Tag your It!!!

So I have been tagged!!! Yay to participate in a fun holiday game known as Winterliscious Tag! I was given the lovely pinch by a  fellow blogger known as Simplyy Mayra from, Ponder Wonders. 

AKA: My Mother of Pearl/ Abuelita Jones!!! LOL (I had too) 

Below is a list of questions pertaining to your personal preference during the Holiday Season.This was so much fun to partake in and hope you all enjoy reading and sharing!!! 

Topic of the Day:

Winterlicious Tag!

Tag: A series of Christmas Questions.
Once you are tagged, you answer the same questions. 

If you want you can add a question of your own! Tag as many people as you like!!
No Re-tags!
And don't forget to go link-up your post at Yesi's

                                                     Questions:

Favorite Winter Nail polish: I try to keep myself in the habit of polishing nails when I do my own manicure. Although my main color is clear, LOL But, if I were to choose a color I would like for the holidays it would be Holiday, by: OPI from the Kardashian collection along with Revlon's new polish line A Night In Town. It's a really nice deep red. 

Favorite Winter Lip product: I am not a lipstick kind of girl, so I would have to say my baby lips balm all year around.

Most worn winter clothing piece: I like scarves and boots! 

Most worn winter accessory: I like to buy Christmas accessories from Target for my girls and I to wear as we get closer to Christmas Day! I have a pair of Jingle earrings that are my favorite =) 

Favorite Winter Candle: Aromatherapy!!! I like the apple cinnamon scent during this time of year. 

Favorite Winter Beverage: Really?!? Is that even a question?!?!... HOT CHOCOLATE!!! I actually have a cup most days in the morning. I am not a coffee drinker at all. 

Favorite Xmas Movie: There are so many to choose from, but if it came down to one, I would pick Jack Frost with Michael Keaton. 

Favorite Xmas song: White Christmas and Winter Wonderland. I listen to the Christmas Station on Pandora all December long!!!

Favorite holiday food: Shoot!!! My Paleta de Lechon asado, OF COURSE!!! =D 

Favorite Xmas Decoration: My Christmas Tree. I think its the perfect touch for Christmas! I also like my homemade ornament decor. Check it out!!! 

(all hand crafted by Shasha *me*)

What is at the top of your Xmas list?: I would have to say LOVE <3 and also a Cricut and maybe some more SPA TIME!!! (shhhh) 

What are your plans for the holiday this year?: To spend it with my family and loved ones gathered at my house while we feast on my amazing Holiday Cuisine!!! 

(The irony of a pool picture during winter! Only in Miami)

Now I am tagging:

Nicole with: Local Sugar Hawaii

Jess with: The Lily White English Rose

Annmarie Pipa with: momto8blog

Sarah with: Enjoying the Epiphany

Ready, Set Go, You're It!!!!!

XoXo

"Just Say It"

Wow, so I am listening to the Christmas station on my Pandora radio. Now, I am a firm believer in signs, but always doubtful if I interpret them at the right time. Since I have been lately trying to open myself up to all kinds of possibilities and ways to heal my broken past, I have been experiencing lots of whispers through out my silence. 

So as I am writing the post Connections, I am coming towards the end where I am mentioning the possibility of inviting my Father over for the holidays, this song plays randomly on the "Christmas" station... Yeah OK!

Louder than this, I would have to be deaf to not hear it coming from a mile away! Grateful that I came across this song and its interpretation to my life at this given moment. 

                                                                           

                                                                   "Say"
                                    by: John Mayer

Take all of your wasted honor
Every little past frustration
Take all of your so-called problems,
Better put 'em in quotations

Say what you need to say

Walking like a one man army
Fighting with the shadows in your head
Living out the same old moment
Knowing you'd be better off instead,
If you could only . . .

Say what you need to say

Have no fear for giving in
Have no fear for giving over
You'd better know that in the end
Its better to say too much
Then never say what you need to say again

Even if your hands are shaking
And your faith is broken
Even as the eyes are closing
Do it with a heart wide open

Say what you need to say

This is an art piece that my husband, Shaun Rafael drew a couple weeks ago. He is a true artist and I love all of his work. I am sharing this specific piece because it goes perfect to the above mentioned. 

