Mommy Needs Some Coffee.

We were 19. You wore your LSU hat backwards, drove a shiny red truck you kept in perfect condition, and loved to drive me crazy. There was no fairy tale beginning for us. It was actually pretty ridiculous. We spent months saying we were "talking" (what...

I know you can see them. Sleepy, heavy, sometimes bloodshot. I look in the mirror and see the dark circles that surround them. Sure, some good under eye cream might help a little, but that's not what I'm talking about. I know you see the exhaustion on...

Part 2: A Series of Unfortunate Events
(Probably need to read Part 1 if you want to have any idea what's going on...)
I have struggled my whole life with accepting how others see me, and how I come across to other people. For the most part I'm okay with the loud, talkative impression that I give off, because that I cannot change. There is a different side of me that...

Part One: You can't make this stuff up.
I'm no stranger to life's curve balls. Like everyone else, I have experienced my fair share of tragedy. I've been blindsided by the news of death, punched in the gut with the phone call of a family member with a medical emergency, and of course there...