Lost an old friend today...

I don't have to words to express how I feel at the moment. She was someone I spent a lot of time with in high school. Someone I have many fond memories of. Through the magic of facebook we were able to keep in touch. She will be greatly missed.

I know the pieces fit...

Handmade puzzles usually creep me out. It all goes back to my high school days, when a male student became obsessed with me. He created a heart-shaped puzzle for me and handed it to me, along with a cassette tape he used to record over an hours worth of his feelings about me. And that was just the beginning of a long string of gifts that left me unable to watch Star Wars movies, purchase cassettes, or look at a puzzle without shivering. 

These handmade puzzle items however, are 100% adorable and lack any signs of creepiness. Click on the pictures for links to the Etsy shops where these items can be purchased.

Puzzle Guest Book for Wedding

Love Puzzle

Puzzle Piece Necklace

10.6.11

If you no longer love me, then let me go...

Cold. Tired. Bored.

In dire need of a coffee maker...

Until then, I have this:

Morning comes at odd hours these days...

Two Things.

One thing I love about summer: Flowers.
One thing I hate about summer: Mosquitoes.

Blue zen.

Someone special, someone dear, someone new is almost here...

Expect the unexpected.

Roses

Garden Dreams

I'm looking forward to another trip to the Botanic Garden tomorrow. I always take dozens of pictures and I'm going to make an effort to start using them more here. I haven't been writing as much as I'd like, but taking pictures makes me feel like I'm contributing something creative to the universe. I don't have a lot of time on my hands, and in a few weeks, I will have even less. Until then, I'm going to make the most of it, before life changes forever.

I'm undecided about you again.

Sometimes

I pretend not to see people

Just because I can...

My peace and quiet was stolen from me...

Maybe I'm too far gone

You'll never catch me now

There was a time

A long time ago

When you swore

You'd never let me go

Haters & Hypocrites: A Letter.

One of my creative writing assignments is to write a short letter to someone and share it with a stranger. Since people I don't know regularly visit my page, I figured this would be a good forum for sharing. As always, thank you for reading.

Dear You,

You think you're so bold. So courageous. So skilled in the art of confrontation. Little do you know that real friends don't just ask did I do something wrong? they also ask are you ok? You never once asked if I was ok. Instead you went around talking to all of our mutual acquaintances. Did you really think that all of those conversations wouldn't somehow get back to me? If so, you're even more naive than I thought.

Then you decide to anonymously call me out for being a hater. You throw that word around so loosely. With such ease that it isn't even an insult. Little Miss Positivity apparently has a mean streak. Since you're all about expressing your feelings, let me take a moment to express a little something to you. The next time you decide to call someone a hater, take a look in the mirror. After all, it takes one to know one. By calling me a hater, all you did was prove that you're a hypocrite. Congratulations.

Love Always and For-never,

Me.