Connections

Hey there Hey,

Good morning to all! For some reason the weather over here has been the pits lately. Geese! It's OK though, I am sipping on my Hot Chocolate topped with whip cream.... mmmmmm yummy Yes, I decided that I needed that extra sweetness on the top this morning. So as I am going through my daily routine of sorting through mail, breakfast with my little stud muffin, tidying up a bit, etc, etc... I got that little light bulb feeling on the top of my head... You know the one that pops up when you come up with an idea, when you finally remember something you forgot at the second, lol or as I would like to call it when you " make a connection".

We all know that I am on my journey and in my previous post I spoke about emailing my father about how I felt towards him and the fact he is absent in my life and the whole LOVE spiel I have going on now a days. So I am going about and the song Daughters by John Mayer comes on and I am humming along to it as my mind is singing the words softly in the background of all that I have going on. And, well of course, since the song is about Father, Mothers and Daughters I started to think about my own. I start thinking about my Mother, and how she was with me and nothing bad arose, Ok. Then I think of my Father and the way he was and still is with me.... Shazaam!!!

Light Bulb!!! I made a connection!!! I am on the mission to really let go so that I can LOVE freely. I always mention on my struggle for it. I have also spoken bits and pieces of how I intellectually say things that I truly mean but my actions speak it other wise dilemma. Yeah... I know! So with this connection it just makes a lot more sense to me now and well I am going to aim for it more than ever.

So back to the song. The words say " Fathers be good to your daughters, daughters will love like you do, Girls become lovers who turn into mothers, so mothers be good to your daughters too. Oh you see that skin, its the same one she's been standing in since the day she saw him walking away, now she is left cleaning up the mess he made.Fathers be good to your daughters, daughters will love like you do, Girls become lovers who turn into mothers, so mothers be good to your daughters too". " On behalf of every man, looking out for every girl you are the GOD in the weight of her world". Light Bulb!!!

So as I am singing this, I start to think about my Mother first and the way she was with me and and the way she is with me now. Ok, so I go to thinking about my Father and BOOM!!! Like speeding and all of a sudden hitting a wall that came from no where. Making a sudden STOP!!! Body Shifting!!! Ok, Ok, so it says "Fathers be good to your daughters, daughters will love like you do..." Uggghhhh I don't want to cry over here.... But I related to it/him and it hit me!!! That I LOVE like my father, so I took it as a confirmation that as the onion is peeling (as my Mother would say) I do need to make something out what's going with my Father. Make things right for myself, in hopes to be FREE from that sandbag that holds my balloon from flying free. And, with the holidays coming around the corner I might think of inviting him over for our traditional Noche Buena (Christmas Eve) Feast.... Guess you will have to come by again soon and look out for my Noche Buena Feast Post 12/24/12.

What a morning, A???!!! LOL Hope you enjoyed the read! I would love to hear all opinions and/or any advice you guys might have towards this matter. Have a great Happy Hump Day!

xoxo

PS OMG check out the next post to see what song came on and spoke to me like a whisper as I was completing this one.....

Crowds and Walking Alone...

Hey there Hey! Hope all is shining everyone's way =) The weather is still a bit off in my side of the Empire, but today I feel a bit more on track. I know what needs to get done and well I am making a conscious decision to really prioritize in action! So with that said, better late than never. This will be my link up for Soul Food Monday's over at Ponder Wonders buffet of Love for the soul but on a Tuesday ;) Hope I am still in time. 

I chose to share a letter below written by Mrs. Jada Pinkett Smith, (very wise woman), found on her Facebook post. Because, it so coincidentally relates to the quote I chose to make a comment on from Soul Food Monday's, at Ponder Wonders, regarding the crowds and walking alone. You will have to check that out for yourself. If you see my comment, I chose to relate it to my marriage and then remembered the day I read this letter. Thought I would share it with you all. As I read through I kept feeling that it's time to LET GO! But how? is where I find my self standing at this given time. 

So for now I will just try to sit back and relax while enjoying the journey. Maybe some time soon I will come across the answers. I have to be still and at peace to hear within the silence. 

