Road Trip – Annie D.

byanniemd007
May 31,23
50th Birthday, Annie whole life, Coming of Age, Friendship, Girl Power, Middle Age Woman, Middle Aged Women, Road Trip

La Vida Loca 🖤

My girls. We have been living la vida loca for 35 years. The photo above was taken in 1999 at my Bachelorette Weekend in Rosarito Beach, Mexico. We drove across the border from LA. Caravanning in like 4 separate cars. They tried to surprise me with the location and Nadia…

byanniemd007
Oct 04,22
abandonment, Annie whole life, childhood trauma, Middle Aged Women, Motherhood, neglect, Road Trip

Burning Bridge 🖤

I’m stuck. I have been avoiding writing. This part has deep feelings, as they all do, but it’s not just nostalgia. It’s a story of bravery, growth, trust, and survival. For all of us. And deep blue pain, a shade different from the rest. We are at the point of…

byanniemd007
Aug 06,22
abandonment, Annie whole life, childhood trauma, College Visits, Empty Nest, Grief, Loss, Love, Middle Aged Women, Mommy Makeover, Motherhood, neglect, Plus Size Plastic Surgery, Road Trip

Don’t Get It Twisted

I just said goodbye to my daughter as she left on a road trip from CA to TN to take her lifelong childhood BSF (that’s teen for Best Sister Friend) to college. Cass doesn’t start college until mid-September. So we get a month with her before she leaves us. Before…

byanniemd007
Aug 20,21
Annie whole life, College Visits, Empty Nest, Love, Middle Aged Women, Motherhood, Road Trip

Stolen

Some of my happiest days have been spent with a carload of kids, going from one activity to the next. When they were small, it was Fairy Tale Town and the Zoo, the train museum and the fishy store. It was hopping from park to park and car singing and…