When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up though the pace seems slow--
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than,
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up,
When he might have captured the victor's cup,
And he learned too late when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out--
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far,
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit--
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.

~Author unKnown

The most exciting, challenging,
and significant relationship of
all is the one you have with
yourself. And if you find someone
to love the you you love, well,
that's just fabulous...♥

~Carrie Bradshaw - Sex and the City

...apparently Gatorade does a body good


TAS Photography (talented Sister Girl)

"I'm leaving you," she told him. "Who gets custody of the memories?" he wondered.

"She,
needs no fancy clothes
to make her look sexy
needs no man by her side
to make her feel sturdy
need to tell no lies
her honesty is her beauty
She's smart in the head
and courageous in the heart
confident in herself
and compassionsate in her thoughts
independant and able
strong and graceful
She's no ordinary woman...
She is what I call a
REAL WOMAN"

~Author Unknown

"To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself."

~Thich Nhat Hanh

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LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL ... the end♥

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"At any given moment you have the power to say: "This is not how the story is going to end."

there are so many people that don't appreciate the ones that truly love them . .. . this song is so honest, open, vulnerable, and so sad ....



~You Don't know me, Ray Charles and Diana Krall


You give your hand to me and then you say "hello", and I can hardly speak, my heart is beating so. And anyone can tell, you think you know me well ... but you don't know me.

No, you don't know the one who dreams of you each night, and longs to kiss your lips, and longs to hold you tight. To you I'm just a friend, that's all i've ever been. No, you don't know me.

I never knew the art of making love, though my heart aches with love for you. Afraid and shy, I let my chance go by ... the chance that you migh love me too.

You give your hand to me and then you say "goodbye", and then I watched you walk away beside the lucky guy. I know you'll never know the one who loves you so... no, you don't know me.

But I never knew the art of making love, though my heart aches with love for you. Afraid and shy, I let your chance go by ... the chance that you migh love me too.

You give your hand to me and then you say "goodbye", and then I watched you walk away beside the lucky guy.

You'll never ever know the one who loves you so ... no, you don't know me. I said: YOU'LL NEVER EVER KNOW THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU SO ... no, you don't know me.


*My Best Friends Wedding

How to handle Monday? Well, take the advice written on the image : "write it in your heart that today and every day is the BEST DAY in the year!"

1. I am still trying to figure out my purpose in life, or what it is I want to be when I grow up.
2. Being a Mother is one of the hardest jobs I have ever had to do.
3. I'm constantly terrified of "screwing" my kids up.
4. I have to remind myself that every one has their demons to battle, my battles are so tiny to what some people go through.
5. I am addicted to Twitter; you can say so much in 140 characters.
6. You know how every Woman has that one deep dark secret; I have two.
7. I suck at giving advise - seriously, seriously slit your wrists suck at giving advise.
8. I wish I was confident enough to speak what's on my mind.
9. I am severely self conscious and I am my biggest critic.
10. Its the little things that makes living worthwhile.
11. I loved him then, I love him still, Always have always will.
12. A lot of people think I'm "stuck up", which is quite the opposite.
13. I'm not as strong as I used to be; I'm not sure where that person went, but I'm on a constant journey to find She.
14. I'm ridiculously shy.
15. I love being alone, but hate to be lonely.
16. I have so many regrets and what ifs about that one relationship that slipped away.
17. I have to get rid of my "greeny eye monster" its draining me emotionally.
18. 35 is rapidly approaching and that scares me.
19. When will it be my turn for love to find me, my kids need a father figure and I desperately need a companion.
20. I would like to think that every time he thinks of me a smile touches his lips.
21. I'm not a dog person or a cat person, or an animal person for that matter.
22. Feels like I'm stuck in a rut.
23. Everyday I am thankFull. I can go through life saying I didn't always have it all; but at no point did I have nothing.
24. I wonder if my name sake song is telling me if I look close enough I'll be able to see what it is I'm meant to see.

SHE and I.....

SHE knows how to love on the inside
while in a fog of emotion I can do nothing but idolize
SHE no longer yearns to please
while I dumbly wear my heart on my sleeve
SHE wears that entrancing smile
While I lock my jawbone to create the illusion that I am HOSTILE
SHE dances in the rain
while I drown in the pain that causes it to rain
SHE dangles her royalty above her success
while I stab at my guilt, double over in pain and finally confess
SHE loves to love
While having a heart I fall short of
SHE watches me bleed with a glass of empty eyes and shame
I hold her heart with MY hand even though we are one of the same
SHE laughs with those who use her appearance as a weapon
while I corner my abuser clench my fist getting ready to teach a lesson
SHE is the girl inside of me that I wish I could completely be

Written by Renita Sykes

Cheers to the freakin weekend, I'll drink to that

"We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.". ~John Lennon

"Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always, always bring your own sunshine".
Anthony J. D'Angelo

"I'm tired, tired of payin' these bills
I'm tired, said I'm tired of keepin' it real
I'm tired, tired of cryin'
Tired, and I'm tired of smilin'"

~Tired, Kelly Price~




Music from "Madea's Big Happy Family"

"I don't know why terrible things happen to us sometimes, but I have to believe something good is going to come out of this."

~Soul Surfer~

I am at the point in life where the road seems so long and uncertain, yet going back is equally as uncertain. So I press on in the hope that his Providence will get me through.

(Phillipians 3:13-14)

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

(if only women paid as much attention to their boobies like men did)


for the month of October I will wear my "pink ribbon" with pride and as a reminder of how very fortunate I am ...