PURE JOY
SHE IS LIKE A GIGANTIC ICE CREAM
I SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM !!
We used to live together in the same room
just like in India
or Mexico
in the villages
I was her Auntie and I lived in her room!
I remember I felt so odd telling anyone
in America about that!!
She was 10 and at night
we would giggle like kids
and her father, my brother
would come in and say
“Hey you two, quiet down”
and we would and then we would giggle
and I would say
“Alanna,
Next life I wanna be your sister”,
and she would Say
“Auntie L
Me too”
Then we would tell each other something
really funny
and then we would laugh again
but then
we would fall asleep in a room
that smelled like love
and I think that America is
behind the times.
Linaji 2009
Model: My Niece Alanna at 14.. she is 20 now and I love her so.
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Scott d'Almeida
brilliantttttttttt
linaji replied
Oh Dear!! thank you Scott for your pics and your fav here too!!
Rachel Davison
What a gorgeous girl! The treatment is amazing, beautiful, metallic, incandescent!!!
linaji replied
Thank you Rachel.. this was a blast to do today.. I love her as a model!
Jan Landers
i absolutely love this! i didn’t live with my niece, but we used to sleep together when she was little and we would tell stories and sing before falling asleep and laugh and she would want to sleep nose to nose with me as close as she could get…..i loved it and still remember it so fondly in my heart….i so related to this….what precious love…..we are blessed….
linaji replied
Janb.. you and me got some history and isn’t it the best to have this kind of love.. it fills me up even now.. she is the light of my life.. tttanks..xoxox
Lisa Jewell
Oh you’ve given me lovely shivers….I can hear the two of you giggling hehe…
Fantastic image…wow that is just so cool. xxx
linaji replied
I kinda feel like this today.. now I gotta do sompin.. clean!!! laundry!! xoxoxo see you later alligator!! ( she smiles big and skips away hair flying round her face while she thinks what an angel I just saw..no.. more like a fairy with lots of fairy sparkles.. tee hee..)
eon man
FULL ON ” – )) x
linaji replied
Isn’t it Just Neo??? xxxx
kenspics
WOW….awesome treatment… filled to overflowing with giggles and love!!
linaji replied
This was a fun bold day with my heart open and here she came.. I adore my sweetie Niece!!
Jack Grace
What joy, how lucky you both are.
linaji replied
I just emailed you and you my friend are simply WONDERFUL!
kevinmawson
I Love this and i understand exactly where you are coming from,But and it is a big but! do not put all Americans in the same category! Yes i agree with you that alot of people throughout the world , Do not get to enjoy the kind of love that you are talking about!YOU click with your niece and i have the same with mine too! and it is great! love & peace Linaji!
km.
linaji replied
I never think sweet of changing a thing, I like to tell a story.. and the ending is pulling at being poignant as we all can say there are amazing customs we will never have but amazing none the less.. xox
kjgordon
she be grillin …......
linaji replied
She be you rascallion!! xxx
raymondoantonio
WONDERFUL IMAGE!! THE SKIN TONES LOOK LIKE…ICE-CREAM!!! BRAVO!!
linaji replied
Seee.. how you get everything I do!! YOU CAUGHT THAT.. EXACTAMUNDO.. OR EXACTRAYMUNDO!! xxx
kevinmawson
And you do tell a very good story Linaji, Thank you for sharing your experience’s
with us!
km.
linaji replied
you are a peach Kevin.. thanks so much!!
Cherubtree
Love it!
linaji replied
tee hee..xxx
Mukesh Srivastava
WOW…Great treatment,Linaji!!!!
linaji replied
Thanks so much M!!
paul romanowski
nice braces, ....cheers
Rany Lutz
Wonderful!!!
linaji replied
Oh thanks so much Rany!!
F.A. Moore
Childhood should be about the giggles. Pure joy is right.
linaji replied
Hi Fran.. thankyou .. it was a joy to be with her!! still is!
Leon Walker
That’s really cute!!!
Vicki Ferrari
Fantastic work Lina! You are amazing!
Sally Omar
Lina, my Sweet Sister, You really make my heart sing…the child within you
constantly peeks out to say hello….and your niece is such a beauty …......
what beautiful memories…Love You!!!!! xoxoxoxoxo
linaji replied
Yes Sally.. you are sooooooooooo right.. when I made this I could not seriously stop smiling!!!
dawndavies
coooooooooooool lol dawnxx
Wendy Slee
beautiful expression of love, family and friendship…..
you are pure joy!
linaji replied
hello sista! I so enjoyed my ride with you last night..xoxox
Jan Landers
i just had to see this again this morning and read your words….the love so pure and sweet….i feel it so thinking of sarah and how close we were (and are)....she is 24 now and i love her dearly…as she used to tell me, ‘i love you past heaven, past heaven, past heaven’....thank you for sharing this, lina…it really touches my heart….i will carry this with me today as i go into the world….
linaji replied
Our girls are not far apart in age Janb.. it feels good to know how loved we are by our little ones who grow up to be women and I know she has come to love to speak to me and consult with me.. such an honor!! Love you so much!!
Rachael Comisari
Ur funny. :)
linaji replied
tee hee..through the whole of the process I could not get a grin off my face!
Cassidy JK (Ra...
I don’t know which makes me smile more, the picture or the words. Needless, big smiles over here. xoxo
linaji replied
Thank you Cass.. I swear when I was working on this piece.. I kept a huge smile on my face!!!
Keith Reesor
Amazing work Linaji!! The joy and love both shine through!! :)
linaji replied
You know I love when you highlight.. means alot to me you like this one espically Keith!
Donna I
What beautiful memories,gorgeous!
Danica Radman ...
gorgeous memories – o my!!! she is so lovely, & your love for her we can almost touch – hug from proud aunt to another !! :)))
linaji replied
Hugs from a million years ago.. do so appreciate each of your visits Tazz.. makes me feel like I am doing something right!!
Isa Rodriguez
wow…..... i could sit here and read this twenty two times.. my dear.. how you have made me smile.. Alanna is so cool.. shes so lickably cute:)))).. perfect journiling.. and thoughts. and we ARE behind .. arent we sometimes…. so much to say here my friend.. so good..
linaji replied
Wow Isa.. thank you for being here on RB.. your such a powerhouse of love and joy.. and beauty to boot!! thanks so much!!
BLYTHART
Great photo!
linaji
rodeorose
Hey Linaji- which planet have I been on the last few days…??? At any rate I’m glad to be stoppin’ at yours a while, and really relishing this ice-cream dream with your Niece n you :)) I have something similar with my Uncle, and with my Nephew…and my dream was to bring the two of them together, and one year I DID!!! SH-BANG!!!
This is such a beautiful read, and love so much this fab image of this gorgeous girl whose love-battery is being charged full-on !!!! Such moments can save many lifetimes….xxxxxxxx
Erhan OZBIYIK
WOA !!!
Beautiful effect and writing :)
Great Hugs :)
jim marshal
how gorgeous!