Fatty, Fatty Two by Four…

I weighed ten pounds when I was born. I was a chubby toddler. The kind of kid who everyone says is adorably plump. When I was in elementary school I was a good ten to twenty pounds heavier than everyone else. I was also at least a foot taller. In high school, my weight continued…

Are You Scared Yet?

I have an absolute love of horror movies. Well, truth is, I love movies in general but horror is, by far, my favorite genre. I’m not sure when this love affair began but I do know that I was quite young when I started watching any and all things scary. I clearly recall attending my…

Finding My Tribe

I’m one of those people who tends to not have a lot of friends. Oh, I have friends, just not hordes of them. I am friendly, but kind of shy and selective when it comes to people I hang out with. Now, those who really know me are cracking up at that last sentence! Because…

A Leap of Faith

I have never thought of myself as someone who was especially adventurous in life. Other’s may argue that point but, to me, I’ve always felt pretty average. I grew up in a regular family with two parents. I had a great education with my parents working their butts off to send me to a Catholic…

Springtime = Remembering

I think in springtime its natural to think about people who are no longer here. At least for it is. There’s something about the promise of new life in spring that always makes me remember the people I love who have gone away too soon. Having spent a good amount of my formative years in…

Growing Up Girl…

I never intended to use my blog for this purpose but here goes. I was sexually molested when I was a child. There. I’ve put it down for anyone who reads this to see. It’s out there in the universe and I’m not taking it back. I never told anyone about this for 45 years.…

One Life at a Time…

I’ve had a lifelong love of animals. For most of my life, there have been dogs, cats, bunnies, guinea pigs, hamsters, and goldfish in my care at one point or another. As a city kid, I can say my parents were extremely tolerant of having live animals in our home. I know that wasn’t the…

Oh The Places You’ll See…

Family vacations with my Dad were always an adventure. Even though there are six kids in my family, being the youngest meant that I got to be the last at home long after everyone else moved out. So, I got to go on road trips with my parents being the only child on board. Sure,…

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

I’ve been to New York twice in my life. That is enough to know that I have a true love for the city but I could never live there. This Midwest girl gets too excited by the city that never sleeps and wants to do everything there is to do. Thus, I never sleep when…

Watching the Signs…Heeding the Voice…

When I was a teenager, a crow took up residence in the big oak tree in our backyard. He would sit up there and pretty much spend hours annoying my little dog who was trying to rest down below. This crow would drop pieces of bark, acorns and even rocks on the dog’s head until…