I got over my first Break Up in a couple of days and a relieved sense of freedom took over. I was happy to be free from my non-dating, dating relationship that I was never quite sure what to do with anyway.
My friends and I continued on in true Jr. high fashion to have all [...]

Ryan Spriggs and I dated in the sixth grade for three months, without actually dating at all. We never went anywhere together. We talked on the phone rather often, but we hardly ever talked at school, except for occasionally when we held hands while walking to P.E.
He tried to drag me under the mistletoe for a [...]

I once was lost, but now I’m found.

And the randomly selected winner of the Baby Sweet Boutique Giveaway, bib, rattle, and tag blanket set is….
One Frugal Girl of onefrugalgirl.blogspot.com who said: “I’ve always loved Sara.”
Good choice Frugal Girl… that’s one of my Best Friend’s name… same spelling too. And congratulations on winning this adorable prize.
Please contact me at giveaways@mommytopics.com for further instructions [...]

In fifth grade I was too in love with the New Kids on the Block to notice any real boys.
Joey and Jordan had my heart, my wardrobe, and my bedroom walls. I was up front and center at Dodger Stadium for one of their concerts. I even made a (now I realize monstrously, shamefully, [...]

My first crush was in Kindergarten. I liked a boy who was very mean to me.

One day he brought a toy into our Kindergarten class for “Show and Tell.” It was battery operated and it had five colored penguins on wheels that would climb stairs and when they reached the top they would rush down [...]

When I was in Jr. High, a new roller skating rink opened in our small town and it was a very big deal. We’d grown tired of bowling. We didn’t have a mini golf center. Going to the movies was okay, but you couldn’t really have a conversation with boys there or hang out and [...]

“Come on! Hurry! They stole my football.”
I was eleven years old, on a Saturday afternoon, when I showed up at Megan’s house and she was in an excited frenzy. I had just scaled the drainage ditch between our housing tracts, crossed through her back yard, and found her in the front driveway excitedly hollering at [...]

This is the tale of my life while looking for love.

The Sweetest Gifts for the Sweetest Babies