The Sole's Delight

A few months ago, my dad called me and told me he had cancer. Never one to be lacking in articulation, at that moment I had nothing to say. He assured me everything was going to be fine. He has great doctors and they caught it early, all the things that you want to hear to give you hope, but does any of that make you feel better when you first get this life changing news? I tried to be a good daughter and not get too emotional on the phone. I asked a few probing questions about the plan of action for his treatment and his symptoms. I basically tried to keep the conversation as logical as possible, while on the inside I felt like I was melting. My dad and I have not had a conventional relationship. A product of teen pregnancy, I felt like I spent most of my early years watching my parents grow up and become adults rather, than looking to them for guidance. My daddy and I... well we have grown together in our own way. He was never one to stress me about grades or school. He just knew I ...

Sometimes we are called upon to do some difficult things in life. Everyone has their challenges, and I am no exception. There is something about going through transition, moving from one stage of your life to the next, that can cause you to exercise some mental, emotional and spiritual muscles you never knew you had. Everything in nature seems to move about its transition knowingly and with least resistance. I can't say its easy for a caterpillar to turn into a butterfly, I don't know if the creature feels pain during the process, but at no times does the caterpillar say " I don't want to be stuck in this cocoon for an undisclosed amount of time, isolated and alone. I'll pass.I like it where I am." However, sometimes we as human beings with our God blessed consciousness, decide that we don't want to do something, even when our very nature is already in transition moving us to the next stage. It is only right that we are constantly moving and changing as ou...

The air is getting warmer. Cool breezes are flowing through the windows of my home. The lighter days and warmer nights bring me energy. I feel a renewed sense of hope for the future. I am a summer baby so its like a rebirth for me with the spring and summer transitions begin. The Verdu sandal by L.A.M.B. embodies warm energy and a delicate sophistication that I feel flowing through me and I project outward during the summer time. It really should be that way all the time, but alas different seasons call for different types of swagga :) At the risk of sounding like a flower child, I can feel the love in the air. The promises of new opportunities and prosperity are all around me. Things have not gone exactly as I have planned or even hoped, but I am not where I used to be and that is progress. I have dreams of designing my own shoes one day. Though I am unsure of the process from beginning to end, in the infinite words of wisdom of my 6-year old daughter "I know what I like, ...