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why we look our best + realize it least

May 13, 2008

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why we look our best + realize it least

Upon viewing some of my past skinny pictures, someone recently commented, "Seeing how amazing you look at 118 pounds, what keeps you from going on an extreme diet to recapture that?" I have an answer.

Ignoring the wrongs of "extreme…

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looking back while moving forward

January 7, 2008

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looking back while moving forward

The past seems easier sometimes, and I think holding onto it allows me, somehow, to move forward. I always hear how you have to let the past go, have to live in the moment, control your now. I think I’m…

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long-distance friendship

December 17, 2007

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long-distance friendship

Dulce, Stephanie, Smelly
I forgot one of my best friend’s birthdays. It was mid-November. If I were in New York, there’d have been an evite, or at least talk of how we’d be celebrating come the weekend. We’d detail where…

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things that are temporary

March 13, 2007

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things that are temporary

Soft-shell crabs.  The warm spot in the ocean, a broken heart, the lead in the school play.  Last licks.
Seahorses, your target heart rate, the jalapeƱo cornbread basket, and a bad hair day. 
Cherry blossoms, Marathon Sunday, sleep, and cabin…

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straight up & thirty

July 1, 2006

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straight up & thirty

While the white gold ring I received with my favorite quote (Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.  Live the life you’ve always imagined) engraved was definitely up there, the best gift I ever received, hands down, was a…

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beloved wife

June 20, 2005

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beloved wife

There are certain songs I listen to on repeat without apology.  In college, while I was locked inside my dorm for an entire weekend, in the same pajamas, playing Myst like a nerd, I listened to Anna Begins by The…

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