Feliz cumpleaños en el cielo, papi. Estás siempre en nuestros corazones.
In God’s care, you rest above, yet your spirit Stays with us; We are surrounded by your love. I wish I could deliver this personally with a kiss And lovingly tell you, you are desperately missed.
“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight"
~Oscar Wilde
I have been in such a mood lately. Not a bad one, but a thoughtful one. I don't know how to write out what I am thinking...but I will.... eventually. I think I just really feel like being quiet for a bit.
* Run a full or 1/2 marathon with my sister * Abs of steel! Six pack!! * Inner tube down Columbia River * Climb 3 peaks with Troy * Make it back home to the east coast * Jump from a cliff * Set up our campsite all by myself * Have a picture make it to Explorer * Run 5 miles barefoot * Juice for 60 days * Wake up while it is still dark to climb a mountain and photograph the sun rising * Snowshoe * Finish short story and submit to various publications
When my best friend, Tina, and I were kids we were obsessed with boys. All sorts of boys. We had very different tastes except for three particular boys. Beastie Boys. We spent the summer of 7th grade memorizing every single word to their every song on License to Ill. Many years later, I still know every lyric to every song and I would bet huge money that my lovely Tina still does too. Her mother used to say, "why can't you guys put that much effort into learning bible verses!". We wore out so many copies of that tape and could not wait for more! They kept giving and we kept memorizing.
My love for them never stopped. Every album. Every song.
"Our thinking and our behavior are always in anticipation of a response. It is therefore fear-based." Deepak Chopra
This is a quote I have been repeating to myself quite a bit lately. I feel like the last 8 months have been the most amazing and also some of the most difficult in recent years. I have been pushing myself so hard to accomplish certain things. I never wake up without saying a quick prayer giving thanks and asking for help to get through that day. I am pushing myself physically harder than I have in a really long time. Emotionally I am trying to be as open, as raw...as someone like me can be. That part is far harder than the physical part.
