Short Shorts

April 29, 2013

Elizabeth is tall for her age. She’s in the 95th percentile for height and already has legs that go to her shoulders. Her shorts, however, are nowhere near her knees.

She walked across the grass the other day with shorts that looked to be two inches from her butt and a solid six inches from her knees. I asked her to…

Mandy Dawson is the creator of In Mandyland, an almost daily blog recording her adventures in juggling a full-time job, two active children, four arguing hens, a fluffy bunny, and one ex-husband. A self-diagnosed gardening and crafting addict, she often finds herself gluing together clay pots and trying to discover the cure for brown thumb. When she’s not writing, she can be found burning dinners while she stares off into space with a story idea. She was a regular contributor for Makes Fun of Stuff, Aiming Low, and Six Kitchens, and has been featured on BlogHer and Mamapedia. She is an Assistant Editor for Write on Edge and has had her fiction featured in three anthologies currently available on Amazon.