A Smile- The Universal Language

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."-Leo F. Buscaqlia

Our world needs more smiles...

So I went out and bought 100 tags,

wrote a different message on each one

and then I hid them all around San Diego

On fire hydrants...

and pretty flowers...

and bicycles...

and on fences.....

If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.

Because that someone hasn't lost their smile at all, its right there under their nose.

Sometimes they simply just forget its there.

Its our job to remind them!

I hope people find these and they bring a smile to their face....

Happy Tuesday!

Inspired by KS

The Circle of Life

Asanta Sana, Squash Banana

This is my dog, Lucille "Matzo" Ball. Better known as "Lucy."

I recieved a not so pleasant voicemail from my mom yesterday that went something like...

"Since December Lucy has been petrified to come upstairs with me.  And then today, when I was trying to call her from the top of the staircase your brother told me that her fear probably has something to do with YOU dressing her up in Shana's lion costume, holding her up in the air over the balcony and singing "The Circle of Life.?" Seriously, Erika? You've gotta be kidding.

Call me back. Ohh and you're grounded!"

HAHA Welp, I'm glad I missed that call!

Ze King has returned...

Coloring Outside the Lines

"A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others"

If I havent already bragged about them enough, I get the pleasure of working with the most amazing little girls in the entire world.

Don't get me wrong, like any kids, they have their moments. And as precious as they are, they can be complete and total pains in the butt when they want to be.

People always laugh and tell me that they have to "be the best birth control!" And, my usual response is almost always just a giggle or a forced grin.

But, I will be completely honest.

I love them. Beyond any capacity that I ever imagined I could love and I enjoy every single second that I spend with them.

Children make life so much more meaningful. 

While it's supposed to be my job to teach them, 

they have really been the ones teaching me.

Teaching me to love and laugh, to take chances, to create and imagine. Teaching me that  its ok to cry, and color outside the lines. All of the things we as adults all too often forget. The things life is all about.

I mean, what more could you really ask for?

When I leave California, I will undoubtedly be leaving a big piece of heart behind.