collage haven

i find safety in creativity

it is a refuge from negativity

 i love my photos

i love duct tape

i love typewriters

i love color

i love words 

just hiding a way in a box

waiting to be rediscovered

 i love noah
and all his care free smiles

i love stickers

and happy thoughts

just hiding out in a closet
hoping to be re-remembered

or buried in a pile
desiring to be re-showcased

and re-becca has the perfect idea

*CONFLATE

*to blend them together
in the form of COLLAGE

now i love my notebooks

and carry my

happiness with me

father's day

oh happy day

for FATHERS every where

absolute cleverness

an envelope

cut and folded

to give the illusion

of a white dress shirt

with a candybar tucked inside

heartfelt words

from his FATHER'S only son

truly

*LAGNIAPPE

|ˌlanˈyap; or ˈlanˌyap|

*a special gift

fromFATHER above

busy me

even with a planner

me

mom

wife

sister

daughter

aunt
friend
neighbor

educator
student

lifter

housekeeper

listener

manager

creator

writer

conversationalist

launderer

employee

primary teacher

visiting teacher

dog owner

gardener

wish i could say cook

maid

sometimes a couch potato
a bit of embarassment
 still perplexes me

how can i do it all

*quite a quandry

*IMBROGLIO
|imˈbrōlyō|

nostalgia

feeling nostalgic
 memory in photograph or photographic memory

noah
  sir "laughs" a lot

noah
 the fireman

noah the builder

noah the chef

noah
indiana jones
movie star

noah a branch in our family tree

*EVANESCENT
|ˌevəˈnesənt|

*vanish quickly, to last a short time

i have three words
adorable, adorable, adorable

oodles of doodles

inherited interests

mother to son

my little artist

a love of doodles

and oodles more

resemblance

*DOODLE 

*engage in absentminded scribble

hands of delight

many hands

another opportunity

  helping hands

joyful hands of the couple
captured in photo

willing hands obtain elegant wedding announcements

designed by artistic hands
of the bride to be

kind hands address envelopes

with grandma's loving hands

placing invitations perfectly

inside

appropriate stamp in the corner

strong hands post them

grateful hands await

the lovely occasion

*EBULLIENT

*bubbling with enthusiasm

mell of a hess

really?

do i have to exist
in my mell of a hess

overwhelmed

*discouraged
*inexpressable
*unutterable
*INEFFABLE

jenny penny

years gone by

jennifer bodine

graduated from pineview
june 7, 2012

the rich's award
for her
 athleticism
academics
 integrity
 an example to her peers
*a focal point of admiration
*CYNOSURE
|ˈsīnəˌ sh oŏr|

high achiever

accepted to b.y.u.

i am thrilled for her
she is my jenny penny
and i, her aunt tobetta
sweet felicity

sweet, sweet,
*FELICITY
*intense happiness

my interview

interview

wonderful experience

i know where i need to sharpen my skills

charter school philosophy

guided reading

the defiant child

reminder that full time teaching

means no family time

little down time

reflective

my typed resume

the principal

one elementary school teacher

three parents

all asking questions

*quite the gathering

*ASSEMBLAGE

from soaring eagle to soaring ripsticker

soaring eagle award

june 6, 2012

from jordan ridge elementary

proud mother

hard work, effort, creative projects

surprised, and very happy noah

has earned a graduation gift

finally a ripstick

who came up with such a toy?

though difficult at first

he's soaring all over the neighborhood

noah *elated

mom *ecstatic at his joy

*EXULTANT