Speaking Amy Blog

After my awesome overnight experience at the college I will be attending in the fall I have been even more desperate than ever for friends. I keep in touch with everyone and I have to say I feel very jealous and anxious when I talk with them and they tell me about what they did as a group or when they send me pictures. I feel like I should be there – NOW . I know that I will be there soon enough having fun with everyone but I still feel like I am missing out. Here at home I

So, here’s something that probably will sound a little weird to you, and I am a little embarrassed to admit to anyone but since I put out a lot of embarrassing information about myself I will share anyway…. I LOVE to give massages (to people in my family). I am pretty good at it and love it so much that a few years ago I thought I wanted to be a massage therapist. We actually looked into a school near our house. We got an application to apply and were all set to take a tou

Why I call it “Speaking Amy”… I tend to take phrases or sayings that I often hear, or should I say, mis-hear, and try to re-use them in my own conversations. Usually this turns out to be amusing to others and only those very close to me know exactly what I am trying to say. For example: my mom always says to me “let me give you a little tid-bit of advice”. Well, for years I have, apparently, been hearing it incorrectly. Once I figured it out, I wrote this using that phra

When I was younger I used to have a lot of temper tantrums because I couldn't express myself. As I grew older, the "fits" became worse. I would trash my room, fight with my sisters and basically be no fun to hang around with.....With maturity has come my ability to express my frustrated feelings through writing. It's like therapy to me.....which, by the way, I have had and I can tell you this is way better. I must have over 20 journals filled with "feelings". I would mu