Katie Leggitt

I have such fond memories of the summer of 13.  I spent it with family in Victoria, after my parents got divorced.  A healthy distraction is what I needed, and luckily the divorce hadn't split my morals up and I remained able to safely navigate my way through some pretty serious situations. Graham was 28, or so the tale goes.  He had sandy red hair and freckles that seemed to distort his face, or maybe it was his creepy gummy voice that did it.  He was the local drugdealer who spent time at the lake in Langford, selling god-knows-what to unsuspecting teenagers. It was cast of characters.  There was Bunyon, who was 15 and had all the fixings for a future convict.  He had already been in trouble with the law, and I'll never forget the day he escaped the hold of a cop outside of Mac's.  We were hanging out there with our bikes and the cops showed up with their arrest warrant, and as he was being lead to the car, he twisted his wrist and took off into the woods.  I never sa

I had a love at first sight moment this summer.  It was during JFL, and I stepped outside of a venue and locked eyes with Mr. Magnificent.  I smiled, came back to reality and then took a few steps away, feeling stunned. Woah.  Did that just happen?  That was real, like it was understood, by both parties, what just happened.  Whoever we may have been in a past life were finally reunited and now we can start living again. Timing, moments drenched in fate, tiniest choices that lead us places, it all comes together in that magic exchange.  I do believe in love at first sight, but I should have just left it at that. Instead my curiosity piqued and I felt compelled to talk to the guy.  How could I let this opportunity pass me by?  This is it, I thought to myself, THIS IS IT. Well it wasn't it.  Ha.  Nope, just another Katie getting carried away moment, but I like to reinvent the exchange in my mind and pretend we're engaged and living in a house with a backyard and a garden n