A letter to a friend:

You say you are feeling strangled in your marriage. I'm going to suggest an idea. Remember...its simply a suggestion.

Too often, marriage is expected to have a cookie cut existence. We are told marriage is not a marriage unless it looks a specific way. It's these boxes that create titles. It's these titles that create simple, black and white explanations for people 

who want to believe that they know who we are and who we are not, according to the criteria of the box. These explanations give people a false sense of control, a false sense of safety, and tend to be more...strangling then anything else.

Do an exercise. Throw all these titles in your marriage away. Perhaps, give your husband the title... life partner. Give your marriage the title of union...maybe. Simply release your marriage, your husband and yourself from the criteria. Maybe this will create an opportunity to find something new, fresh and expansive.

Life doesn't have to be about remaining the same and fearing what is outside the box. Your life, your marriage is art. Create, tear down and recreate again in order to keep up with your growth and happiness. THAT is MORE important...than the boxes and the criteria that comes with them.

Remember, the most courageous, world changing minds have had to step out of the box to create mind blowing realities.

Don't fear! Live!

J

Hope you enjoyed the read!!! I would love to hear your thoughts on marriage and if you agree with what society believes it should be or not be?!?

Don't forget to partake in spreading the LOVE and digging in this delicious buffet and linking up to Soul Food Monday!!!

Baby Steps

Good morning & a Happy Friday!!! The sun seems to be shining a bit more today than earlier this week. Yet I still feel a bit gloomy inside. I can hear the birds chirping and their songs are sweets sounds. Nature is truly beauty at its best. I try to sit down every chance I get in the mornings and write down what I am grateful for. As I write I know from the top of my head what to be grateful for but, lately, it just doesn't feel like anything when I write it down. Like I can't tap into it cause I am not there. It gets frustrating.

I am digging within myself and taking those dusty skeletons out of my closet. I will be 30 in less than 2 months and its so true what my Mother has been telling me all along about this particular era in your life. It's like the re-evaluation point. What have you accomplished since after your teen years and early adult years? What do your fruits show? And, well for some of us.... Well OK for ME, I can't quite say I am 100% happy with my "tree"! LOL (lets at least try to find some humor)

I have written before on my struggle with LOVE. As we all know, that is the most important essential in life to live healthy, happy and at true peace. I interpret the word LOVE to be Jesus, my children, my husband, my mother, my sisters, my family... And, I am now coming to learn about true love for myself, which is one of the greatest missing pieces to my puzzle. I feel as if I have such great LOVE for all whom I mentioned above but cannot fully demonstrate it  because of the LACK in LOVE for myself. How do I know this? My fruits!!! Which I am really starting to truly see what the concept of loving yourself first means. How you can't really LOVE anyone else if you aren't LOVING your own self. There is no way to do it whole-hearted because it lacks the main concept you are trying to give out, LOVE! Since you haven't experienced knowing any better with yourself, imagine with all else. (I hope this makes sense)

So it's that time of re-evaluation and well, Yeah I am desperate!!! I am willing to open up doors and options that I once never thought of. For example, I wrote an email to my father telling him how I think and feel. Really between you and I in one word I feel NUMB towards the topic. He has been absent in most my life. He abandoned me at a very young and crucial age and never made it a point to make things right. He recently found me. And , even after so many lost years and the given opportunity to come back and be a part of my life, NADA!!! (Nada means nothing in Spanish) I wrote the email as a way of healing for myself. Maybe trying to commence forgiveness. Haven't heard from him yet, but we will see. If he responds we can make that a whole other post...

I can say I see a bit more clearly now a days. If I were to look back when I first started this blog and now, I will say that I am actually starting to really feel that I am on a journey. Not looking for a destination. I feel more LOVE when I am with my children and trying to show them affection. I feel like I can listen more with compassion. I don't know how to explain it, but I know that I can feel it. So HEY!!! I am GRATEFUL for that. I actually feel grateful right now. Funny, lol how things have a way of turning out. I can hear my mom's voice in my head. "I told you mi amorcito that the intentions for this blog is for you to write and discover yourself"... LOL Hay Mother of Pearl. You have such a great sense of wisdom and wow I am feeling really grateful for that right now too!!! I am also feeling grateful for the new LOVE I can now share with myself in hopes to transcend it to my children and all the other important people in my life.

