happy belated, ash trash

this is asher.

asher is my best and only nephew. he turned 3 this month, and i felt that he needed an extra shout out. 3 is a hard year. am i right? the kid loves his baseball hats, fruit snacks, space guys, and katie's cookies in her cabinet. he's half a country away, but thank goodness for skype so i can talk to him while he looks like this

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i am pretty sure this is one of grandma's life vests we would use on our canoe rides on the tennessee river. those life jackets have one of the most distinct smells of my life. i really did love that canoe, and i loved that dock, and we probably tried paddling to one specific "island" a dozen times. one summer germs and i almost got there, but then i made us turn around cause i had to go to the bathroom. yeah, that's true. true and lame of me.  but don't worry! we made good use of the canoe in our feature film "jaws 4!" starring every sibling, duke, sue, etc. great cinematography from my mother. it took a full 2 weeks to complete it. good things come from movies like that, like looking back and realizing it was a good thing you didn't run away from your dead end street in missouri with exactly 1 apple and a package of saltine crackers to become an actress at the age of 9. anyways, i love the kid. i like the vest. and i'd love to star in one of his movies on day when he's older.