Coho Friends

February 1, 2012

Here's why this friend is great.
We don't see each other very often (which we both immediately said we HAVE to fix) but we very rarely have small talk.
She always has several fantastic stories and we must get to them because there is so much to tell.
A constant source of fun and surprises.
Thanks, friend!


Linkage:

I’m The Wind Beneath Your Wings
by Erin Foster on Hello Giggles

How was this last week, ladies? Did you spend time feeling sorry for yourself? Did you take pictures on Photo Booth of yourself crying while listening to Adele in the hopes that maybe your life is secretly a movie and someone watching you would find you to be charming and beautiful in the face? It’s all good. I only know you are capable of doing it because it’s something I’ve done before (super past tense).

It’s like a diet – any trainer will tell you that you need a cheat day. You can’t stay on top of things 24/7 without going crazy. The falling apart keeps you sane. Sometimes when you think you’re having a breakdown, you’re actually having a breakthrough.

Stuck in the Middle
by Rachel Bak on Hello Giggles

I like to take pride on living in the present and only focusing on the right now because you never know, the world can end at any given moment, but I suppose it’s human nature or just the planner in myself to focus on the future, and so that burning question arises more and more the older I get.  When does this “middle” part end? When do I start seeing my life move in the direction to build the future I so desperately crave. Is it happening now and I am just too oblivious to see it?

Young Adult Education The Agony of Alice
by Kerry Winfrey on Hello Giggles
The Alice books deal honestly with serious issues, which is probably why they were the most banned books of 2003. There are the usual teen-girl-novel issues like friendships, family problems, boy trouble and periods, but things get intense in the later books. There are pregnancies, deaths, a sexual predator teacher and even neo-Nazis. That’s not to say the books are purely sensational; at heart, the books are about Alice trying to make sense of her life, her friends, her dad, her brother Lester and boys. Alice is the everygirl heroine, juxtaposed with her best friends Elizabeth (religious, sheltered and worried) and Pamela (loud, bold and theatrical). Alice is just herself, and that’s why she works so well. We spend the books in Alice’s head and start to feel like we are Alice.

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