I’m quickly rising up high But speedily sinking deep into my seat The surrounding sounds frighten me My beating heart has overtaken my senses I breathe in wondering if others feel as I do I just see my fear on their faces I’m sinking deeper and deeper My […]
A curly-haired girl’s troubles with hotels I once saw a man, a curly-haired man, almost miss his flight because he had to check in at the last minute a suitcase filled with his hair products. I stared, laugh, and ran to my seat for I was not going […]
Traveling with a six year old cross country: No we are not there yet Since my son was a baby, we have been taking him on road trips. As a baby he slept much of the way. As a two year old, we traveled with an Elmo Potty […]
A hand on my shoulder My mom believed deeply, heavily in symbols. Everything had an extra layer of meaning Nothing was quite what it appeared to be. A fork falling to the ground meant a man was coming by; forget that I am extremely clumsy. A cloudy sky […]
There may or may not be doors but we can find our way in Throughout my life there have been many doors that I have had to walk through, at times perhaps crawl through. Some doors have been opened for me. Others, I have had to push my […]
Never Stop Dreaming When I was a child I was taught to track my dreams. I would wake up and immediately let my family know what I had dreamt of. My mom believed in the power of dreams. Just a week ago, I came across an old dream […]
Dark clouds are a thing of the past: I am now amused by the clouds When I was a young girl, my mom used to have a lot of good luck. Well, as much as a very poor person can have in the South Bronx. She was the […]
Ghost Riders in the Cross-Country Storm As we raced cross country this past week. we encountered some wicked storms through the midwest that had me humming along to the Door’s “Rider’s on the Storm” and feeling like I was a bit in a horror film. There were times […]
Now it is just down to one My road trip is nearing its end. Although I love road trips, it is about time to head home and have ready access to some comforts of life such as a coffee maker and know television channels. We have done a […]
Today go bathe in the morning dew I am on day four of my fifth cross country roadtrip and the wind has been soothing and the landscape mesmerizing. I am working steadily towards reaching one of my life goals of having been in all fifty states. It is […]