A Moment for my Diamond Earrings
Written on December 1, 2011 at 11:31 pm, by cct
Today I felt like wearing my diamond earrings. If you look at the instagram photo to the right, by diamond earrings, I mean well not really much of diamonds. But that doesn’t matter.
I bought these earrings myself. $25. Church silent auction. They’re butterflies – something anyone who keeps up-to-date with on this blog realizes is a favorite symbol of mine.
But despite the lack of cost (and let’s face it, almost lack of diamond), there’s something about being able to tell myself that I bought my first diamond earrings all by myself. There’s something in that message that I’ve always found empowering.
La Vida de Caridad: The Mockery of Marriage & the GED
Written on June 28, 2011 at 8:30 am, by cct
I’ve had my fair share of people talk to me on public transit. As a fact gatherer and a storyteller, I care more about hearing the lives of other people, about letting stories themselves unfold from random conversations. And as a girl, I’ve also had my fair share of such people possibly hitting on me, so I try to be brief about the details, generally honest, and generally only pretend to be engaged if the story might save me (that juvi-ex-con story is for another day).
La Vida de Caridad: Hollywood Observations
Written on April 16, 2011 at 10:24 pm, by cct
Saturday night. Hollywood Boulevard crawls with tourists and locals.
Cameras flash at Madame Tussauds – faux celebrities are almost the real thing, right?
Pass by Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, compare your footprints with them – celebrities who walked on the air of fame past and present. How do your hands compare against theirs? How do your feet? If they match, is your joy because you are almost like them or that you see that they are more like us – who exist on the fringe of red carpets and lit ceremony?
La Vida de Caridad: The Butterfly Landing, The Heart In Each Step
Written on September 13, 2010 at 9:24 pm, by cct
My Sunday began with a sermon by my church’s Senior Minister Rev. Dr. R. Scott Colglazier. It was the beginning of our year’s theme of “Love, Compassion, and the Art of Forgiveness.” In his sermon (available as an MP3 on the FCCLA.org website), Dr. Colglazier talked about this moment he had:
La Vida de Caridad: Sink Monster
Written on December 24, 2009 at 8:11 pm, by cct
Zip It
Once upon a time my sink led me on a crazy adventure (see - La Vida de Caridad: Everything and the Kitchen Sink). Apparently, my sink likes to be the center of attention in my life. It likes to do things like accidentally let a bag of tea fall in and then proceed to clog for a week despite drano and a plunger. Okay…so maybe the ‘accidentally letting a bag of tea fall in’ was my fault, but it didn’t have to go and be mean about it.