memories ...

... like the corner in my mind ...

greetings kiddos,

i know it's been quite awhile since i've personally written to you all. i hope you have been well.

i was in vegas last weekend visiting the parentals for mother's day. we were at dinner and deciding what our plan was for sunday morning. my brother and i decided to make brunch-in-bed for her. a funny thing happened: she told everyone how she remembered how i used to make her breakfast in bed ... but since i was too young to use the stove, i brought her cheerios in a bowl with a spoon, a cup for milk (so she could pour it in), and a cup of orange juice. :)
for some reason, i completely forgot that i used to do that. it's funny really ... to be brought back so quickly like that. i blushed and sebastian laughed. my mom called it cute. gosh, kids are the cutests things! :P

so i brought sebastian to my room at my parents' house ... and my desk that i had since the 2nd grade was moved there .... with junk and all inside of it. we decided to dive in and see what we could find. to my utter humiliation and embarrassment, he found a diary .... he jimmied the little lock and out came moments from i think mid-7th grade. if my memory serves me correct, that was a painful year. HA! after all my begging and pleading ... he only read the 1st entry. fairly harmless (but still embarrassing!!)
but he did bring up a good point: it was a long time ago. sure, it's easier for someone else to laugh at that stuff whereas i'd rather forget that era. i did live through it, and it's helped shaped who i've become today. it's funny what was a big deal to us back then isn't so much so anymore. my life thus far has been such an amazing journey toward self discovery. growing and learning in this great big world.

an now that i've gotten so existentialistic, it's time to continue back to the little things .... like cleaning my room :P

ps - so funny thing as well, my co-worker just saw a monologue play about people who read their diaries from the 6/7th grade ... how coincidental! maybe my diary should be up there too ;)