I just turned a gingerbread man upside down and made a reindeer, y'all.
For real.
And not to brag too much or anything, but he had gorgeously delicious Oreo crusted eyes, a shiny, red M&M buttoned nose and a scarf made out of edible snow. It's as if my new spirit animal forever now and will always be Dancer, Prancer, Donner, and Vixen combined with every single Sugar Plum Fairy all caffeinated and lined up in a neat, pixie color-coded row . . . like magic.
When I first started my column for Lowcountry Weekly three and a half years ago, I was tasked with the assignment of coming up with a title. Trust me, this is not as easy as it sounds.
I am a religious person, but then again, I'm not. The best at it, that is.
It's always been a major struggle for me to define how I feel, think, worship, believe to my core because . . . everything . . . is constantly evolving.
New York City is starting to feel like a second home. And for this Georgia Peach, it requires a fair share of adjustments.
You see, our oldest daughter has wanted to model for forever and a day and a half and a handful of minutes. We made her wait until she turned 16. Little did we know she was dead straight serious about it. It helped out a lot that she ended up measuring in at an inch shy of six feet.
There is the saying down here in the south that we don't hide the crazy people in our family; we set them out on the front porch and give them a cocktail.
I think that is why I love it here so much. Normal isn't a state of being; no, along with permanent press and delicate, it's just a setting on the dryer; and eccentricities, the art of conversation, and cocktailing reign supreme.