Mikel and I dated through his last year of college. The bummer of it was he went to school in Missouri and I lived in Ohio. It was just a hop and a skip and a 12’ish hour drive to see each other. We had huge phone bills and wrote long, long letters that we sent through snail mail. Yep ...
“They” say that after a significant weight loss, it can take some time to actually see the new you. The thin you. To be able to look in the mirror and see your new reality. Oh, you know you’ve lost the weight, all right. But it’s hard to see yourself as thin. You just see the heavier you. You see ...
When Mookie turned 3, all he wanted for his birthday was the Rescue Hero Robot. I let his brother help me wrap it, so he knew what the package looked like. Right before Mookie opened it, Alex leaned over and told him, "That's not just yours. That's to share." (Alex also wanted the Rescue Hero Robot.) Well after that, he ...