I know I still have a longs way to go, I know this for sure. But as I mentioned in the above paragraph... I am on a journey, so here's to making the experience worth my while!!!

Hope you enjoyed the read! Hope you guys have a fantastic Friday filled with everything you can possibly be GRATEFUL for!!!

xoxo

I Will Live It Out

It's that time to fill up our minds, hearts and souls with positivity!!! Remember how we choose to start our days off is what we are creating to HAPPEN in our future. I want music, peace and LOVE in my day. This morning I will remind myself of 4 things that we can never recover.....

Make every minute count and give LIFE a whole new meaning that speaks YOU!!! It is as hard as it is that simple. ;)

Image found on Pinterest

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   Don't forget to stop on by Ponder Wonders Soul Food Monday's for your morning snack!!!

The Start To Health

Happy Monday morning!!!

It's pretty gloomy out there today, but I am still sipping on my hot chocolate with my pocket full of sunshine! I have two sick babies today at home with me. Hate the FLU season. It breaks my heart to see them so helpless. On a good note I am able to spend some QT with them, while watching movies we wouldn't usually get to watch cause of school and daily routine schedules. We have Harry Potter 3 Prisoner of Azkaban on reminder while we watch the ending of George of the Jungle 2, LOL "The Joys"

I am excited about today being the start of my new fitness regimen. Back to eating healthy, crossfit and spinning I go. How many of us tend to get on the wagon and fall right off it very sporadically? Well both hands are up here!!! I have tried about almost everything you can possibly think of in the books to maintain a lean and fit body and the best method has been a non diet, exercise lifestyle. From pills to crash diets, to starving, to depriving myself, being miserable all through out the day, nasty shakes, horrible teas, suicidal liquid cleanses.....yeah I have really tried it all. The last cleanse I tried put me in the hospital not 1 but 3 times. It was the most unpleasant experience ever. After 3 children and being almost 30, all I really want is a fit healthy ME. I know that my looking good physically will be a plus. But my main focus is for healthier me!!! I want to be able to keep up with my children at the park, I want to be able to run as far as I want too, and build up stamina to last me days through out the rough hours of fulfilling my goals and dreams. I want to go for years without having to worry about risking diseases, and being able to share old age wisdom with my grandchildren at one point. (wow, I am thinking way ahead of time, lol)

I will be posting up my weekly progress, writing about my meals, my work-outs, even playlist sharing! I love MUSIC!!! The meals will definitely be a challenge with children being a part of the menu. I will also be researching some fun kid friendly healthy recipes that adults can enjoy too and share how that goes. (crossing fingers) Maybe some of you might want to JOIN me in the challenge of getting back into health. We can write vial email, text or blogosphere and create a support system to help motivate one another. Comment on this post if you are interested!!!

Hope everyone is having a Fantabulous Monday! Looking forward to sharing this weeks results on next Monday's post. XoXo

New Perspective

Hey there Hey,

It's a Happy Halloween today for my kiddos and I. Won't say it's my favorite holiday but just the festivities of it all makes it worth while!!! The spider webs, the creepy crawlers, the Halloween music playing in the background while the kiddos are giggling over who will get the most candy after tonight's trick or treating rendezvous.... The JOY!!! But now.... to my POST!!!

As I mentioned in previous post, I struggle A WHOLE LOT with the topic LOVE.... (shrug, sighs, breathe) Lately I have been finding myself coming across numerous "coincidences". Whether its a picture that I can relate too, a message that was sent to me by a friend, a song that miraculously plays on the radio,quotes I have come to find on pages from people I have never heard of... So today as I am going through a little mental break down, (struggling over "the TOPIC") this message comes to me, almost as if it was express delivered from an ANGEL or whispered straight from the source HIMSELF! It read.....

Image from Google

It is not enough to simply say, " I need more money...." or " I want to find my soul mate..." The question leading you to the life you seek is found only in the question,

" Who must I become to attract what I want to experience next in my life?"

