Recklessly authentic.
I'm an avid billboard reader. I love them. So, it wasn't new or unexpected when I stretched my neck to read the big billboard on Pulaski Highway and Ebenezer Road. After reading the big red font, "Save The Date!" I anticipated that it would be some kind of fun event --- like a romantic cocktail dinner that's open to all. Perhaps, I have been over obsessing over the cocktail dinner I will be attending this weekend. And I get to bring a date, too. Yes! But I digress. Read More
April fourth = Dad's birthday.This April 4th period wasn't different from the April 4th period last year. On Friday, April 2nd, mom and dad argued about dad's birthday.Mom: Your birthday is even coming up sef.Dad: Whose birthday?Mom: YoursDad: Oh, yes! It's todayMom: No, it's on the 4th.Dad: No, it's today.Mom: Noooo, your birthday is on the 4th of April.Dad: Oohhh, you're right. It's on the 4th oh!Every year, we go through this. The man never remembers his birthday. I'm Read More
Totaled!Remember that little accident I had on Sunday morning, the one that gave Fotunatus a dent and caused him to be rushed to the hospital? Well, that little accident wasn't so little. My insurance called and gave me the grim news: "Ma'am, unfortunately, due to the extent of the damage of your vehicle, we're gonna have to count it as a total loss."Wonder where my hubcap flew to. Mystery. Up close and personalStill up close and personal.Really, really up close and personal.I Read More
For 2009. This year, like all the ones before it, has been unpredictable. I want to tell you about how I had good times and bad times, how I went to bed crying and woke up laughing, how I got so frustrated so many times that certain things were not how and where I wanted them, how I sat in my car and cried to myself, and to God, and then, wiped my tears and came inside the house with a counterfeit smile plastered on my face because I did not want mom to be worried. I want to tell you Read More
So I was working on my laptop the other day, not paying any particular attention to what was on the television, until I thought I imagined a voice saying, "My husband is pregnant with my baby..." Naturally, that got my attention.It turned out I had not imagined it. The voice really did say that her husband was pregnant with her baby. The only thing is that the voice belonged to a male. So it was a male then who said, "My husband is pregnant with my baby..." Wait, huh??? You're probably as Read More
