Saving Up
saving up a bag full of peak moments she’s going to have someday if she can ever get away from all the same old stuff that’s holding her back & you can pretty well guess how it’s going
Month: December 2013
Sack Race
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Sports & Fitness
little unclear on how a sack race actually works, so he’s got a snowball’s chance in hell of winning
Sabre-Toothed Tiger
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Animals & Pets Children & Parenting
If I was a sabre-toothed tiger, he said, I’d bite you up. If you were a sabre-toothed tiger, I said, you’d be dead & that was the first quiet I’d had all day.
Running Behind
When I met the Grandfather of Time, he said it was no use struggling. Even after all these years he still had too much to do.
Run Proud
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Children & Parenting Family & Relatives Friends & Neighbors Inspirational Personal Growth Sports & Fitness
He taught me to run high on my toes. I will always remember his words: run proud & remember you are alive.
Ruler of the Universe
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Children & Parenting Sports & Fitness
Doesn’t really matter who wins this race because they just do it again anyway.
Rude Noises
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Children & Parenting Personal Growth
You keep making noises like that, she told him, & pretty soon people will stop talking to you & after awhile all the kids were over there trying to learn how to do it, too.
Roughage
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Family & Relatives Friends & Neighbors Humor & Whimsy Personal Growth
I used to eat popcorn for every meal, she told me once. It made me feel like I was in the movies & my life would turn out happy in the end. Did it work? I said. I don’t know, she said, but I like to think the roughage counts for something.
Road Trip
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Dreams Travel & Moving
A box full of fantasies you have to be away from town to use
Right Tool
My dad always told me, the right tool for the right job, but all he ever had around were a few screwdrivers, so he ended up using the telephone a lot.