Until you're willing to approach it from THAT direction, you'll be either a victim or bait form gimmicks and players. First get it CLEAR on what you want. Then look at who you must BECOME to DESERVE ("attract") the experience. - M.Kilinger

Hope everyone enjoyed their Halloween surrounded by family and friends!!! Now to get ready for THANKSGIVING!!! Gobble Gobble, xoxo

Love is an Inspiration!!!

Hey there hey,

It's a lovely breezy Monday afternoon on my little side of the Empire. (wink wink) I wish there was a feature where we could add music to our posts!!! That would be perfect for me being that I LOVE MUSIC oh SO MUCH!!! I LOVE the way music expresses feelings into a song. If that were possible, I would be playing what I am currently listening to right now on my Pandora station, Frederyk Chopin Radio, and it's playing Michael Dulin, Serenade, from his album titled Timeless. (sighs, sighs, sighs)

Music to my soul, music to my ears, music to my heart. It's my most favorite kind of music. Classical. It's a coincidence the album is named Timeless, since, that is the particular style of art I love to do!!! I love the art of playing the Piano, I love the art of Make-up, I love the art of Hair Styling, I love the art of Photography!!! I LOVE, LOVE it!!! I love many of things. I love the art of DANCING so much, that listening to the right beat, the right sounds, the right vibrations, turns into a virus that penetrates deep within, sending trembles through my veins causing me to get up and SHAKE what my MOMMA GAVE ME!!! (bam bam) LOL

I love the art of Singing. I LOVE to Sing all kinds of songs. Spanish, Country, Pop, R&B, Ballad. I once went to the X-Factor. Made it passed 2 auditions and was then sent home with such an experience that I think I will try it out again some time soon. Or maybe even the VOICE. Love the way the show plays out its auditions.

Anyway, I am getting a little off track getting into my art preferences and what not. What I would really like to share with you is the reading material I came across today and why I was so compelled at first to share with you what I LOVE. I have written a couple times on the topic of LOVE and how much of a struggle it has been and still is in my life. I am reading a book : The Power, In hopes to gain some strength, wisdom and knowledge on such a touchy subject for me. So far this book has taught me profoundly on LOVE and the POWER OF LOVE!!! I came across a few quotes and I would love to share them on today's Link Up with Ponder Wonders, Soul Food Monday's. I hear they are having a self serve buffet. (yummy, wink wink)

At the end of the day LOVE truly is the answer!!! I pray for an abundance of it, so that I can give it freely with an open heart.

" Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all "DANCE" to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible player" - Albert Einstein  (Acrylic on Canvas, Open Heart, from Kristina Scheetz Blog )

Image from The Other Side of Sixty

- " If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment." - Marcus Aurelius (121-180) Roman Emperor, from the book The Power. 

 - " For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he." - Proverbs 23:7, from the book The Power. 

 " Your emotions affect every cell in your body. Mind and body, mental and physical, are intertwined"- Thomas Tulko, from the book The Power. 


These were very close to HOME for me. I would LOVE to hear what has inspired you to LOVE today!?!?!

Don't forget to LINK up and take advantage of the self serving buffet over at Ponder Wonders!!! I know I will be having some seconds.... (wink wink)

The First Time....

Motherhood and all that comes with it!!! I get out of breathe just saying that sentence. It can be so consuming at times. Yet after all the sleepless nights, all the doody diaper changing, all the dry cleaning bills (LOL) from spit up blouses & outfits, the non-ending worrying, the headaches, the body aches, etc... At the end of it all it takes just once glance into their eyes, their hearts, their souls, to know that it's always OK and this is how thing were destined to be!!! Its a life long learning experience that makes it all well worth it. Anything that has great significance and meaning to our lives has and/or will cost us greatly. The fruits however help us to see things from a different perspective.

I remember being overwhelmed with so much JOY and LOVE, that tears rolled down my cheeks uncontrollably. I remember having no control of my emotions. Felt like my heart was pulled out of my body and handed to me to hold in my arms. I remember the smell of her soft baby hair, the touch of her tender silky skin as her little fingers wrapped around my hands so tightly.... I remember hearing her cry for the first time and it was like a song that only my heart knew the lyrics too!!! Such a rewarding, uplifting lifetime treasure.

