Attitude Wins a Starbucks Card

Upon picking up Hope from gymnastics on Tuesday she informs me her coach has been really stressed out this week and the following conversation ensued:

Hope:  Mom, Shannon has been SO stressed all week!  You HAVE to buy her a Starbucks card so she won't be crabby anymore.

Me:  Well, I'm pretty stressed out and crabby a lot and no one buys me a Starbucks card.  (yes, I know... this is a good self reflection moment - there is an opportunity for improvement here but that is totally not the point of this story!)

Hope: (pausing just briefly...) yeah... (slowly spoken) that wouldn't help you (again, drawn out with pursed lips and a tilted head as if I were insane for even suggesting something so simple could make me happy).

Me:  (raised eyebrows and at a loss for words because I know my response was totally inappropriate and I got called on the table...)

And then I busted up laughing (uncontrollably) and bought Shannon a Starbucks card just so I could share this hilarious story with her coach who encounters Hope's attitude more often than not. 

Gone Living

Over the past 12 months I've been busy, busy, busy... I never took the time to write down my thoughts on paper but every night as I sipped my coveted glass of wine I jotted down a blog in my head, hoping to at least imprint the memory in my mind. Truth be told, I've missed the ritual of spinning words on paper to tell a wild and crazy tale that provides glimpes of this wild ride I'm living. And what a roller coaster ride this past year has proved to be. For all the twists and turns below I have grand plans to reconstruct each story into a well documented memory... here is a window into what has evolved in my life and how each plunge continues to shape me - here are just of few of the memories that make up my inner most being.

After 22 Years My Heart was Once Again Made Whole

My Karaoke Gene Lives On at an Indian Reservation

A Meow of a Time

Saying Goodbye and New Beginnings

Christmas Picture Drama

A Snowy Adventure in Denver

Medical Quandries

The Yarbrough Family Christmas of 2011

The Happiest Place on Earth

Post soon to follow on each of these rides... stay tuned!