard. Turning, he looked at Celeste. “Waiting? Waiting for what?” Celeste shrugged her shoulders. “She’s not talking or at least she isn’t talking to me.” James crossed his … Continue reading Waiting
Image by Theodora Mansueto A reminder to us “adults” to return and be kids sometimes or as the The Bloggess put it, “…the importance of being ridiculously silly whenever possible.” Continue reading No Point in Being Grown Up
Today is my Grandpa Taylor’s birthday. He would have been 94 years old, but he passed away in November 2010. He is gone, but not forgotten and when he passed away, I tweeted “For Grandpa “Though I cried, I was so proud to love a man so rare. He’s somewhere on the ocean now, the place he ought to be” ~@JimmyBuffett” I have always thought … Continue reading The Captain and The Kid
And I hope my nieces can learn from the Doctor as well… From RedBubble.com Continue reading Doctor Who Has Taught Me…
Goofing off with Riley in Asheville, NC (Oct 2012) I’m not a parent, so I can’t say as a parent you hope to…. But I am an aunt, and as an aunt, I hope to teach my nieces the beauty of themselves and the beauty of the world. I hope to share my love of the ocean, the night skies, traveling and music with them. … Continue reading Letter to My Nieces: Peas in a Pod