counting on my fingers

Tommy: No. I've been in love. I went down that rabbit hole. You know what I discovered? It's not who you wanna spend Friday night with. It's who you wanna spend all day Saturday with. Do you know what that feels like?
Dylan: Yeah. But then it's every Saturday for the rest of your life.
Tommy: That's okay. You don't get it. It's no big deal. But you will. One day, you'll meet someone and it'll literally take you breath away. Like, you can't breath. Like, no oxygen to the lungs. Like a fish...
Dylan: Yeah. I...I get it, Tommy.
Tommy: Yeah. You don't.

I think deep down in everyone's heart we all know the difference between right and wrong.

So why don't we do it... what we think is right?

I think it's because we're young...

and when we're young,

we don't really have to.

Lorna: Do you want some motherly love advice?
Jamie: Not really.
Lorna: Oh, good. Cause I don't know how to do that. What...what I do know is that, it's no great God damn secret, you live in fear of repeating my mistakes. And you're not wrong. So learn from me. Do you know how many men in my life I thought were really perfect?
Jamie: Eighty.
Lorna: One.
Jamie: Eighty one!
Lorna: One. It was your dad. Greatest man I ever met. Obviously, look at you? How smart you are. How great. How funny. How driven. Your vaguely Middle Eastern beauty. Sure as hell didn't all come from me.

Lorna: I mean, we all have our Prince Charming. You just gotta know him when you see him.
Jamie: Mom, it's Prince Charming! You should just know.
Lorna: Well, you're Prince Charming isn't coming to rescue you in a horse and carriage. That's not who you want. I mean, you're looking...you're looking for a man to be your partner. You could take on the world with. You gotta big your fairy tail baby. My Prince Charming? You.

:)

a good day

I woke up,
I slept in,
I made breakfast for Willoughby and I,
I took my time, 
I did something for me.


I wore my socks for an extra long time,
I relaxed in my house,
I made it more my own,


We bought a Christmas tree,
and cinnamon candles.
We made baked Ziti,
We watched crazy, stupid, love.


Yesterday felt like home.

When someone tells you everything will be alright,
believe them.

it's only natural

I am happy.

And I believe myself when I say it.

keep the waters turning,

stay on your toes,

Have a great day.

:)

starting now

Starting Now:

-take more deep breaths

-take a second to yourself

-don't procrastinate

-manage your money wisely, think ahead.

-snack smarter, stop heading for the lucky charms.

-wake up earlier, you know it makes you feel better.

-do something active at least once a day, work doesn't count!

-have a positive attitude at work. 

-think of yourself as highly as you think of others

-STAY MOTIVATED

-think of the woman you want to be in ten years,

do everything you can in one day to get closer to that.

-stress less, take it one day at a time.

-if heels make you feel good: wear them.

-take time for those long awaited conversations

-tell the ones you love that you love them

-think twice about something... anything

-make something new

-write someone a thank-you card

-laugh at something stupid

-pay attention to what you are putting into your body; this is your BODY

-let something you've been holding onto go

-do something different with your spare time

-wen you want to speak: don't

-You know what makes you feel good and what doesn't.

Do more of one and less of the other. 

21 days.

starting now.

-

I am loved

Things went from good to bad pretty quick.
There was actually the thought in my head that I had no where else to go,


I wanted to just give up.


I wanted to give up on my dreams and everything that i've been working for,
all because someone told me I couldn't,
... and I believed them. 


I let one person get under my skin and make me feel less of myself,
I let that one person make me think that I wasn't good enough to do this on my own.

I love it when dreams come true,

the thrill of having a question answered,

when joy over comes tragedy,

I love knowing I'm never alone.

Too often I wonder why i've been given this life. I wonder what I'm working so hard for,

what's it all going to come down to?

I've always wondered why I started out with no mother figure in my life, now I have many. 

I have a huge family, I have people that want and really are there for me. 

I don't thank them enough for doing that,

I don't thank them for making me feel like I'm good enough,

for talking me through life changing situations, 

or to just simply make me laugh. 

I remember when I wanted to go to College,

my chances looked slim to none getting out of that one horse town.

I've lived in the beautiful state of North Carolina for almost three years now.

I was told that it wasn't in my blood to accomplish things;

that I would end up just like my mother, 

who you are isn't where you've been, 

where there's a will, there's a way.

I hope one day I can be a mother like mine,

I hope I can be one of my daughters best friends.

People were placed in your life for a reason,

we may all go in different directions, but we take pieces of one another with us where ever we go.

Then there are those people who you meet one time, 

and you know they'll be a part of your life forever.

The people who always surprise you with their efforts to make you happy,

you realized they never gave up on you,

why give up on yourself?

The people who sometimes don't know what to say,

but thats enough.

The people who make you believe in yourself,

no really...

she'll MAKE You.

Then one day,

you meet someone who's love makes you feel unstoppable.

It expands your dreams and gives you wings.

It makes you feel worth everything.

everyone has someone who has never stopped believing in you.

not a definite definition

Typically, a family consists of a mommy, a daddy, and some chilren. (Madea)
My world is a little different.

My family are the people that are always there for me, 

despite if we share the same blood.

In my world, DNA sharing or a wedding vow doesn't say much.

Someone once told me,

"Sometimes, you have to create your own family."

I have.

It isn't typical or traditional, 

but it's mine.

irreplaceable

You said,

I remember how we felt sitting by the water,

 and every time I look at you,

it's like the first time.

I fell in love with a careless mans careful daughter,

She is the best thing thats ever been mine.

<3

You are the first thing I think of every morning, and the last thing I think of before I go to sleep.

You are in everything I see,

and you could never be replaced by anything.

You took my heart and ran away with it.