Growing up in Monterey Park, California, was quite an adventure! A story of unrequited love, sacrifice — mainly of lunch money — and learning an important lesson at a young age. Also, the reason I wasn’t a lot taller is revealed to the world in my latest tell-all, here:

And, though this is not *my* Priscilla, here is the painting used in the banner of this post — another golden-haired girl, from a different time, also gathering up what she finds and returning a happy and open gaze to us: