Monica Multer

Kid leashes drive me crazy. I don’t get it. Sure I understand that parents don’t want their kid to run away, but putting them on leash? It just seems plain wrong. Maybe I am just weird but whenever I see someone with there kid on a leash I just stop to watch. I part of me is slightly horrified but the other part (the bigger part) is laughing. One thing that just cracks me up about these leashes is that they are disguised as cute adorable little backpacks like this one. The kid sees a fuzzy little monkey when truthfully it is a direct tie to mommy. Even when the parents are yanking the kid around I really don’t think the kid gets why he is being held back. They just don’t connect the two things and go on with life believe their parents just got them a cute backpack, not a tether. ...

When the sun has finally fallen And the clouds lay out of reach Where will you turn When open arms become traps And smiles become masks Where will you turn When the world looses color And everything fades to gray Where will you turn When a child cries And no one listens Where will you turn When the fog is too thick to see And the ground falls out below you Where will you turn When the heaviness of night weighs you down And not even darkness can hide you Where will you turn When the flower blooms But there is no beauty there Where will you turn When the voices of loved ones Becomes a noise you dread Where will you turn When you can’t look yourself in the face And you hate what you’ve become Where will you turn

While driving through Oregon my mom and I happened upon many signs claiming there were elk in the area. For three days we drove through Oregon and guess what we didn’t see? ELK. So we decided the people who made those signs were liars. LIARS! We didn’t believe there were elk in Oregon at all. And you know what? We didn’t see any elk in Oregon. But we did see elk as soon as we crossed over into California in the Redwood National Park. There was a pile of elk just sitting on the side of the road. We decided Oregon sign makers are liars and California ones are not. Yeah for California. ...

I was watching you at the beach doing somersaults. You seemed so serious about it though. It wasn’t a game I could tell. To most people a kid doing somersaults is a whimsical thing, but with you it was different. There was nothing really childish about it. I wonder why it seemed so serious a thing, maybe you aspire to be a professional gymnast one day. It made me a little sad to se you though. Have fun sometimes, it isn’t all serious business. You were at the beach, be a kid and have some fun playing in the sand. Good luck in the future and don’t forget the present on your way.

Bukowski was right With good fortune Comes stagnation I always thought When fortunes comes Knocking on my doorstep I would open the door Greet her as a friend And invite her in Into my life Into my heart For a long time to come But now I find myself Standing on the otherside Of that door I hear her knocking Calling out for me But I just stand there Staring at the thin wall Between me and my dreams I pick my head up To stare at the door I am no longer sure That what is on the otherside Is what I want She calls and beckons Asking for an answer But I just turn And walk the other way Leaving fortune to it’s own ends Mine hasn’t come yet I am not ready To open that door Maybe someday When I become tired Of the suffering of the world But I know This is were I belong With a pen in my hand And a burden on my shoulders I walk away From destiny on my doorstep Waiting on the otherside No I am not Abandoning my dreams Not at all I have to chase them If I don’t now I never will And what good Is an unearned prize The door remains As it always was Leaving destiny On one side And me on the otherside

Yesterday my mom and I walked from our home down to Capitola. All in all coming to a 7 mile hike. It was fun but my feet still hurt and I definitely need new shoes now. On our excursion we spotted a little lemonade stand that we decided to stop at. Fun stuff. This little girl was a adorable and I felt horrible for her because while we were there the balloons they had floated away and got caught in some trees. The poor kid started hyperventilating. It was very sad. I liked her sign… ...