have yourself a merry little christmas.

this weekend my family celebrated Christmas. there was lots of laughter,eating, football and lazy moments. i am truly blessed with such a wonderful family. one of the highlights was the moment that both brothers, my boyfriend and i were all up on the roof of the garage that my dad is building helping him shingle this afternoon. it was so fun to all come together and help. my parents are the type of parents that would give anything to make us kids happy so its the least we could do to help. our house was truly a house of jOY!

never alone.

as much as my brain would love to believe sometimes that I am alone in things, how very untrue that is! we all go through the same types of things. none of us are alone. the best medicine for hard times is always to help someone else. giving brings joy. i encourage you to give of yourself today and that just may mean a friendly smile. it will bring perspective and you will feel as though your worries are less of a problem.

what is success?

success has been on my mind lately. what defines success? for everyone i guess it means something different. i have learned in life that there can sure be a lot of disappointments. this year has been a year of a lot of loss. but then i take a step back and i can look at it through a different set of eyes and say 'you gave it your best, you tried and you didn't quit'   to me failure is when you quit trying.

i planned a get together this evening for the holidays and got very little response and people are just busy. but i guess you just take it and make the most of it. life is going to throw you lemons but it's how you REACT that counts. you always have the choice!

it's a new day.

let the blogging begin! i have wanted to start a blog for a long time. i have admired many and have taken the initiative to finally start my own.

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i love the simple things in life and recording every day happenings. right now i'm in a time of transition trying to figure out my next 'season'.