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45 Thoughts for My Daughter and My Virtual Daughters...

i always believed if i had blond hair, pixie face
big breasts
everything would be all right
not realizing that culturally idolized beauty
is not only foolproof
but potentially dangerous

if you believe in your own unconventional beauty
when you are young
you will accomplish twice as much and suffer half so

turn off lightbulbs and light a candle

walk don’t drive

plant a tree

wear sunscreen

dancing is an antidepressant

kindness is the new status symbol

every day please try to eat something green
and something orange
that grow out of the ground

tell me how mad you are
that your father and i parted
i will always listen
though i can’t ever take away the pain

expectations are for what you yourself create

they rarely work when applied to others

turn off the television

tv is a depressant

yoga is an antidepressant

don’t feel guilty about wanting pretty things

they would not be so alluring
if you weren’t supposed to want them
just don’t value them over compassion

use your words even when you are a grown-up
and people no longer think it is entirely acceptable
when you say, that hurt my feelings

if you can digest chocolate eat it sometimes

same goes for ice cream
(i don’t really need to tell you those things do i?)

do your homework because it is part of the game but

don’t spend too much time worrying about grades

fall in love with someone kind who loves your body
and your mind

if you have a dream that won’t let you go, that
tickles your solar plexus, heed it

turn dark feelings into paintings or poetry
or dancing

music is a kind of food

if you are sad talk to a happy woman who loves you
it will always help

move your body when you are sad or angry

avoid the following:
genetically modified ingredients
parabens
sodium lauryl sulfate
mercury in certain fish
neurotic thoughts about food
(is that a contradiction?)

love your curls though they tangle
your pale skin though it can burn in the sun
your nose though it is broader than some
your sturdy legs and feet

forget barbie she does not possess imagination

remember you are a botticelli angel

the planet we live on is perfection

love her like a goddess

love yourself as her daughter

there is a planet full of different kinds of beauty

the idea that only one type of woman is beautiful
is blasphemy

of everything i brought to the world in these
forty-five years
you and your brother are by far the most astounding

because of this i will always love your father

matter never vanishes, only changes

remember that when someone you love dies

your round head on my breast when you were born
is the memory
i will keep with me when i leave this body

when i am gone i will still be near you

this is how i know: when you were born
it was not a meeting
but a reunion

By: The beautiful Franesca Lia Block

Love, Light, Kisses, & Cream,

A Love Letter to Coffee...

"He was my cream, and I was his coffee -
And when you poured us together, it was something."
~Josephine Baker

Dear John err, I mean Joe~

It's me. Yes, your long lost love from the past. I know you didn't expect to hear from me...but it's time I tell you how I really feel. I think I'm falling for you. Again. I know I said that I should stay away from you, but let's be real...it's impossible to just simply flirt with you. You are so strong and give me such comfort. You've totally lured me back...

Yup. There, I said it. My hiatus from you is officially over. I'm all yours. For reals. I'm more excited to have you than ever. I mean it. I'm completely obsessed. You are the first thing that I think of when I wake up in the morning. You make it easy for me to want to jump out of bed, and I'm always so happy when we get start the day together. Holding you in my hands makes me smile from the inside out. You make my heart beat fast, every time I'm around you. Just one simple taste of you feels like lightening running through my veins. 

You stimulate me on so many levels...most importantly intellectually! When I'm with you, I feel like I could talk a mile a minute. Having you back in my life has made me feel inspired again. It's done wonders for my writing and creativity. You put that much needed extra bounce in my step and make me feel sooooooo alive!

I wonder how I ever made it so many months without you?

Our break-up was brutal. I feel like all I did was eat. (Fyi, scones are lame if I don't have you to share them with!) What's worse is that I couldn't get anything done. It was so rough in the beginning. Seriously. Not having you in my life was a little depressing. 

Yes, I know...I have some explaining to do. I know that you may feel a little slided because for so long it might appear that I chose tea over you. Just for the record, tea is nice and all...but not nearly as steamy as you.

