Marielito’s in the Midwest I was 16 years old when I met Marielito, and had recently moved back in with my mother because I couldn’t handle my stepfather’s idea of rules and guidelines. I was used to running wild and doing whatever I wished because my mother was more interested in her weird relationships with her various and assorted ex-convict/drug addicted boyfriends. At the time Mom was with her boyfriend…
It was a warm Saturday morning during the summer, and I just finished putting rubber bands around all the newspapers I had to deliver on my paper-route. I shoved the newspapers into my big canvas pouch that read “Columbus Dispatch” in big neon orange colors and headed out the door. My dogs, Lady and Muttley, stood right by the door dancing and prancing around. They loved accompanying me on my…
Today I was watching Happy Feet Two with my oldest daughter and got caught up in the whole tap dance type routine the penguins exhibit in the movie. The sound of the music combined with the rhythm of the tap dancing penguins really moved my spirit for some reason. When I was a little girl, I would put on a dress and my black patent leather shoes with the buckles…