Meanwhile, I Keep Dancing

Day 23: Suddenly Page 28 from the story For Love of Sunny by Vivian Vande Velde in Girls to the Rescue Suddenly I was here when two paths crossed my parents to be creating my history a happy happenstance for me Suddenly my childhood ran by burned skin summers and wet winter skies topless and carefree tree house dreams Suddenly my college days love and learning blew through only snapshot memories remain Suddenly I am here thinking 5 months of travel went by so fast how that love went by so fast these hands cannot hold the falling sands as time passes I'll stop time here catch the light off my bubble dreams as they rise, suspended lift my nose to the wind and catch the hyacinth of Spring this precious life this precious moment The Universe will blink and suddenly that was my life

Day 12: Going Word taken from The Stranger Vol 26, No. 29 “Vive La Presistance!” Going, Going, Gone Remember when your hands were small and grasped at everything? The wide world was an all blossoming potential and left you terrifyinglyexcited, breathless 6 Years old untethered hair and mismatched socks we thought musician, world traveler, film star? How will I know when will I know in the background trills “Que Sera, Sera!” Then time rushed forward eagerly bumped it's head, skinned it's knee We took on burdens we thought we had to bare snapped on bras Tamed our hair “ Going, Going, Gone” Became the new song a frantic background beat as my hands, no longer small stretched and stretched missing expectations I could not meet But I am a musician conductor, dancer artist of my life and I can shape this tune again I'll hold up handfuls...

I come from a small but very tight knit family. Many holidays I've spent was just with my mom and dad. On both of my mother's and father's side I have quite a lot of celtic heritage. Irish especially (where the curly hair comes from...?). Which I felt made a celtic knot appropriate for this portrait. My parents have been married for nearly 30 years, and they are my base, they are why I feel as confident in myself as I do. But while they support me, I do sometimes feel like I get tied up with them, and that is because I'm 24 and I'm ready to live on my own. 

While doing this particular day I realized that I love animated films, but I had no particular connection to any of them. The closest I could come to was Cinderella, which was my favorite movie when I was little.  As you can see from my picture, it definitely is not Cinderella. While she is a great gal, I can't say the woman that I am now feels particularly close to her. Betty Boop caught my attention for a bit, but she soon tiptoed back into the depths of my mind.  Then out flew Kiki's Delivery Service. For those not familiar with the movie, it is a sweet coming of age story of a 13 year old witch named Kiki, who follows the tradition of going to another city and living for a year by herself. She doesn't have many skills (she can barely fly) and the villain she must conquer is her own insecurities.  I took this bit from Wikipedia: " According to Miyazaki the movie touches on the gulf that exists between independence and reliance in Japanese teenage gir...

I haven't had too many people in my life that I could say were my best friends. People that I truly love. But there are enough of them. Which made this my most hated day to do. I didn't want to decide! Finally, I had someone in mind. My friend that I have known the longest of all, someone I hope I will know the rest of my life. Here it is, in all it's cheesy glory.... This picture is actually based off of a real photo that popped up into my mind. My good friend Lana and I, probably aged about 11, going bowling. I actually made myself look much better in this version than in the original. You can't see, but I'm wearing socks, pulled up, with those long shorts, and I'm bright rosy cheeked and shiny, grinning for all I'm worth. My lovely friend is shyly standing by (she has become a much more confident woman since then) and we are about to go bowling. I wanted to do a polaroid because this moment in time is very telling. We both are no longer those girl...