Just Wow... This is what I call Talent!

Just a random note form me to you:

Christina Bianco is from the Bronx and most commonly known as a Broadway actress... which I feel is where my draw to her comes in. She is seriously talented and ridiculously creative. This is the stuff I like to see coming out of people of this fine country. She is the kind of person we should be promoting not the ridiculousness that is Miley Cyrus... just saying. Check her out folks!

My Family Values

Let's jump right into a sensitive subject... Family.  When it comes to writing about family, especially mine, it can go one of two ways. 1. Absolutely fantastic or 2. Disastrous! Personally I have always been a strong willed, opinionated and extremely honest person and am completely incapable of sugar coating anything and with certain members of my family in order to keep the peace sugar coating is often required. 

Looking back at the last 10 years I have come to realize that I may have been a lot harder and just downright cruel at times to some of my family. I guess part of me thought that I was telling them what they needed to hear because no one else would. And continued to ask myself, "If I don't say anything, then who will?". I just felt that someone had to be the bad guy, and I figured if no one else was going to do it then why not me? So I spoke my mind and often without thinking about what the outcome may be or consequences of my actions. But at this point in my life, even though I know I was completely justified, I cannot help but think, who the hell was I to judge anyone? I know I am not perfect, and I have made plenty of mistakes that to this day I am still learning from. Judging others for the mistakes they made was wrong and completely inconsiderate of me. Mistakes are a given and making them is only human. Although following the wrong path happens to the best of us, all that can be done is to learn from them and strive to steer our lives in a better direction. 

In a perfect world with family comes love, truth and acceptance. Acceptance of all flaws, imperfections and the respect of ones personal beliefs even if they do not match your own. It means to love those even if it means not understanding why they do the things they do. Not one of us is perfect and those who claim to be are self-righteous and undeserving of the love from the ones they call family. The choices and decisions we make in life are our own and where we end up are result of the choices we have made, no matter how blissful or disastrous the outcomes may be. 

As I get older and continue to grow, I can only hope to be wiser and more compassionate than I was in my younger years. I hope that I can be a person my family can turn to whenever and for whatever they need. And as my own family begins to build, I want to know that I can be that positive role model my kids can look up to. And hope that I can give them the tools to be understanding and compassionate but honest adults.

So please remember to love your family despite their flaws and imperfections. They have chosen their own paths and make their own decisions, just as you have chosen yours. Do not judge. For if you cannot ACCEPT them for their flaws you should not expect them to accept you for yours. They are the only family you have and you should enjoy every second you have together because nothing lasts forever. 

Adventure Time: Blogging here I come.

Anyone who has ever been interested in writing publicly, probably knows exactly what i am going through by just simply no knowing where to start or what to write about. In my younger years I always imagined that one... bright and shining I would be a best selling author. I had all these ideas that i knew for certain would win Pulitzer prizes left and right. Of course during those years the only relevant topics to my life were mostly about my crazy dysfunctional family and silly antics of a dumb twenty-something year old. But every time I sat down to write I could never get past the first paragraph. I racked my brain to find different and creative ways to start books. After years of failed attempts and not to mention the trash bags full of cumpled papers, on day I finally realized... its all been done before. 

 So where does an almost thirty year old woman with a BIG voice in her heart turn to? Well the only place left, blogging. At this point in my life I feel I have experienced and learned so much in my life that I would be selfish to not share my experiences to the world. I have so much to talk about and so much to give that my life story, experiences, opinions and advice shouldn't be contained to a measly few hundred pages. Just like the rest of you I have had my shares of ups and downs and although the situations may have been the same,  our outcomes could have been different and often times miles apart. If i could help one person get through a rainy day or put a smile on someone's face it would all be worth it to me.

So my big hopes for this new adventure in my life, is to learn new things, help some people out and make some new friends along the way. My words are my heart... I say what I mean and mean what I say... always. This has made me the woman I am today and I can't wait to share who I am with all of you. 

Here's to good laughs, lessons learned and future friendships. Cheers!