JANUARY

HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY MANNIKMEL ! I STILL REMEMBER THE DAY AND THE MOMENT I FIRST SET EYES ON YOU I TURNED THE CORNER AND THERE YOU WERE – YOU CAUGHT ME TOTALLY OFF GUARD- I WAS SPEECHLESS–I FELT A TINGLE THAT STARTED IN MY FEET AND WENT ALL THE WAY...

APRIL

IT WAS A TAXING MONTH….I DOUBTED INVESTING IN YOU, BUT SOMETHING UNCALCULATED HAPPENED. FREEING THE GIRLS FROM THEIR  UNIFORM WHITES WAS SO LIBERATING AND   EXHILARATING. I DON’T KNOW WHICH ONE OF US ENJOYED IT MORE!  

MAY

I KNEW IT WAS HAPPENING, I HAD KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME THAT IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN…IT WAS EXCRUCIATING… TO WATCH… TO WAIT…TO WANT IT TO END..AND NOT END AT THE SAME TIME. I KNEW I HAD TO LET IT HAPPEN AND I KNEW THERE WAS NO STOPPING IT I...

JUNE

I NORMALLY LOVE THE ONSET OF SUMMER, BUT THIS JUNE WAS LIKE NO OTHER.  IT STARTED WITH PLANNING MY FATHER’S FUNERAL FOR THE 14TH, AND PREPARING FOR MY MOTHER’S BIRTHDAY ON THE 19TH – BUT WITHOUT THEM.      I DON’T THINK I HAVE EVER BEEN THIS...

JULY

A CICADA REUNION!  17 YEARS IN THE MAKING-

AUGUST

OH THOSE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER CERTAINLY TOOK A TOLL ON US!