My eldest Britney this song is but a mere description of what my heart felt as I saw you for the first time....
Funny how things have its way of going 'round and 'round. I can recall my mother AKA "Abuelita Jones" listening to this song. She would sing it to me from time to time and I had no idea until I encountered the same moment myself.

The first time ever I saw your face

I thought the sun rose in your eyes

And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave 

to the dark and the empty skies

MY LOVE...

The first time ever I kissed your mouth

I felt the earth move in my hands

Like the trembling heart of a captive bird

That was there at my command

My LOVE

The first time ever I lay with you

I felt your heart so close to mine

And I knew our joy would fill the earth

And last til the end of time

My LOVE

The first time ever I saw your face

Your face, Your face, Your face!!!

I kissed your mouth

Love Is The Answer

Hey there Hey, 

Its a lovely Tuesday morning here on my side of the Empire!!! (wink, wink) I am actually sipping on some TAIO calming tea while I get myself into a new routine of priorities. I have one of my younger sisters sitting here with me while she sips on her tea and reads her book on healing by choices... Can't wait to purchase it!!! That is why this morning I chose to share something on LOVE!!! "LOVE truly is the answer. LOVE always finds a way & when we LOVE one another, there are brighter days!!!" 

I struggle when it comes to this. I have been through sooooooo many mishaps when it comes to the topic of "LOVE" with everyone most important in my life, and all though I may intellectually say it and try to demonstrate it, I know it doesn't come naturally from my heart. OMG I know, it sounds so harsh to admit, but hey, it's MY TRUTH at this moment in my life. I love my family dearly and I love my children with all my heart, but I feel that they do not get the WHOLE of me because of the barrier that I am trying to overcome from my PAST...

However, if you haven't noticed til now, I am the kind that likes to take the bull by its horns!!! It could be dangerous at times but worth the cause in so many ways. I hope to truly "Let Go' of my own balloon some time soon. Or rather bury the sandbag that is holding it down. (sighs at just the thought) 

There is love, there is LOVE

There is love, there is LOVE

When our hope is hard to find

And our faith is in decline

We need a cause to stand behind, LOVE

We all want the way it feels

Time it comes and time it steals

What remains, what is real, LOVE

There is LOVE, there is forgiveness

There is LOVE in times of need

When life is cold there is a promise

You would never go without

There is LOVE, there is LOVE

It heals the sick, comforts the weak

Breaks the proud, raises the meek

In this life no guarantees but there is LOVE

[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsty.com/chris-tomlin-love-lyrics.html ]

There is LOVE, there is forgiveness

There is LOVE in times of need

When life is cold there is a promise

You will never go without, oh

LOVE is the answer

LOVE will find a way

When we LOVE one another

It's a brighter day

LOVE is the answer

LOVE will find a way

When we LOVE one another

It's a brighter day

When life is cold there is a promise

You will never go without

There is LOVE, there is forgiveness

There is LOVE in times of need

When life is cold there is a promise

You will never go without

Oh, there is LOVE

Oh, [Incomprehensible] of LOVE

By: Chris Tomlin

Lets Link Up!!!

Britney aka Chuni Wuni, Britbee Jenx, Roocha/Roochi

Hey there Hey!

Hoping you all are having a morning as spiffy as your coffee, tea or maybe even cafe con leche!!! Today is a very special day for me. It is my eldest daughter Britney's 10th Birthday!!! It is amazing how quickly time can pass you by. One minute you are holding her in your arms ever so tenderly for the first time ever and the next minute you are trying to hold onto to their hands as long as you can, before they tell you "MOM!!! Really?!?!?" LOL Well in my case I am LUCKY because my daughter is the cuddly affectionate type and well I should be taking a lot more advantage than what I have been lately.

