December 2010
16 posts
Oh to feel. To feel like you’ve given everything you have for others and yet you’ve only gotten robbed in return.. To feel for the first time that you have been taken advantage of is an awful feeling. To feel like if you got up and left, you would leave absolutely nothing behind. To feel the way one feels without a “me too” anywere I sight, is discouraging.
“She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I...”
– ~Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
La Vida
Last night I went to the Miami Heat game. It was fun to say the least. My best friend Gaby, and a bunch of our friends decided we ought to do something different so we bought tickets. The game was a blast and the fact that Queen Latifah and I were in the same room was pretty cool. My favorite part of the night however was the ride home. We were listening to old nsync songs and dancing like...
For the first time in a long time, its actually been feeling like winter in Miami. The weather is so crisp and the view of children running and playing in mittens and scarves is so pleasant. This weather makes me feel and remember all sorts of different things. As I walked to my car this afternoon I began to wonder when was the last time I felt this kind of cold. Then it came to me. I remember...
“Be exceptional. Make tremendous efforts to be extraordinary. What a privilege to...”
“The world bursts at the seams with people ready to tell you you’re not...”
“A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. Prov 31:1”
Oh Andrea...
Jackie thanks for the inspiration! Dear 15 year old Andrea, Boy you would sure appreciate coming across this at age 15. I know you miss your grandma a whole lot but within a few months, your grandpa will pass too. Go hang out with him more. Tell him you love him and thank him for all he has done for you. Take advantage of having your dad around. Soon enough he...
Oh, brother.
My brother moved out last night. Got himself a little bachelor pad with his friend. I am sad, probably more sad then I’ve ever been about anything. Sure now the bathroom is all mine and I won’t have to deal with him using my toothbrush everyday or stealing my deodarant. I can move back into my old room on account of it having an enormous closet. I won’t have to carry around my...