"are we or are we not hanging like icicles from the rooftops we are growing in the cold taking shape and taking hold because this is our time now"

I love how there's a song out there for just about everything.

Remember this moment of feeling like you could never possibly leave Colorado. It feels right. It's beautiful. The mountains. The air. The snow. The sun. The kinds of people. The pace of life. Showing your family around. Colorado feels right and has for the past few weeks. Don't forget.

I'm so not a fan of winter. All I want to do is curl up and sleep for the next few months.

agaetis byrjun?

but is it agaetis byrjun?

There are few things as hard as watching someone you love in so much pain and knowing that all you can do is offer what you have. Blerg.

2011 Year in Review

Most listened to music: Florence and the Machine, Adele, The Band Perry, Sigor Ros, Mumford and Sons, Old Crow Medicine Show, & Horse Feathers

Songs on repeat: Don't Carry It All (The Decemberists), Someone Like You (Adele), Shake It Out (Florence), We Found Love (Rhianna), & If I Die Young (The Band Perry)

TV Shows: Pretty Little Liars, Revenge, Once Upon a Time, Survivor, Criminal Minds, NCIS, NCIS-LA, & Cake Boss

Favorite Books: Hunger Games Trilogy (Suzanne Collins), Delirium (Laura Restepo), Divergent (Veronica Roth), The Book Thief (Markus Zusak), &

Websites: DYAC, TFLN, DBPB, Roger Canaff, Cat versus Human, Adios Barbie, & Oatmeal


New Places Visited: New Orleans, LA; Telluride, CO; Black Bear Cabin, CO; & Estes Park, CO


Other Exciting Visits/Events: Jessalyn's wedding, Chicago visit in May, Beth & Trey's wedding, 26th birthday party @ Lana's, & Dad & Rhonda's visit

Kiddos: Talin, Shreyas, Ellie & Bea, & Asher & Zander

Lessons learned: (1) Trust my body and mind. (2) Struggles that repeat themselves are doing so to teach new things or remind you that you weren't listening the last time. (3) Family and Michigan mean more to me than I ever knew and the possibility of returning back there says nothing about my ability to live away. (4) Mistrusting people because of past hurts that didn't involve them in the first place ends up hurting the relationship; trust until that specific person proves that you shouldn't, then trust once more. (5) Gratitude is important and doesn't require something magical, special, or important. Every moment brings its own need for gratitude.

To Call Myself Beloved

I have a new blog as well!!!

http://tocallmyselfbeloved.blogspot.com/

365 days of gratitude.

I want to keep another blog where I can write just a few sentences each day, while keeping this blog for longer posts whenever brilliance strikes me.