A napping Lily. , originally uploaded by sleepjunky . I'm hopelessly addicted to CBS soap operas - in particular, to As the World Turns . I hate to admit this publicly, and I think it goes against my nature, but it's true. There. I said it. I love soap operas. Now, it isn't soap operas as a genre that I am in love with, and I wouldn't start watching a new soap opera. It's for a couple of reasons that I tune in daily to As the World Turns . As a small child, after lunch, my mother and I would retire to the living room, where we would curl up together on the couch, and she would watch soap operas while I napped. It's one of my fondest memories of relationship with my mother, which unfortunately, has become a bit distant over the passage of time. Mostly, I would nap. (I have always been a lover of naps.) But other times, I would lay quietly with my mother and follow the storyline, as much as my little mind could grasp. I even remember when Iva from As the World...
Notes to My Future Self.