I am...
a daughter, the oldest of 3, raised on small town sports, a life in the country and the desire to be a good girl.
a sister, the first to do most things, lucky enough to have been born with 2 built-in best friends.
a granddaughter, missing the days spent in the country with my Nanny and Papaw and my 9 cousins, riding horses bareback, picking vegetables from the garden, sitting around the old dining room table for meals and domino games, going shopping in a Ford Crown Victoria piloted by my lead-footed grandmother and keeping in touch through letters with my family far away.
a Drury girl, where I learned about Alice Walker, the secrets of Pi Beta Phi, how to live with roommates, and that the world is much bigger than Cassville, Mo.
a wife to Ryan, my friend and partner since I was 19, a man who knows I don't like to talk when I first wake up, who loves me even though I don't like to cook, and who every day makes me feel like the smartest, prettiest, funniest girl he's ever known.
a mother to Macauley, an eighth grader who, just when I think he's left childhood behind, gets out his Legos and dives into a weeklong project, a far more outgoing child than I was, the delight of my life forever.
I am...
sweet tea and chocolate milk, chips and guacamole.
puffy, comfy white couches, ironstone pitchers and platters, chippy white furniture, burlap and linen, mismatched silverware and old photos, flea market finds and treasures that make me smile.
a tattered teddy bear bought with my birthday money in Eureka Springs when I was 8.
tightly folded notes passed between teenage boys and girls in class and church.
photos and scrapbooks and a project always in the works.
big, thick books and glossy magazines.
sleeping late on weekends, especially when it rains, in a soft bed with lots of covers and feather pillows.
dark blue eyes and my dad's olive skin, black-framed glasses when I read or watch TV.
leggings and Pikos, lots of black, jeans and flipflops, blonde hair in a messy ponytail, Toms and a cardigan.
closer to 50 than I am to 20 now, whether I feel like it or not.
not 16 anymore.
older and wiser, more experienced.
I am...
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." (John Watson)
"Everyone you ever meet knows something you don't." (Bill Nye the Science Guy)
"Let it be...let it be...let it be...let it be...There will be an answer. Let it be." (Beatles)
"Every little thing is gonna be alright." (Bob Marley)
I am...
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." (John Watson)
"Everyone you ever meet knows something you don't." (Bill Nye the Science Guy)
"Let it be...let it be...let it be...let it be...There will be an answer. Let it be." (Beatles)
"Every little thing is gonna be alright." (Bob Marley)
I was also raised in a small town playing sports! I mainly grew up on baseball, but it's nice to see someone else that went through the same thing!
ReplyDeleteI am also a sister who was lucky enough to have built in best friends
ReplyDeleteI am also a sister (younger sister) but my sister is my built in best friend as well.
ReplyDeleteI also wear lots of black and always have my hair up
ReplyDeleteI to like to sleep in late on weekends when it rains.
ReplyDeleteI loved a good bowl of guacamole too! My sister makes this crazy good kind with some seasoning, and it's the bomb!
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ReplyDeleteI love to sleep my weekends away too
ReplyDeleteI like to sleep in too, but I also really like to read as well.
ReplyDeleteIn regards to the quote, "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle," is accurate for me. I've noticed that people who have survive these battles are usually more humble and respectful than those that have not. You can take my whole family as an example. :)
ReplyDeleteChocolate milk is one of my favorite drinks as well! I also used to pass notes to my best friend (Hayley) in middle school.
ReplyDeleteWe have a lot in common; I am also the oldest of three, my family used to go horseback riding all the time and I love to shop. I have great memories in Eureka Springs as well! Chocolate milk and sweet tea are definitely my "go-to" drinks too.
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ReplyDeleteI have three step sisters, and one half sister and most of us are really close even though we don't all live together. I also have a bunch of notes passed between me and my friends and me and my step sister Courtney in middle school. I love books, and I also look a lot like my dad.
ReplyDeleteI am the oldest, of only two though. And I really liked your quotes, especially the one from Bill Nye!
ReplyDeleteI also enjoy scrapbooking and have blue eyes!
ReplyDeleteLots of black always! I love your enjoyment for old things from flea markets. What others may see as old junk have a history behind them. People who loved it or even hated the item. Emotion is behind these items and I think that is kind of beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely adore scrapbooking and being crafty. I also have blue eyes and blonde hair! we have a lot in common!
ReplyDeleteI love sleeping in on a rainy weekends! so relaxing and comforting
ReplyDeleteI'm also the oldest of three! But I have a younger sister and brother instead of two younger sisters
ReplyDeleteI love all of your quotes and think this is a great poem!
ReplyDeleteBlack is definitely my go to color when I am picking out an outfit! Black leggings and flip flops used to be my everyday outfit in middle school and the beginning of high school.
ReplyDeleteI used to wear flip flops religiously and would never take my hair out of a ponytail.
ReplyDeleteI also love chips and guacamole. Mexican food is the best!
ReplyDeleteI too look similar to my dad. Also I really like your quotes :)
ReplyDeleteI also like the life in the country away from the city. I wanna live in the middle of nowhere later on in life.
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