If My Mom Still Had Her Way… this is how I’d be dressed today {me, 1980, St. Patty’s Day, in front of my mom’s old bug. More details in last year’s post before anyone was actually reading my blog}

If My Mom Still Had Her Way… this is how I’d be dressed today {me, 1980, St. Patty’s Day, in front of my mom’s old bug. More details in last year’s post before anyone was actually reading my blog}
{click all to enlarge}I finally found the perfect black flats. You see, I don’t love flats. I have a really hard time walking in them as my feet have a mind of their own. Fortunately, ballet slippers stretch and give and form to your foot within one wear and are almost like bare feet {my …
This is one of my favorite photos of my mom. I’m not sure if it’s just old or it was always sort-of brownish, but it just reminds me of fall. It was taken in my grandparents back yard and it was 1978 or 1979. By looking at our attire, and the fact that it was …
click to enlarge all photos If you are confused about the faces I was making, it was this {left} that I was going for …but not quite achieving. lol This was another one of my favorite costumes. It was 1984 so I must have been 8 years old and my brother {the orange crayon} was …
No matter how I begin this post, I get a bit teary-eyed. This is Kelley and she is my cousin but mostly, she is my best friend. We’re about 5 months apart in age and from the time we were born until we were about 14, we only really saw each other on holidays and …
On this day 26 years ago, my brother was born and my mom & dad named him Scott and I was forever a sister. The actual day he was born, I was days away from turning 6 and I woke up to the woman who lived across the street (Pam?) and was terrified. I think …