My Past is Her Future
Timing is everything. I came across this quote only four days after my first love and heartbreak said, “I do” to someone else. It’s been over 20 years since we parted ways, but it doesn’t make the sting any less. I loved him with all a 20 year old college sophomore knew how to love, but to find “happily ever after” before seeing the world, testing my limits and dare, I say, finding myself, would have been foolish. We said, “good-bye” 20 years ago, and over time I slowly let him go, recognizing that there were many more boys to like and love. Today, as as a mature thirty-something, single gal, who is fully in tune with herself, I understand, I accept that my past is someone else’s treasure. Geoff, I loved...
Read MoreA Letter to My Younger Self
Amy, Right now you’re lost and unsure of what the world expects of you. Up until now, you’ve done everything according to plan: Go to college, graduate on time with an above-average GPA, get a job(any job to support yourself and avoid moving back home), pay the rent on time and live life. But it’s the “live life” part that you’re struggling with. You have your own place, friends and enough money to enjoy higher quality beer than college $2 pitcher nights and a few good dinners out. But you’re asking “is this it?” Is this what I spent 23 years aiming towards? And yes, dear friend, it will get a little worse before it gets better. Friends will pair off, get married, have kids and ditch you in favor of play...
Read MoreDorothy Hamill Dreams Dashed
Like every other little girl in 1976 I wanted to be Dorothy Hamill. Unfortunately, the closest I ever got to being women’s figure skating Olympic champion was this haircut. I begged for lessons and tried to convince my mom that my dance costumes could do double duty on the ice. There were just a few problems with my plan. There weren’t many rinks in NC and it rarely snowed more than 2 inches. Simply, NC was not a haven for winter sport athletes. After all, why would you want to be a figure skater when you could be a little league cheerleader? I was confident. Despite the fact that I had never been on skates, I knew I was a skating prodigy waiting to be break loose. After all, I could pull my head through my legs and do Cirque-Solie things with my...
Read MoreOn the 4th Day of Christmas: .50 Gift Certificates
Remember gift certificates? Yes, before gift cards became all the rage, gift certificates would often make their way to our Christmas stockings. This 1975 McDonald’s commercial starring a three year old Corey Feldman reminds us of a time when that .50 gift certificate could actually buy us something at McDonald’s. It was “something special for someone special.”...
Read MoreNow Presenting: The Halloween Scrooge
Call me the Halloween Scrooge—I just don’t find any fun in this day and think it’s absurd that it’s even a “holiday.” I haven’t been a Scrooge all my life and I have no religious objections to the day. I just don’t enjoy Halloween. Maybe it’s because I hate orange and black or that the costumes are uncomfortable and leave me freezing my ass off. This is what I remember of Halloween growing up. “Remember” being the key word here because in a recent search to discover the roots of my Halloween scroogeness, I came to realize I have NO photos of me as a kid with any Halloween costume—and neither does my brother! This is a tragedy in today’s shutterbug culture! (Of course, not an Easter or Christmas passed without a photo by...
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