“I Got Your Back” guest post on Must Be This Tall To Ride

Today I have the honor of being featured on one of my favorite blogs.  This is the very first blog I “followed” on WordPress and it’s always a must-read for me.  Endearing, funny, real, human.  If those are qualities you appreciate, you’ll enjoy Must Be This Tall To Ride as much as I do.  My […]

Where Were You When the World Was Getting Smarter?

This week’s Remember the Time blog hop is “I remember where I was when….” “Hard wired to concieve, so much we’d have to stow it.  Even needs have needs, tiny giants made of tinier giants, Don’t wear eyelids so I don’t miss the last laugh of this show (the dashboard melted but we still have […]

Oh, brother.

“Remember the times that we used to share…  You got to remember the times that we used to share….  But the only way for you to survive is to open your heart, it will guide.” -Lenny Kravitz, Sittin’ On Top of the World I didn’t want a younger sibling.  I wasn’t completely opposed to the […]

Beauty and the Geek

“And you can tell everybody this is your song, it may be quite simple but now that it’s done, I hope you don’t mind, I hope you don’t mind, that I put down in words…  How wonderful life is when you’re in the world” -Elton John, Your Song I occasionally get to participate in a […]

(Not Quite) 50 Shades of Gray

“I told you I was trouble, You know I’m no good” -Amy Winehouse, You Know I’m No Good So, the task at hand is to write about a time I got in trouble.  My first thought was that I wouldn’t have anything to write about.  I am a total rule follower.  This one’s going to […]

Digging Deep, Letting Go and Catching Butterflies

“You are the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.  You shine just like sunlight rains on a winter snow.  I just had to tell you so.  Your eyes sparkle as the stars, like the moon they glow.  Your smile could light the world on fire, or did you know?  Your mind’s full of everything that […]

Hitting the Rewind Button

“Hello Operator, can you give me number nine? Can I see you later? Will you give me back my dime?  Turn the oscillator, twist it with a dollar bill, Mailman bring the paper, leave it on my window sill.” -The White Stripes, Hello Operator My husband likes Barry Manilow.  I know.  I married him anyways. […]

Lessons From the Worst Day of My Life

“And I know it aches and your heart it breaks and you can only take so much….  Walk on.” -U2, Walk On It was my wedding day. We had spent the past year and a half planning every little detail, the string quartet, the candles, the sunset. Yes, even the sunset. One year before our […]