Hello! I can’t believe it’s been over 2 weeks since I’ve posted on my blog. So many things have been going on (in real life and in my mind lol) I have so much to share with you!
We just got back from our first trip to New York and it was SO much fun! We walked NSS, which was a huge bucket list item for me. I’ve been wanting to go for 6 years now and we finally went! But more on that later 🙂
We’ve been back for a week and a half now and I wanted to start something fun before summer is officially here. So I decided to give myself a 5 week weight loss challenge.
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I miss my mom. I think that’s obvious. I don’t need to tell you how amazing my mom is. I’ve written about her numerous times. In fact, the posts I write about her are the most read posts on here. When I think about her, I mean really think about her, my stomach gets tied up in knots. I can’t help it, I get sad. At the end of every month, right around when the 29th hits, is when I get a bit sad. Even when I don’t know what day it is I still get that feeling of sadness. I guess my body clock just knows. Last week it was 3 months since my mom has been gone.
Because I work in the stationery industry I’ve been thinking about Mother’s Day since January. I’ve been thinking about designing those cards since the holidays. When my mom’s health took a turn for the worse I knew I would feel a certain kind of way when May 8th, 2016 would roll around. It all started last week at Unique LA. My mom loved events like Unique LA and the farmer’s market. Whenever special events like those happened she would always, always volunteer to help us sell if she was able. I remember when she was doing radiation to treat her breast cancer, she would come straight to the farmer’s market right after her radiation appointment just so she can pass out samples, sell pastries, and hang out with me. When last week’s Unique LA came I couldn’t help but think about her. She was a people person, she just loved to talk to people.
As Sunday approaches the knots in my stomach continue to grow tighter. Thinking about past Mother’s Days with her, reminiscing about all the presents I got her or made for her, thinking about the remaining Mother’s Days that I will experience without her…it’s just a mixture of happiness and sadness. That’s what inspired my Miss you Most card.
Sigh..I miss you. Happy Mother’s Day, Mommy. It doesn’t really matter if you’re alive or not because I will always honor and think of you on days like this. Especially on days like this.
Yesterday’s final Laker game of the season was INSANE! Even watching on TV at home, you could feel the electricity in the room at Staples Center. It was a bittersweet day to see Kobe Bryant play for 1 last time.
I’ve been a Laker fan since I was a little kid (I’ll admit though, I was a huge Bulls fan during the Michael Jordan/Scottie Pippen/Dennis Rodman era). My parents had the pleasure of meeting some of the Laker greats like Jerry West quite often. They went to Laker games and got to sit in great seats (lucky!). They even got the Lakers Cookbook (1985) for me as a gift from Jerry West’s wife and got some of the players to sign it!
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To this day basketball is the only sport I really understand. I wasn’t much of a sports girl, just dancing. But basketball, I understand. My dad played and when I was really young (we’re talking 4 years old young) I would go with him to his games every once in a while. I remember when I would go and I would have to go to the boys bathroom so my dad could go with me. Yup, embarrassing. When we would watch basketball together in the kitchen on our little TV in the corner I would ask him why players would do what they do and he would explain. Throughout the years he’d tell me about the strategy of professional basketball, what happens when the ball goes out of bounds, about fouls, free throws, the different positions players play, how important defense is, Phil Jackson’s triangle offense, all the other teams with their Hack-a-Shaq strategy…he told me all about it.
When Kobe joined the Lakers I was 11 years old. I remember watching him and thinking (cue 90’s teenage girl accent) “This guy is young! He’s cool!” I remember seeing pictures of him and Brandy in my Teen Beat and Bop magazines when they went to prom lol. For most of the years of my life, Kobe was part of the Lakers. My team, our team. I watched him play from my pre-teens, to my teenage years, to my twenties, and now my thirties. Kobe was a huge part of the Lakers in my life time. Even if you base his career just on that you have to understand why this is a big deal for all the Laker fans in my generation. But how can you just base his greatness on longevity? You can’t possibly with these stats.
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As a Laker fan you did’t know what to expect for Kobe’s last game. Were the Lakers going to win? How long would Kobe play? Who was going to show up in support? What was he going to say? How were the fans going to react?
What an amazing way to go out. 60 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists. I was completely blown away. I didn’t know if he would be able to make it through the whole game. I could see the fatigue in his face as the game went on but he didn’t want to sit down. 42 minutes. I was screaming and cheering the entire time like I always do.
Today is a somber day for us Laker fans. #MambaDay has come and gone, and now we face the scary truth of what the future of the Laker franchise holds. The future of our team without one of the greatest players to play in the NBA. Thanks for 20 memorable years Kobe.
