Laurie's Journal

 Yes, I have my eccentricities. In my world (circa mid 1980s), New York as we know it in 2025 doesn't exist. Politicians? Who? In my teens, I could care less. I avoid anything that I find unsavory would not fit neatly into my pre-9/11 world.  I don't watch 2025 news, I watch 1980s "nostalgia news."  I feel that this mindset protects me from the horrible realities of 2025.  In my world, 2025 is safely tucked away in the long distance of 40-something years.  My barrier of safety, should I decide to revisit the 90s ends there. See you soon!  In the 80s. xoxo

 I'm trying not to miss my youth with my biological father.  I have to be grateful for the time we (John and I) spent with Papa, Mama Claire, Justin, Kellee, Kiana and Jason.  We WILL return again next July.  I'm almost positive. I just landed a free-lance writing gig with Kearny Life magazine, which is a lifestyle magazine involving everything Kearny, New Jersey.  I am doing my first story on Maxi's Fashions, a formal dress shop right here in town that covers weddings, proms, Sweet Sixteens, Quinces, the works.   Maxi, the owner, is super sweet. As an angle, I will be writing how Maxi makes dreams come true.  I never had a Quince with Papa, so Jack, my editor will be photographing me in a lavender formal Quince gown!  The angle is that it took me 55 years for my dreams to come true in meeting Papa.  Now, Papa will have pictures of me as a Quince I never was!!! Better late than never.  Dreams come true for all ages! Time has nothing...