...Keep A Clear Mind And An Open Heart...

Many great things have happened in my life ever since I got back home from Destin, Florida. At the same time many things have happened that made me rethink about things that have happened in the past and how I have used those experiences wheather they were good or bad to help me to make better decisions for myself. There are people who you will come across in your lifetime that seem too real, too good to be true. You try to pick out the things that are wrong but you just can't seem to find any. Sometimes you don't realize how the negative things that people have said to you or done to you can mentally handicap you and cause you to miss out and ruin things with new and better oppourtunities and people who may come into your life. I have recently turned a new leaf and decided that I would be open to any and everything that God has in store for me. I can not say enough how blessed I am to have met all the people I have met and to have seen and experienced all the things I have today. They have made me the person I am today, inside and out. I love and honor my mother and father for everything they have done for me even though at times I don't always express it. My father has always told me to never wait till it's too late to show someone how much you truely care about them. He shared with me a story of him and his father to me one afternoon. My father told me how it was the week of his birthday and he went to Chicago, his home town, to visit his family. He was in the military and was stationed in Virginia. His father took him out to eat and before my father headed back to Virginia, his father gave him a watch. My father has never been a big watch wearer. But just two weeks later, he recieved a phone call that his father had passed away due to his drinking problem. Sometimes people never truely apprecieate the good things in life until they are gone...and at that moment...all of their should've, could've, would'ves pop up and it's all a breath too late. God gave to me and you the kiss of life and that is something I will thank him for as long as I live, even when I grow tired and feel like I can no longer carry on. I know that I can always depend on him to be there for me. When I feel alone and feel as though no one can understand me, I know he always will. I love my family and friends who have helped me along the way. May you be blessed.

To Calais, my beautiful sister, my mentor, my second mother. I love you so much for all the things you have taught me. You were harder on me than mom at times, and for that, I love you. Even when I messed up at times, you looked passed that and didn't judge, and for that, I love you. You always had my back and was all ears whenever I needed someone to talk to, and for that, I love you. I really don't know what I would've done during those hard times when you were in college and I was being effected by other's 808's and heartbreaks, and for that, I love you. I don't know what I would do if I didn't have you in my life...and for all these things, that is why I love you :] I'll never get tired of saying it. I love you!!!