Be thankful for what you have and not what you don't have...  your are given a new opportunity with each new sunrise, grasp it and make it what you want.

Friends

It's when you are at the lowest of points and in your darkest of hours that I am here, for I am your friend...

Saying Good Bye

Saying good bye is so permanent - I prefer to say, until next time our paths cross.

I gave her wings, so I must let her fly...

I will continue to climb upwards, for you cannot keep down.

When I'm in your arms, I don't know where I begin and you end, I just know we have become one

My heart grows stronger with each day you are gone...

My tears aren't of sad ness that I lost you, they are tears of happiness that I am free from you

The world doesn't have to think I'm beautiful for me to be beautiful, I just need to think it

When I jumped into your arms I thought you would catch me and hold on - I didn't expect you to drop me to the floor...

Step Away

Sometimes one needs to step away before they can move forward...

Orange Bowl Half Time Performer

My daughter is a dancer.  She dances with a Company from The Dance Attic in Wake Forest, NC.

Recently, due to their spectacular performance at Regional and National competitions, they have been invited to perform at the half time show for the Orange Bowl in Miami FL.

This is a great honor for these girls, and a once in a life time opportunity.  We are currently trying to raise some funds to allow the girls to participate.  Any and all donations are greatly appreciated and welcome!!!!

Please check out the below website to make your donation:

http://www.gofundme.com/3qlxt4

Leaps..

Our hearts don't allow us to look before we leap, it just leaps...

Of Monsters and Men - Yellow Light

Honesty

If I open my heart and soul to you all I ask is for you to be honest with me - if you care, care, if you say it, mean it.  Words are more powerful than a fist - don't lie - that is more painful and scaring then a blow to the face.  My face will heal, my heart will not...

Night Sky

The night sky frightens me at times; the depth of the darkness, the endless and over power feeling of being alone.  But as I look around the blackness that surrounds me I spot a twinkling star - one that reminds me that I'm not alone, that yes, there is something more.  And maybe, just maybe someone far away is looking at that same star and feeling not so alone either.

Sunshine

                            The sun doesn't simply shine on one's face, it warms the soul

"Hi"

"hi doll"

"hi"

"hey can I call you right back"

"sure" 

I laugh, knowing that you won't, not for hours, and even then it may only be a text.  I laugh because you thought of me that much in your busy world to call and say simple "hi".  I laugh because that 10 second call made my heart smile 

Umbrella

I know I don't need an umbrella when it rains when I'm with you - who would hold it anyhow - we will be to busy dancing in each others arms, splashing up the water with our feet and drowning in each others eyes to worry about getting wet

My List

Sweetest words I have heard - 

"Mom, on my list of what I missed most, you were the number one thing.  I love you so much" - my son after a week of military training

Tears came to my eyes...

Sun Rays

Everything may seem full of darkness in the moment that you are living - and yes it's difficult - but tomorrow is another day, and there will be a day after that.  Look to the sky, the clouds move effortlessly across the blue sea, creating shapes that only our own minds can see, and the sun's beams glimmer along the edges, cascading it's rays to the earth.  Grasp onto one, let the sun lighten your heart

Your with Me

You don't need to be next to me for me to know your with me...

Gestures

As his hand gently touched my lower back, escorting me across the floor, a gentle childish smile ran across my face.  I glanced over at him, only to see him smiling back. 

It's the simplest of gestures that can make one feel so special inside, it's the simplest of gestures that one will remember

The Cliff

I want to climb to the top of a cliff, look over the edge to the depth of what is below me

I want to take a rock, toss it down into the abyss; lie on my stomach and watch as it bounces from spot to spot;

 Clunk, smash, crack; sounds echo across the plains from wall to wall into the air; taken away from the breeze that runs through the cavern.

Slowly, the rock crumbles apart, dirt and fragments fly off from the force until it finds its final resting place.

Dust settles, sounds die down, solitude.

I roll onto my back; stare into the deep blue sky, watch the clouds gently float across the sky.

Close my eyes; warmth of the sun sinks into my exposed skin, air softly moves across my face as if the wings of a fairy flew past; strands of my hair are lifted, than fall back down.

Leaves rustle somewhere in the distance; high above a hawk caws.

My eyes open; watch as the large majestic bird circles above – its wings caught in the breeze, gliding in the currents.

I breathe deep, relish in the serenity that I have found, engulfed in my own little world of peace.

Tall Grass

 I lied on my back in the tall grass and watched as the clouds rolled by, listened to the leaves rustle in the breeze, and the birds sing their song.  I closed my eyes, imagined you were with me, than everything was perfect 

Enjoy the Moment

Sometimes the darkness creeps up inside of me, takes over my mind, makes me want to crawl into a small tight ball and just cry.  Why?  I don't know, it just does.

Everyone experiences loneliness at times, the world has left you, you stand alone, and in every direction there is no light to turn to.

The hardest decision - to choose the direction in which You want to go, and move forward, take that first step and to keep walking until you see that light.  You look back and want to run back to where you just came from at times, you want to hold on to certain aspects of what is left behind. 

Breathe...in....out....in....out

You look forward, and somewhere far ahead a light glimmers, you raise your head high, and slowly, steadily you take the next step toward the light.  Eventually it shines brighter and brighter, and what was once dismal and gray warms your skin. 

Even for a moment, bask in "it", enjoy what you have been given that day, for that day, that moment is what counts, relish the joy

The Leaf

I sit back and watch as the breeze lifts the leaves gently, they sway from side to side, and gently fall back in place from the branch in which they hang.  Another breeze; the leaves dance their delicate dance, ever holding on to their base, their source of strength.

My son walks out the front door, gives me a hug while he tells me good bye.  He walks over to his car, climbs in.  I watch as he drives off.

Another breeze blows pass, my attention returns to the tree.  A leaf that was once holding on to the branch has released itself - if flies off into the air, gliding delicately in the currents, up, down, swirls itself away, further and further away....