I remember how your eyes turn three shades of blue and green in the sunlight that day we spent on the beach. You had this satisfied smile on your face the whole time and I couldn't stop laughing when you'd look up and ask me why I was staring at you. I guess I've just never seen anyone so peaceful. You loved life. Every single part of life you ( Read more... )

You keep breaking me down. You keep pushing. and every little bit that falls apart forces me to see how deeply you were engraved in my life. Why do you continue? Why do you ask me on a date, yet have another girl sitting next to you? Why do you tell me you're going to prove me wrong and show me how you can be and yet all I've seen is her with you ( Read more... )

I love you. Don't forget that.

" Have you ever noticed that after natural disasters people tend to build memorials and structures greater than the original ones? When hurricanes hit or tsunamis whipe out homes, communities want to prove to themselves and others that they are strong enough to come back bigger, better and more beautiful. What structures were once too weak to stand ( Read more... )

"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge -- myth is more potent than history -- dreams are more powerful than facts -- hope always triumphs over experience -- laughter is the cure for grief -- love is stronger than death."

I miss you baby girl

You must have been in a
Place so dark
You couldn't feel the light
Reachin' for you through
That stormy cloud
Now here we are
Gathered in our little hometown
This can't be the way
You meant to draw a crowd

Oh why, that's what I keep asking
Was there anything I could've
Said or done
Oh, I had no clue you were
Masking
A troubled soul, God only knows
What went wrong ( Read more... )

Home is where the heart is. I'm still looking for mine.

I'm stuck. I love my job but everything else feels out of place. I'm not a summer city girl, I need AC. I need the see breeze. I feel trapped in so many ways.
I feel lost.

Tonight I realized I havent seen the stars all summer. That needs to change.

Why Do You Run?
Because you’re wondering if your grandchildren will too. Because it's raining. Because you can and others can't. Because it's faster than walking. Because that shaky-leg-thing is all about nervous energy. Because you can't fly. Because you can fly. Because your personal best is just that, yours. Because the pain of a blister is ( Read more... )