I was 19, when I found out I was pregnant. I remember feeling overwhelmed with JOY and CONFUSION all mixed up together. No matter how much you can agree that you are ready to have a child or plan for one, it's always like a box of chocolates! (as Forrest would say) LOL You really never know what you are going to get and even still after 10 years and 2 more children after, it's still a mystery. Parenting doesn't come with a manual, nor an instruction sheet and all you can really have is FAITH and HOPE mixed with the perfect amount of LOVE and pray that things turn out for the best!!! I knew it in my heart though from the very beginning that Britney was meant for me. She has lit up my world even in my greatest darkness and no matter how troubled her life can be at times, (while she goes through the normal adolescent phases) she always manages to have such a cheery disposition. I honor her spirit and not just today but I want too everyday!!! As parents we tend to forget that they too our their own people and that somehow we have to find that right balance where we are holding onto them as we let them GO at the same time... Don't know if that made any sense to you guys?!? o_O I have pasted a quote I came across and its perfect for what I am experiencing with Britney right now.

“We let Willow cut her hair. When you have a little girl, it’s like how can you teach her that you’re in control of her body? If I teach her that I’m in charge of whether or not she can touch her hair, she’s going to replace me with some other man when she goes out in the world. She can’t cut my hair but that’s her hair. She has got to have command of her body. So when she goes out into the world, she’s going out with a command that it is hers. She is used to making those decisions herself. We try to keep giving them those decisions until they can hold the full weight of their lives.” 

So grateful I found it, for it has made me see things from a different perspective and I truly look forward to really getting to know my daughter and who she really is. Giving such great meaning to our relationship as mother and daughter <3 I have been so blessed these past 10 years!!!

With all that being said, (sniff sniff) I am going to HONOR her today by posting "10" posts that show off her charisma, spunk, sweet and wild, DRAMA QUEEN personality. I will show off some pictures and share how much of an IMPACT she has made in my life throughout these wonderful 10 years! I LOVE HER MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD AND WELL I AM GOING TO FIND ENDLESS WAYS OF SHOWING IT TO HER <3

For now THANK YOU all for stopping by and sharing what is a tender moment to me on this very special day!!!

xoxo

Taking Charge....

Hey there Hey!!!

It's a rainy gloomy Monday. I take it that winter is starting to make its grand entrance! What I would originally say is what crappy weather, knowing that I am definitely a sunshine kind of gal. I love the dry and sunny weather as I feel the heat kiss my cheeks, and they slightly turn red, LOL which is a great natural way for blush!!! (being that I am a make-up artist) However, this morning I will embrace the weather by saying I LOVE the RAIN and the fact it comes from the sky is just a true PLUS. It nourishes the trees, plants, it bathes and feeds birds, it helps the seeds to grow, it brings giggles to my children's faces when they get sprinkled just a bit by some drops. ahhhhhh (my heart sighed just thinking of them) <3 I will embrace the gloominess for its this kind of weather that makes me want to stay in and work on my blog and business. This weather sure brings out the creative side in ME!!! So it's no too bad after all....

Its funny how things are not of coincidence. Or at least I DO NOT believe them to be. This morning I decided to change things up a bit. You know work harder at getting myself into the groove of things. Sometimes I find myself on track, while other times I am picking myself up from a slump. So I woke up and instead of doing the usual network browse and seeing how other people's morning went or have gone, I decided to create what my morning would turn out to be. I did my usual morning PRAYER. (which I will use in a separate post), was thankful for everything I have, and went straight to PonderWonders for the Soul Food Monday Ritual Link Up. As we feed our minds and we feed our bodies, it is important to feed our souls, which is why I enjoy this link OH SO VERY MUCH!!!

The link up to my benefit was about taking accountability. Something I seem to have had a hard time doing almost all my LIFE. Sometimes when you undergo lots of hardships you tend to create, or rather "I" created a defense mechanism, where I would be the victim and blame everyone else doing me harm. When in reality, YES they are people that cause us HARM, and even in times when we feel that we have no choice. Or maybe at an age where we really had no proper guidance, and OMG you know poor child.

However, now being almost 30 in the next couple months, I have really learned that it's always been about my choices and what I have decided to actually do with what LIFE has given me or continues to give, cause time continues to GO ON without waiting or offering you any extra minutes. So YES, while I have gone through many obstacles I have decided to make a conscious choice of what I am choosing for myself and for my life no matter what the circumstances. I have changed my perspective, being that I am a mother of 3, wife, sister, daughter, friend, etc... My choices affect the people I have around me, which are usually the people I TRULY LOVE!!!

