Queen Of Everything

The world was her stage and I secretly gave her the title, Queen of Everything. She was only ten years old yet carried herself like royalty, spending her afternoons walking an imaginary runway in her mom’s heels, schoolbooks precariously stacked atop her head. I looked up to her in much the same way I did my…

Mona’s Bridal

I didn’t plan to kill her, but all brides walk through that front door as though they own the place. It’s my name on the sign, Mona’s Bridal, not theirs. They’re not better than me just because they were able to hang onto their fiancé. Now I’ll never get the blood out of this white…

Gym Observations: Workout Barbie vs. Sweaty Barbie

1. Workout Barbie: She enters the gym as though we’re all expecting her a la “the party don’t start ’til I walk in.” 1. Sweaty Barbie: She enters the gym already sweating from the effort of getting the kids to school, dogs walked, etc. 2. Workout Barbie: She has arrived, decked out in her Lululemon…

Be Brave Little Merida!

Disney’s character from the movie, Brave, is slated to become Disney’s 11th Princess. Congratulations Merida! Not so fast because in order for bow and arrow wielding Merida of the long, naturally curly hair and average figure to become a Disney Princess she must undergo a complete makeover. Disney geniuses are changing her beautiful, untamed, long…