I am...
a daughter, the oldest of 3, raised on small town sports, a life in the country and the desire to be a good girl.
a sister, the first to do most things, lucky enough to have been born with 2 built-in best friends.
a granddaughter, missing the days spent in the country with my Nanny and Papaw and my 9 cousins, riding horses bareback, picking vegetables from the garden, sitting around the old dining room table for meals and domino games, going shopping in a Ford Crown Victoria piloted by my lead-footed grandmother and keeping in touch through letters with my family far away.
a Drury girl, where I learned about Alice Walker, the secrets of Pi Beta Phi, how to live with roommates, and that the world is much bigger than Cassville, Mo.
a wife to Ryan, my friend and partner since I was 19, a man who knows I don't like to talk when I first wake up, who loves me even though I don't like to cook, and who every day tells me I'm silly and sexy and sassy and smart.
a mother to Macauley, a sixth grader who's been reading since before kindergarten but can't tie his own shoes, a little boy discovering this world faster than I can show it to him, already living his own life and letting me in on only pieces of it, amusing me and frustrating me and making me better every single day.
I am...
sweet tea and chocolate milk, chips and guacamole.
puffy, comfy white couches, ironstone pitchers and platters, chippy white furniture, burlap and linen, mismatched silverware and old photos, flea market finds and treasures that make me smile.
a tattered teddy bear bought with my birthday money in Eureka Springs when I was 8.
tightly folded notes passed between teenage boys and girls in class and church.
photos and scrapbooks and a project always in the works.
big, thick books and glossy magazines.
sleeping late on weekends, especially when it rains, in a soft bed with lots of covers and feather pillows.
I am...
dark blue eyes and my dad's olive skin, black-framed glasses when I read or watch TV.
blonde, small but not thin, curvy and soft.
pointy-toed shoes and lots of black, jeans and flipflops, a ponytail and no makeup, Uggs and a cardigan.
in the fourth decade of my life whether I feel like it or not.
not 16 anymore.
older and wiser, more experienced.
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ReplyDeleteI am also the oldest of three kids.
ReplyDeleteI'm the oldest of three children as well. I love wearing black clothing and I also love sweet tea and chocolate milk.
ReplyDeleteI am the oldest of 3. I have dark blue eyes. I am not 16 anymore either.
ReplyDeleteI'm the oldest too, even though it's of five. And I love chocolate milk.
ReplyDeleteI have a teddy bear (originally named Teddy) that was my constant companion as a kid. Basically anything that I've done and anywhere that I've been, Teddy has done and seen, too.
ReplyDeleteI am not 16 either. I love chocolate milk love to sleep in on the weekends.
ReplyDeleteOne way we are similar is the tightly folded notes. When I was younger I didn't have- or wasn't allowed to take- my cell phone. When I was in elementary, we would pass a few notes, but I passed more notes in middle school. I'd give them to my friends during class, or in the halls. Now when I pass notes- I know, shame on me- my friends respond through text message. It's slightly infuriating.
ReplyDeleteI'm the oldest of 2. I have a younger sister who is soon-to-be two in November named Samantha.
ReplyDeleteI am oldest of 3. I am also photos and scrapbooks in the works.
ReplyDeleteI am a sister, i have built in bestfriends too, i was raised in sports even though im not in them now.
ReplyDeleteI used to scrapbook.
ReplyDeletei am also a sister and i love sleeping in on weekends
ReplyDeleteI'm the oldest as well, and I love sweet tea and sleeping late on weekends.
ReplyDeleteI have a stuffed Hippo, I also have a built-in best friend, and hopefully later on after my two younger siblings mature another two. I am also a book!
ReplyDeleteI'm the oldest of three children as well. I also love sweet tea and rainy mornings!
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