childhood

So, yeah--we need some practical things, too. However, if you really want to delight someone you love--get them something FUN!

The Queen B was just a baby when she lived in this Houston home.

Although this particular "thing" doesn't terrify me anymore, some of my childhood fears still haunt me. Funny how some things never leave us...

I had a total meltdown and created an awkward situation for my family, who were no doubt as embarrassed of me as I am of myself in my adult years.

Although this particular "thing" doesn't terrify anymore, some of my childhood fears still haunt me. Funny how some things never leave us...

So, yeah--we need some practical things, too. However, if you really want to delight someone you love--get them something FUN!

Good news: I'm no longer afraid of Frankenstein. Honestly, I never really was--until the night my closet became a monster.

Reading these stories as an adult gives you a different perspective. It somehow closes a circle and becomes a more fully-realized experience.

Until you learn to truly "be yourself," you'll find you'll make life choices that don't always work for the real you. That can affect every aspect of your life.

So, yeah--we need some practical things, too. However, if you really want to delight someone you love--get them something FUN!

What makes you "weird" may be the very things that set you apart and finally indicates the way for you to learn to find your own voice--which we need.

Shelby Skiles lost her two-year-old daughter Sophie in January of this year. She encourages others to "Do More for Soph" in memory of her daughter.