Portrait of a Mother

by Miss Britt on June 12, 2009 35 Comments »

She answered the door wearing neither makeup nor shoes.
She wore a t-shirt and cut off denim shorts and a closely cropped haircut that was devoid of any styling product.  She smiled as she opened her home to me and quietly invited me in.  She seemed a little meek and unsure of how to greet me.
Shit, [...]

Echoing Shelli’s Sentiments

by Miss Britt on March 6, 2008 61 Comments »

As the beautiful Suburban Kamikaze reminds us, plastic bins are the key to a well organized life.
I have bins for shoes. Bins for pictures. Bins for receipts.
Bins for clothes that each child has outgrown long before I’d hoped they would. Bins for clothes that have not been outgrown but have been painfully [...]