I know it would be easy for you to become bitter...but you know I don't like it when you get that way. I like you much more when you are sweet. Bitterness has never been very becoming on you.

I do want to say thanks for being patient with me and for waiting for me to find my way back to you. I totally had fun getting reacquainted with you during our visit to your home town of Seattle. It was such fun to see how far you've come since being just a little bean. Our rendezvous has changed my life for-ev-vah, and I pinky promise...I won't be ditching you ever again for any other daily dose of comfort.

I'm much too dependent upon you now to ever do that again! You are quickly becoming a big part of my life. I've even started telling my friends about you, and how much I adore you. I truly do. It may even be time for us to go public. I'm cool if people see me hanging out with you. Really, I am. I think I am ready for the next step. Just to prove it, I'll even post some pictures of our time in Seattle. I hope you don't mind. We look really natural together. Like we've bean together forever.

I love you. I mean it. I love you a latte.

Hopelessly Addicted,

P.S. In case I haven't told you lately, being with you again is like total Deja Brew...and has seriously been good for my soul!

 

Hanging out on your old street  (aka on Pike Place at THE original Starbucks store)...

Digging in my purse to find more money to spend on you...

 

I'm so impressed by your travels around the globe...
   

Our sunset stroll...

 

Feeling warm & fuzzy...

Only you can make me smile so early in the morning...

 

 


  
 
 

Shine...

 

 

God says for me to tell You This:
nothing needs fixing;
everything desires

a Celebration.

You were made to bend
so that you would find
all of the many miracles at your feet.
You were made to stretch
so that you would discover,
your own beautiful face of Heaven
just above
all that you think you must shoulder.

*
When I appeal to God to speak to me,
I'm feeling just as small and alone as you might be.
But this is when, for no particular reason at all,
I begin to

shine

‘Shine’ – Em Claire
©2007 – All Rights Reserved

 

  

 

 

  

  

 
 
 
  
  
 
 
  
 

 

Soul on Wheels...

My sweethearts...

I'm baaaaack! Man, have I missed you! I have been such a baaaad blogger girl. I didn't mean to just leave you hanging after my last lazy post. I don't want another day to pass without showing my face fingers on here, so here I am to say "Hi" and show you some quick love. I hope to be back to posting a few times a week, just as soon as I get settled from the few quick trips that I've taken here and there.

With all the stormy weather over the weekend, I had the perfect excuse to stay in and get caught up on all my emails and check-in on several of my favorite blogs. I was so stoked when one of my besties, Katie, shared with me the new website of her super rad gal-pal, Wendy Wheelz.  Oh. My. Goddess.  I can't really say enough about this dancing queen. I adore her so deep.

Coming across her blog totally brought me back to my days of skate dancing in the streets of Southern California. No joke. I'm fiening to dust off my old-school-style skates & bust a move. Yeah, you know the ones...with the hot pink four-wheels, and the chunky rubber brakes that hang down in the back? I'm about to lace 'em up and practice my 5-step. Don't laugh. Hey, for real...why are you laughing??? I can hear you from here.

The thought of me rolling around my driveway practicing my spins make you smile? It should...because I must admit I'm chuckling at myself. I laugh even harder when I think of you thinking of me...dancing in my skates. So silly. Maybe I should take a trip to the Dairy Ashford Skating Rink (ghetto much???) to spare my kids the embarrassment of me getting jiggy with it for the whole world to see.

To add to the hype of all this roller-madness...Drew Barrymore's new movie, "Whip It"  looks super cute. Anything to do with Drew is cool in my book. Add some roller-skates, Austin as a backdrop, a sweet soundtrack, Ellen Page from "Juno", and a vintage red Karmann Ghia  into the mix...and well, it equals an Indie flick that I'm hoping to see.

Until then, know I'll be kicking it...with my skates on! :-)

XOXO,