a letter from mama.

i was sorting through some old papers and photos recently and came across the most beautiful letter from my mother that she sent to my sister and me. i will post a picture of it later tonight (picture is posted below), but i want to share the words she wrote with you all now. hopefully it brings some inspiration to you on this very dreary and rainy day.

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

May 12, 1985

Dear C and T,

"Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique. In all of the world there is no other child exactly like you!" - from Joys and Sorrows "Reflections" by Pablo Casals

As young ladies you have to be willing to take the daisies that are offered to you, without false humility. When they are not offered to you, you need to make the whole-hearted effort to pick your own armfuls of them. And always, no matter what, you need to be free enough to run barefoot through them.

Love,
Mom ("Mama")

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

white.

i love white. i love white. i love white. did you know that i love white? seriously, i really do love and appreciate the color white. from white furniture to white jeans to white towels to white candles. i love to surround myself (as much as I can) with white. one day i want to have an all white room in my house. now whether that actually comes to fruition is another question. nonetheless, it's fun to imagine what the room would look like.

anyhow, i was reading the latest issue of women's health magazine today and was delighted to find an article entitled, reasons to wear white. so in support of my passion for white, i wanted to share the reasons right here on my blog and invite you all to incorporate a little bit of white into your lives.

:: reasons to wear white ::

1 :: what better way than to show off your curves?

2 :: it toes the line between sultry and sweet

3 :: it's hard to screw up

4 :: it gives instant polish

5 :: it's like having your own personal spotlight

and the best reason of all...

6 :: because black is for wusses!

mocka-doc-gock.

you're probably wondering why i titled this post "mock-doc-gock." well, let me explain.

you see when my sister (pictured below) and i were little, we could never understand what our parents were saying, sort of like how all of the adult voices in charlie brown are muffled, that's how we heard our parents. we (maybe more me than my sister) wanted so badly to talk like them and have adult conversations, but we didn't know how to say the fancy words they were exchanging, never mind understand what they actually meant.

so we made up the word, mock-doc-gock. we would say it to eachother back and forth several times as though we were having a very important and mature conversation with each other, and we would laugh so hard until our bellies hurt. oh, to be a kid again...

p.s. the image above is of my sister when she was wee-little, before i was even a thought in my parents mind.

one pearl button.

one of my favorite bloggers, one pearl button, is celebrating her one-year anniversary of blogging! she is the brainchild behind those decoupage bracelets that i wrote about a few weeks ago. check our her blog...

pregnant.

no. i'm not pregnant! but last night i had a dream that i was. so i looked up it's meaning...

"To dream that you are pregnant, symbolizes an aspect of yourself or some aspect of your personal life that is growing and developing. You may not be ready to talk about it or act on it. This may also represent the birth of a new idea, direction, project or goal."

-- from dreammoods.com

how exciting!

inspiration.

this is the lululemon manifesto. so inspirational...it's now on my fridge.