1. I can transform without regret.
2. My brother is the family member I feel closest to.
3. I like to bite the back of my husband’s arm. Hard. He lets me.
4. My kids think it’s 8:30pm when it’s really 7:30pm. We set the clocks back. Permanently.
5. Tanya knows everything about me. And she still loves me.
6. My Dad is voting for the other side. And I still love him.
7. I sometimes fantasize about cutting my dreadlocks off. In my fantasy I have instant long flowy hair again.
8. My mom has two tattoos on her foot. One matches mine, and one my brothers.
9. I regret almost all my tattoos but I continue to want more.
10. Tanya has no idea how much I adore her. All my best memories involve her. Including the birth of my son.
11. Jackiepoo is a soul friend. Her and I have kindred spirits, as cheesy as that is.
12. Her art is what mine what look like if I had her hands.
13. My brother is a bottomless pit of wisdom.
14. My husband’s physical strength seems bottomless too. That is comforting.
15. Weston confuses me. He is the most complex six year old I know.
16. I hate junk food, but I continue to eat it. Almost daily.
17. Tanya’s strength is the greatest gift she is going to give to her child.
18. Along with her beauty.
19. Declan’s cheeks are not nearly as kissable as Weston’s, but they are more accessible.
20. I hate my hands and feet. I find they don’t look like what I imagined they should.
21. I love my legs, they are my source of strength. The result of running and rollerblading for many years.
22. My mother-in law is the first person I want when I feel like a child. I have to resist the urge to sit on her lap sometimes.
23. My brother is undyingly loyal and real. He is the most real person I know.
24. I am teaching myself art, after failing again and again in art classes.
25. I really love my friends and family, and I want them all to know.
11 Comments
October 6, 2008 at 4:19 pm
I must add that I could have gone on and on, and I did. But, for the sake of time, I compacted the list.
October 6, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Your shining presence gives permission for all those around you to shine as well. We are but a reflection of you.
I love you unconditionally – forever.
October 6, 2008 at 5:07 pm
You forgot to mention that Stephenie is the coolest chick you know…oh wait thats weston…lol jk…Weston confuses me also…sometimes I forget that he is only 6
October 6, 2008 at 9:11 pm
I love this…
so much.
(and you).
October 7, 2008 at 3:47 pm
You are my favorite child I did not deliver. You inspire me with your ideas and strength. I wish i had your blond hair, your steel blue eyes and bright smile along with your youth. You are better at everything than you perceive.
October 7, 2008 at 4:31 pm
You are beautiful and real.
October 7, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Hi, I just stopped by via Rae’s blog. I recently cut off my dreads, and surprisingly don’t regret it. It feels like I have one less child to look after now. My neck feels a lot better, and my hair doesn’t block my vision all the time. It’s also nice to be able to put a tshirt on without having to dig and dig and dig the dreads out after. And it doesn’t get caught on everything velcro or stuck in my armpits. I can roll over at night (this is a big one, before there was ALWAYS either a husband or child sleeping on my hair). It’s much easier to wash too. But at the same time, whenever I see someone with dreads my heart aches a little. That’s the only time I miss them though.
October 8, 2008 at 2:52 am
Hi Kelly. My dreads are still babies. I am not under the illusion that I’ll have them when I’m bouncing grandbabies on my knee, but I want to get to where you were. I want to let them mature, possibly annoy me.
And, oh boy-the sleeping issue. I wake with them sticking straight out because I have to splay them to get rest.
October 8, 2008 at 3:09 pm
I love you.
October 9, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Very informative and intriguing I think as far as your art is concerned…I failed in my art classes too and I can tell you the mind set is… I don’t want someone to tell me what my art should look like… I don’t want to do what everyone else is doing..Art is personal and it has to come from your soul… It makes you feel alive when you create it… I think you are on the right track to figuring that out… Go for it..
October 12, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Thank you for being so transparent it is refreshing and enjoying to learn so much about you.
Love Dad
P.S. you started biting at 2 ? what the hell…