IN OTHER WORDS I AM TAKING ACCOUNTABILITY!!! I want to acknowledge all my mistakes so that I can embrace the solution and never have to experience it over and over again!!! Whatever it may be!!! I have control of my LIFE by what I choose and when things go wrong take account for them and MOVE ON!!! Monday's Soul Food with PonderWonders, just confirmed it to me this morning "by coincidence" (wink, wink) LOL

So with that said, I will leave you with some inspirational quotes I came across this morning "by coinkidink" (WINK) Hope you enjoy them as much as did!!! I am even thinking of having my husband draw these out on a canvas and putting them up on the walls around my home as constant reminders.  (hmmmmm I smell a project coming into play)

This first one I will apply everyday and all day!!!

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I'm Not Gonna Stop!

Hey there Hey!

Hope everyone is doing alright during what is a rainy day over here in my little nook of the world. How's the weather in your place? 

Well when I initially began this post, it was going to be a simple picture with an inspirational quote. Then I came up with the idea to get a bit more personal and since I mention the phrase: "Bet On It" often in my post, I can let you IN a little more on ME and why I tend to use it a lot! This song represents what I feel about achieving my goals and what I want out of my LIFE. MY EMPIRE <3 I have always been strong willed ever since I can remember. Every time I am challenged, it's like a little switch comes off and I am ready to take it on FULL FORCE! I bump myself pretty hard from time to time, but doesn't STOP me from getting the move back on. BET ON IT!!! 

Everybody is always talking at me, Everybody is trying to get in my head. I wanna listen to my own heart talking, I need to count on myself again...
Did you ever?Lose yourself to get what you want?Did you everGet on a ride, then wanna get off?

Did you ever push away the onesYou should have held close?Did you ever let go?Did you ever not know?

I'm not gonna stop, that's who I amI'll give it all I got, that is my planWill I find what I lost? You know you canBet on it, bet on it, bet on it, bet on it(Bet on me)

I wanna make it right, that is the wayTo turn my life around, today is the dayAm I the type of guy who means what I say?Bet on it, bet on it, bet on it, bet on it

How will I know if there's a path worth taking?Should I question every move I make?With all i’ve lost, my heart is breakingI don't wanna make the same mistake

Did you everDoubt your dream will ever come true?Did you everBlame the world and never blame you?

I will neverTry to live a lie againI don't wanna win this gameIf I can't play it my way

I'm not gonna stop, that's who I am(Who I am)I'll give it all I got, that is my plan(That's my plan)

Will I find what I lost? You know you can(You know you can)Bet on it, bet on it, bet on it, bet on it(Bet on me)

I wanna make it right, that is the wayTo turn my life around, today is the dayAm I the type of guy who means what I say?Bet on it, bet on it, bet on it, bet on it

Hold up, give me room to thinkBring it on downGotta work on my swingGotta do my own thing, hold up

It's no good at all to see yourselfAnd not recognize your faceOut on my own, it's such a scary placeThe answers are all inside of meAll I gotta do is believe

I'm not gonna stopNot gonna stop 'til I get my shotThat's who I am, that is my planWill I end up on top?

You can bet on it, bet on itBet on it, bet on itYou can bet on it, bet on itBet on it, bet on it

I wanna make it right, that is the wayTo turn my life around, today is the dayAm I the type of guy who means what I say?Bet on it, bet on it, bet on it, bet on it(You can bet on me)

And there you have it! This song has helped motivate my every move, since the first day I heard it while watching High School Musical 2 with my eldest daughter Britney, which will be having her birthday this week coming up and I am sooooo excited to celebrate it with her! We are giving her a Hollywood Theme celebration, with a HOT PINK CARPET! But that will have to wait for another post, Stay Tuned....
Enjoy your Saturday!!! xoxo 
PS Don't forget to stop by and link up with SimplyyMayra of PonderWonders for a little snack and enjoy feeding your soul with Soul Food Monday Link ups <3