Color? All of them….seriously. I love color.
Childhood memory? We lived smack in the middle of like 100 rolling acres. We only owned like 10 but our only neighbors were my cousins to one side and cows to the other. Oh and the old cemetery that sat beside what was known locally as “the old stagecoach road” if that tells you how how this little cemetery was. I spent just about all day everyday of my Summers just roaming everywhere. I knew every inch of at least 30 of those acres and even the cemetery. I loved all of the old gravestones and the cemetery always hit me as lonely and sad. Since it was so old I suppose there were few, if any, living relatives of it’s inhabitiants. There were these beautiful clusters of bright pink peonies, a cluster of beautiful wild roses and Tiger Lilies ran the length of the old fence. Each time one of the clusters would bloom I can remember loving picking the flowers and then giving each tombstone a flower or two. I grew to know the names on the stones and could even imagine what life must have been like back then. Can you tell I was a child with a big imagination? Oh and a desperate need for a playmate other than the cows….lol! But something about growing up with that freedom to explore and isolation truly made me very indepent and the biggest gift….the ability to be completely alone in the world and “ok”with it ;-)
Dessert? So can I answer “all”? But today the Apple cake wins. Tomorrow it may be brownies…
Guilty pleasure?
Walking barefoot in my yard. Ok not in the “weird” way. One of my favorite quotes says it best: “If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies.” ~Nadine Stair
Book you have read? Currently…it is hard to chose between: Three Cups of Tea, The Help and The Pillars of the Earth
TV Show? Still hooked on Desperate Housewives…train wreck!
Way to spend a Friday night? Family time watching movies and just hanging out.
Boots or Flip-flops? Flip-Flops
Mac or PC? Hybrid (both)
Beach or Mountains? Both (Virginia is an outdoor girls heaven ;-)
Massage or Pedicure? I have never had either…gasp (super ticklish…I would laugh hysterically and they would kick me out)
Dog or Cat? Both
Coffee or Tea? Neither really….unless desperate
Morning Person or Night Owl? Night Owl
What are three words you would use to describe yourself? Outgoing, Upbeat, Loyal
Some random fact about you very few people know. I moved states away from everything I knew a few days after my 19th birthday to be with my soulmate… for the Summer. My mom used to joke it was “the longest Summer break she has ever seen!”
If you could have coffee with anyone famous (past or present) who would it be and why? Sir Ken Robinson. Simply put “he gets it”. Everything that I have given up to give my kids a chance to be creative, unique little individuals and the absolute importance and need for imaginative people within our world. Yep I would really enjoy a good sit down chat session with him.
What or who gives you inspiration? My mom. She lived with my dad’s abusive ways for years but finally found the strength to get us out of there. She worked bagging groceries, sewing crafts, working at temp agencies all to just keep us safe, fed and housed. She did the best she could do, with what she had, where she was at. She never complained about having nothing and working herself ragged. We had our issues but doesn’t mean that I didn’t appreciate and love her for what she had sacrificed. Thankful she found her soulmate and had a “happily ever after” up until she died. Last inspiration she gave me…enjoy everyday because life is always to short.
If you could share one bit of advice for your teenage self what would it be? I wouldn’t change a single thing. My teen years were a roller coaster ride that will make a magnificent book one day. Boy do I have some stories to tell ;-)
Oh except I would have told myself to avoid shoulder pads and hand myself a bottle of mouse a bit earlier….lol!
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