tell me about your girlfriends

What would a heroine in a novel be without a best friend...or two? Undeveloped! What would we be like without our besties? One dimensional!
Now it seems men truly can live without the comraderie of emotional relationships without sex.
But girls? Women? Not so much...

What makes that friendship so special? Is it like the cartoon says? Partly true I believe in that we need to retell our grievous experiences...again and again. Its how we lessen the drama actually.

A truly good listener knows the drama doesn't define the storyteller but rather the story telling itself is cathartic and healthy. Its bonding. Its not shameful to pour out our innermost secrets to those special someones...its an honor and a sign of strength to be able to put into words that which is defining us on our storyboard.

It starts young too. I saw it start in kindergarten with my oldest daughter. The girls had a need to find another special someone to share those really important 5 year old "dramas"!

So my novels...my stories...always have a kick butt heroine but also integral to the writing...integral to the heroine...is her kick butt best friend!

Tell me about your girlfriends....
Xoxo <3 --L

I have one sister. We are so different but she is so vital to me. I have other girlfriends that I have more in common with in life but no one is like my sister when we truly connect. The connection is surreal. I think if you are not blessed with a sibling by birth or family then there may be someone who takes that place. I don't know how anyone can get through this life without that someone. Not a spouse...not a parent....a sister. Who is your someone?

These are the flowers my friend's sister sent her her first day at her new job. Look closely! They are cupcakes! Shout out to Doodley Bug Bakery Ocala/Gainesville, FL! How clever. What are the most unusual or special flowers you have ever received?

<3 xoxo
---L

What makes me happy?

My family comes first. I have been so fortunate to have two little girls. Watching them grow and love is awe inspiring.

I love my dogs. I have a golden retriever named Logan. He resembles Marley's personality in that he pretty much destroyed my house when he was a puppy and he hasn't stopped being a puppy even at five years old but he will never live long enough as far as I'm concerned. He is the Tigger to my Pooh.
Then there is zuzubelle. She is our newest puppy...an all white maltipoo given as a gift from my sister to my 8 year old daughter. She is fabulous! (The puppy, my daughter, and my sister...yes all three are fabulous!)

Did you ever have a particular kiss that you remembered? That one kiss where you found yourself feeling that this is what romance books are made of. I did.
When I had my second baby my husband was working out of state. He came home for the birth and had to go back to work a few days later. He returned three weeks later for Christmas and I was sitting in the baby glider holding my newborn. He came in and walked up to us and kissed me with all the passion and love ive ever felt in my life!

That's inspiring. Romance is not the whole story. Its made up of the moments. Ive been fortunate to have enough moments to inspire my writing.


What makes you happy?