Don't be afraid...

to look in the mirror and see someone beautiful.

Friday, December 30, 2016

I'm actually excited...

On this fine evening, the 30th of December 2016, the Eve Eve of the New Year I thought I'd share my outing today. I found recipes for the Mediterranean diet including some of my FAVORITE greek foods including: garlic spread, pita bread, chicken kabobs, brown rice, hummus... I am beyond excited because I will get to once again eat the way my body enjoys and be mentally healthy again. Ok, I wasn't super mentally unstable but I was definitely getting there. Working as a lunch lady does NOTHING for one's health goals. (Believe me, I was in it for 6 months) Anywho, I also acquired some containers for my wares and I can't wait to start cooking again and try new things. I'm going to purchase some cd's tomorrow to burn for my Zumba music and maybe a small cd player so I can start rehearsing my dances for classes I want to start teaching. Well, that is the excited for the evening. P.S. the latest Star Trek movie was AMAZINGGGG!!! I think it was, "Beyond", and that my friends, it truly was.

Goodnight interweb.

Thursday, December 29, 2016

2017 New Year's Resolutions...

Yes, so I am the typical cynically minded person who doesn't partake in New Year's Resolutions but my boyfriend took the "hype" out of it and well, here I am about to publicly post them so that in a year from now, I can have evidence of what I wrote down and I suppose the interweb public to keep me accountable (for whatever that is worth).

1. Finish writing a song, completely.
2. Create a reading list for the year and complete it.
3. Workout and eat healthy like I love my body.
4. Blog every day.
5. Finish the Bible in a year.
6. Dedicate myself to piano/vox
7. Run a fun 5k


These are all I have for now, I suppose I can edit this later :)

Something different

There's something different about you. I know I've said it before about different people and the truth is that everyone is different from the everyone else but... truly. There is so much mystery about you that I get to peek into every time we spend time together and it never ceases to amaze me the beautiful soul you are. You sense my hesitation and are bothered by it. But you see, if you only knew my past and where I've come from. The boys I've dealt with. The struggle of being fine with just being me. I know it sounds cliche but I am an adapter. I would never think to admit it in the past but I can now and it has freed me. God is using you to free me. Your existence in my life is freeing me to slowly understand that there is someone who will genuinely, authentically care for me as I am and love in despite of and in spite of my baggage. Being with you has made me want to be the best version of me. Not because I feel like I need to change but because with you I feel like I can be the greatest version of myself and you would never flinch your devotion. My worries have never truly been that I wouldn't be good enough, it was always that if I wholly devoted myself to the things I love most, that everyone would think that I am too much. (As if they didn't already) That my successes and promotions from God in this life would be emasculating to whoever I was with. This was my history. And I had resigned myself to the fact that in order to be with someone, I would never reach my full potential, and you've proved me wrong. Thank you.