all in the family...

hello my friends!!! have you started building your ark yet? lol it has been raining alot!! the animals in my yard are lining up two by two!! this past week there has been alot to do with family!! we had family in from out of town...there is a new baby on the way, so there were BBQs, a baby shower, we have a graduation party in the planning, a wedding shower in the planning and a wedding...LOL!!! whew that's alot of family gatherings...both sides, all sides...you get that much common DNA in the same area and well just watch all the fun!! haha!! hey i love my family....i seem to get along fine with all of them and i hope they enjoy my company-LOL!! not all families can say that. i have friends who dont have much contact with their families, or whose family just dont give them the time of day. i ask them, "what are you doing for the holidays?" and when they say, "nothing, i have no family.", thats when i share my DNA, because as you can see, we like tove to celebrate LOL!!! people say you can't choose your family, what you can do is look deeper then the dinner table, beyond the DNA and redefine the word. (in plain site)

split apart, reuinited, or readjusting for new conditions, on the ground family is a double edged sword. they are the best of times, the worst of times, your keys to the kingdom, and the skeletons in your closet...(in plain site.)

until next time...safe jouney.

happy fathers day!

hello my friends!!! so happy fathers day you fathers out there!!! this day is a mixed day of emotions for me. my own dad has passed, but he was a great provider and loving father. my son's father however-well, not so much. he isnt around at all, and my 10 year old son tells me all the time, all i want is a dad. i know some great dads out there, i know some guys that do not have any children of there own but have been some of best dads i have know to their step children-my brother-in-law dave, yes doug my cupcake-lol- im talkin about you too, and my friend rollobee just to name a few. i know some guys who would make great dads when they are ready-donnie and lance, and i know some not so great dads and i just dont get that. and to those dads who dont make time for their children i say, come over here and talk to my 10 year old who wants nothing more then to have someone to make breakfast in bed for today, shoot hoops with, or who used to ask santa every year for someone to call dad. its important to them..... but for the rest of you great dads....HAPPY FATHERS DAY!! you deserve it!!

father figure is a phrase as potent as mother nature. say it out loud and the images fly from having a catch in the side of the yard to the sceen door slamming exit of the dead beat dad. for every fathers knows best and atticus finch there's a great santini bouncing a ball off the head of his teenage son. one thing's for sure, the father figure, in your face or out the door will make his presence felt like it or not. (in plain site)

until next time...safe journey.

my connections are better then ever

hello my friends!!! i just had one of the best birthdays ever....! wow! i have such great friends and family! i know i have said that before and i know i will say that again. its so funny how the universe works. last year i remember sitting alone on my birthday-ugh that such a lonely feeling. and i cried to my BFF in new zealand -the bones-and she told me get out and join some groups, meet new people doing the things you love to do! so i have...my motorcycle friends of course, the beautiful friends and family i already had in my life, people i have met because we have kids the same age, and my newest set of friends from my EMT class!! we are all now and have been connected forever it seems even if we didnt know it! at least thats how i feel, like some of us just found eachother-its that connection i have been looking for. in these difficult times we are all facing, when you are feeling alone (and sometimes its hard not to), try to remember and hold onto these connections, these beautiful people you have in your life-you may not even realize. i am so greatful for everyone of mine...i love you all.

we are all connected. joined together by an invisible thread. infinite in its potential, and fragile in its design. yet while cononected we are also merely individuals. empty vessels to be filled with infinite possibilites. an assortments of thoughts, beliefs-a collection of disjointed memories and experiences. can i be me without these? can you be you? and if this invisible thread that holds us together were to sever, were to cease....what then? wht would become of billions of lone disconnected souls? therein lies the greatest quest of our lives...TO FIND, TO CONNECT, TO HOLD ON. for when our hearts are pure, and our thoughts in line, we are all truely one, capable of repairing our fragile world, and creating a universe of infinite possibilites.(heroes)

until next time...safe journey.