Strong Women & Stilettos!

January 4, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Strong Women wear their pain like stilettos, no matter how much it hurts; all you see is the beauty in it.

Harriet Morgan

2014 was one of the hardest and yet most amazing years of my life. I can recall challenging years in the past and truly wonderful years but a combination of the highest highs with the lowest lows makes for a very interesting dichotomy.

I try always to look for the positive in all things—so I am grateful for the amazing parts of 2014, which were many!

And well for the lowest lows??!?!  I’m not yet grateful– I’m sure in (more) time I will appreciate being taken to the brink of my sanity and the life lessons I am suppose to glean.

I rather focus on the positive– I have always had a crazy wanderlust for the entire world; three times in 2014 with the flash of a text message I found myself heading to Italy and beyond. Truly, dreams come true.  Each time the universe could not have given me a more perfect gift. I am forever grateful.

I spent over a third of 2014 out of the country.  Mostly in Europe—getting paid to be there. Win Win! Cruise ships, Military tours, festivals… etc.  Places I have dreamed of visiting my entire life; Venice, Rome, Verona, the Amalfi Coast, London, Paris, Istanbul, Mykonos, Santorini, Athens, Cairo, Dubrovnik…. the list goes on and on– 21 countries total in 2014.  I met so many fabulous people. My life is forever richer for the experiences of this year. When I found myself in Venice for the third time in 2014, I pinched myself– I KNOW pretty crazy amazing!  It was incredible!

2015– I’ll take more amazing please and a little (a lot) less ‘life lessons’. Regardless of what 2015 has in store–I’ll still be in the sky-high stilettoes with a smile on my face.

This pair traveled with me everywhere. They match everything and made my feet look like rock stars! Thank you Guiseppe Zanotti.

Happy 2015!

Laura

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Big Girl Shoes

December 29, 2014 By 1 Comment

You have brains in your head.

You have feet in your shoes.

You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

–Dr Seuss


I once met a lady who is a death row attorney. Her clients are hard-core murders. People most of society has written off. Appearances can deceive.  She was the quiet mousy librarian type, likely to be found hiding in book stacks, not strolling into maximum-security prisons to consult with her clients.

I asked her how she did it– knowing how diminutive she was in personality. She looked me straight in the eye and said,  “I put on my big girl shoes and march in.”

Not to quote Nike or Michael Jordan–But it was the shoes! They transformed her into a very tall impressive badass attorney.

I completely understood her explanation. I am not a natural extrovert. Which makes getting on stage for me a very interesting dichotomy. When I started doing comedy I would dress to the 9s – nightclub ready. It was battle armor. I was scared to death but my clothes –they were very confident. After thirteen years what stuck?  The shoes.  I always (almost always) wear fancy shoes on stage.  When my luggage went missing in Africa I had to perform in sneakers, first time ever.  I was actually a little afraid, I wasn’t sure I could be funny without my fancy footwear. Silly I know but in almost 3000 shows, I had never once performed in sneakers.

So what came first the attitude or the shoes? For me it was the shoes. When I put on the big girl shoes I feel like I can conquer just about anything. It’s a crutch I know, but its not illegal or immoral so I’m at peace with it.

We have a new year approaching, put on your big girl shoes and show 2015 who is the boss.

Laura

 

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