by Lauren | Feb 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
Today is my mother’s birthday. I think she sometimes wonders if she “got it right,” like all good mothers do. She’ll periodically ask me, “What do you remember about your childhood?” and I feel a little bad because I think my memory... 
by Lauren | Feb 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’ll just go ahead and confess. I read horoscopes. I like to have my astrological chart drawn up, whether it’s by friends or professionals. Part of me is curious about what the future might hold, and a bigger part of me just wants to know if things like... 
by Lauren | Jan 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
This week my adventure happened in the chiropractor’s office. I’ve always been a little afraid of these guys, mainly because of the wrenching motion they sometimes use on your neck. (It looks a bit like something Jack Bauer would do when the clock is... 
by Lauren | Jan 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
It seems when you’re the new girl in town, the adventure never stops. When you move a thousand miles from your home, there’s a period of adjustment. You have to get used to regional differences–weather, unusual driving customs, the quizzical looks... 
by Lauren | Jan 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
It seems I’m destined to be that fish-out-of-water story–how could I not be, with my habit of uprooting myself every two to three years? My dad said once that I was like a hummingbird–I didn’t light in one place for very long. But since the... 
by Lauren | Oct 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
My great Southwest adventure took me through Texas, Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico…somehow I looped back through North Carolina a couple of times and then ended up migrating west to Iowa. If you were to map my route over the last four months, it would look a lot...