Archive for the ‘Before I was a mother’ Category

the tale of 3 cars

Christmas of 2000 my parents bought us a Dreamcast with Ready 2 Rumble boxing, a Sonic Hedgehog game, & my favorite of all time Crazy Taxi. For those of you not still playing video games in the early 2000′s Crazy Taxi was a video game that sent you around the city picking up different passengers. [...]

with just a kiss goodnight

If you haven’t been reading any of my bible school romance adventures here is the beginning. must come out, the bubbled bible school & doctor that’s when the screaming started.  A few weeks later it was Thanksgiving & with his hometown being only an hour away from mine he rode home with my friend & I. After [...]

And doctor that’s when the screaming started

You know how when you walk up on someone & there is a smell of trouble reeking havoc with your stomach. That was Ralph. When I first saw him this sentence literally formed a sentence in my brain “Oh, great he’s going to like me.” I’m serious people, verbatim from my brain. The afternoon that I [...]

The bubbled bridal school

On Tuesday I started telling you the story about my first engagement. I was limited to only 400 words so I did the best I could to squeeze it all in but really glossed over the juicy bits. Every comment asked for more of the story.  And I’m a genie in a bottle baby. I’m [...]

Must come out

Long before I was a mother stroking the cheek of a pre-schooler while we role played the Bernstein Bears I was a 16-year-old girl embarking on my first solo adventure. Bible College. My intentions were good as I made my way to evening church serves & early morning intercession.  What starts in the dark… I was [...]

Petal

I’m in the back of my closest cleaning it out when my fingers grab hold of my favorite old pair of shoes. They are old now, uglier then I remembered, dusty & worn with the strapes slipping off the back of my heel as I try them on. “Maybe I can have them repaired” I [...]

Because I can’t come up with a better title. A story about when I touched a cup.

I make a lot of faux-pas. I’m probably making one now & I’m doing nothing but sitting in my bedroom, in my purple PJ’s listening to Phoenix watch Bee Movie & writing. But faux-pas away I’m sure I am. Without further ado Faux-Pas Story 9,000,000,001 I was about 11 & my family spent a lot [...]

Dating Eminem Style

I was driving down the 101 on Friday windows down, sunglasses perched on my nose, & the music blaring. One of my favorite anthems came on & I immediately thought about the time I tried to land a guy using these lyrics. You better lose yourself in the music, the moment You own it, you [...]