It still feels like just the other day I rolled out of bed full of excitement as my journey to home-ownership came to an end. I can’t believe it’s been a year since I signed all the papers and packed the moving van. That its been a year since we moved everything down, since Wes road in … Continue reading »
Big is Beautiful
I can’t remember the last time I saw an advertisement displaying a beautiful large strong female… or any large female for that fact. Thinking back to walking past the stores dedicated to these women, I don’t recall a single image showing how fabulous the clothing looks on them, just glitzy signs letting me know they carry larger sizes. … Continue reading »
April
April was here and gone before I knew it, like the last handful of months have been. Right before 3 pm on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, Micheal Walter finally made his grand entrance into the world. Margaret became a big sister and Jared became an uncle again. He was 10 lbs 6 oz and 22 … Continue reading »
Seventeen.
I can still see the yellow-ish orange haze of light when I close my eyes, the bookshelf dividing the room. It was December 31 and I was seventeen. Hours before I had been standing in the dining room of the guy I had been dating’s house, watching him across the room with his new girlfriend, … Continue reading »
Standing at the counter
Tonight I learned I don’t accept well to others footing the bill, or to be more specific, with Jared footing the bill… As we stood at the counter “ready” to order, my blood rose standing there looking at the prices, considering just why we were there… those damn Cool Ranch Doritos tacos. The four dollar … Continue reading »
Holiday Recap (a few months late)
It was a long and joyous season, my first Christmas season in my house, my new home. Thanksgiving day Jared & I picked out our first Christmas tree. That night, after all the dinners were eaten , we set it up. The holiday season was different then it ever has been before. For the first … Continue reading »
Secret Santa brings Hope to the East Coast
I was listing to the radio the other morning when a the reported on a miraculous man traveling trough the beaten and tattered areas of New York and New Jersey. This man’s generosity is beyond lengths of belief, this man’s kind heart changed the lives of others. This Secret Santa from Kansas City made his way to people in … Continue reading »
