My eyes are a little sleepy and heart a little full as I write this. The skyline of Las Vegas fills my family's fifty-four foot RV. As I sit in the passenger seat of the huge motor-home, I can feel my lips turn up their corners in a sheepish grin and the tears run down …
I want to be engaged this year. As of this coming Saturday, I've been on this earth for more than nineteen years, and I think it's about time for me to be engaged. As the holidays role around--more quickly than expected--I've been asking myself this question: what one word do I want to hold true …
I like words. If you know me personally, you know I like speaking words. You'll listen to me talk for hours about everything and anything. If you don't know me personally, you'll still know that I like to write words. I like to read words too. The Greeks call it logolepsy, which by direct definition …
When I was young, my mother and I struggled. We lived in a place that was not ideal, a small dwelling where most vacation in. I was three at the time and she had just gotten through a nasty divorce to my father. But somehow we made do and somehow we were happy. We didn't …
I spend a great deal of time on the freeway, actually too much time on the freeway. But during that time on the freeway, I notice people. Their habits—usually bad—have been seen by me; probably seen far too often for my liking. Every morning I witness different people with different habits and personalities. I usually …
I can't believe I'm about to write this. I'm about two-seconds away from closing my laptop and walking away. You see, here's the thing about blogging—about reaching into the deepest parts of your heart to write something like this: it's one of the most painful yet rewarding processes you can put yourself through. It's the …
I am not good at copying. Looking at the white board in class, I can never copy the notes down without changing one thing or adding another. Drawing is a difficult task—if you said draw and copy a pear, I would draw an apple. Simon Says wasn't my game either. I usually forgot what Simon …
Uptown Maven 