Author: getyourgirlback

Last night my 10 year old daughter and I were having a Friday night dance party. This is something we have always loved to do but haven’t done in about a month.

There are certain friends, who when they ask for a favor, or pretty much anything, you always say yes…. well, my dear friend “Get Your Girl Back’s Traci Bild” has asked me to write a blog about getting my girl back and how my passion for photography has lead me towards a new path in this life.

Last night I walked up to my daughter Paris, who is ten and wrapped an aromatherapy neck wrap around her shoulders. “Throw this in the microwave for two minutes and then put it around your neck,” I told her, “My friend Angela makes these.”

When my daughter was born, I knew my life was over.

I mean, I was still breathing and moving around. But everything that meant anything to me before she was born was now over. My life from now on would be all about catering to “the baby.”

You might have seen my tweet (@TraciBild) or Facebook post (Get Your Girl Back the Book) on my very expense fill up last week. When I say expensive, I’m talking $2,500 worth of gas- and I don’t fly a plane, I drive a Mercedes GL.

While reading a Star Wars book to my eight year old son Noah last night I found myself completely drawn in. Much of the book was about The Force- we have all known about it since we were kids, right? But then I sat up, looked at Noah and said “Noah, you know The Force is real- it’s your own power, it’s your thought process and the way you make things happen by using the power of your mind.” Talking out loud to Noah, I was really talking to myself!

From the time my daughter Paris, who is now ten, was old enough to talk I’ve taught her the importance of using her voice- to stand up for others, to make a difference, and never let people tell her should couldn’t do something. It’s amazing- while it doesn’t seem our kids listen, they do!

On my run this morning I was listening to my Guns-N-Roses Pandora station. For years I’ve worked out to Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga and Pitbull but I just got sick of it so I rewound the clock and put on Hair Bands- Poison, Bon Jovi, AD/DC and talk about power!

When I was younger I loved to draw. In high school I didn’t take art but chorus instead because that’s what all my friends did. My senior year I decided I had enough of chorus. I wasn’t enjoying it at all so I switched to art and loved every minute of it. I wonder now why I wasted all those years in chorus.

In the journey to find my girl, I think back to the young girl I was at 18. There on the doorstep at The University of Alabama, I gave my last hug to my parents, and enrolled in the communication program, most certainly confident that I was destined to be the next Mary Hart, popular co-host of Entertainment Tonight.