This was a truly beautiful site:
Cooper bought Ali some flowers? Noooooooo. Ali bought flowers for herself? Nooooooooo. The pool boy brought over flowers for Ali? Nooooooooooo. This is what you could find on our counter by the sink. It is our compost. Yes, COMPOST! But look at how beautiful it is! The green kale trimmings, the red cabbage shavings and a slowly dying succulent in the center. I promise I didn’t style this image at all…just found beauty in our trash and took a photo of it. Ha!
Author: Ali Carras
At a very young age I lost site of my mom in a local grocery store in Boulder, Colorado. I did, however, have the smarts to go to the customer service counter. The kind woman at the counter asked "What is your name little girl?" My reply: "Assi." The woman gave me a look like, "Are you playing with me you little devil?" but she proceeded to blast on the loudspeaker the "We have a lost Assi at the front of the store." Customers throughout the store gagged and giggled, but my mom knew exactly who the woman was referring to: the mullet haired little girl with a tongue too big for her mouth, wearing a leotard, skirt, tights, and jelly shoes (with florescent green laces in them...even though they didn't need the laces). A shy little character for whom every little detail in life was a huge thing. I am pleased to report that today I am able to fully pronounce Allison (aka Ali), but the Assi pseudonym has always stuck, evolving into Aszi. As for the shy little character for whom every little detail in life was a huge thing? Some things never change.
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