Life Through Music: “Love is...” by Common

For me death in life always makes me take a step back and reassess my life on many levels. Currently I have been really trying to figure out what are the most important things in my life? When I do this of course that thought always brings me back to love. Where is the love in my life and where is there not enough love? These questions are important to ask not just now, but throughout your life. If you haven’t ever asked that question I hope that you do now. 

I took all of this last spring break off to really take some time away from things. This break has given me much time to think about the love in my life. Love in life comes in so many different forms and it's truly amazing. Most people think of love as just between your partner, but that is only part of the story. Love really is all around us and happening in every moment whether we take notice or not. 

The song that I picked for this week is one that came on in the middle of one of the many deep contemplations I had about love over spring break. It seem to fit perfectly to where I’m at with love at least in the pondering stage. Lets go to the lyrics to pick out some thoughts I connected to and then I will share some of my moments of realizing love in my life in more recent times. 

"Love Is..."

Yeah, yeah

[Chorus]

How beautiful love can be

(Yes, it really can be and it is such a powerful force in the universe.)

On the streets love is hard to see

It's a place I got to be

(There are definitely places in life that are harder to find love, but it’s our searching for love in these places that brings love to them.)

Loving you is loving me

How beautiful love can be

On the streets love is hard to see

Gotta reach that frequency

Loving you is loving me

(Love the phrase “Loving you is loving me” because it is so true. Whether we realize it or not we are all more connected than we think. Big part of seeing that connection is tapping into that higher frequency where love is.)

[Verse 1]

Yeah, you know what love is

(We all know what love is even if we get lost a long the way love is always there.)

Even found it on the ground where the thugs live

My man had to dig deep to find his

Couldn't sleep 'cause on the real he had five kids

Live nig's, real niggaz express and taste it

At crap games, black dames and big faces

Cases in court, fam' showin' love and support

You and your baby's mom thought that love was a sport

“As men we were taught to hold it in

That's why we don't know how 'til we're older men

If love is a place I'ma go again

At least now, now I know to go within”

(Right here is the meat of the song for me. This is something that has resonated with myself for quite a few years. These lyrics alone are so powerful. They are the connection I made to myself when I realized I had grown into the man that I am. )

At time it can take ya for a spin

Heartbreak hotel then you're home again

(Crazy how twisted love can get in your life sometimes, but eventually you always come back to it.)

I've seen love make a nigga soul pretend

Like a story that he don't want to end

Yo

[Chorus]

[Verse 2]

It's all love where we come from

In the hood love we was told to run from

That same hood where the guns sung

We holla love, hopin' it would come one

Crack got so many lives undone

From lack of love many hide some run

I knew this girl with a son who dreamt of actin' in plays

Demonstration with her man had her trapped in a maze

Tryin' to find herself again, much of that she'd have gave

Love can free us, to it some of us react as a slave

Funny, we love 'em more when they're relaxed in a grave

(Why do we love them more after they leave us? Love can be the biggest freedom that we have in life and yet we do many things to keep us from it.)

Wonder if a thug is raw, is he actin' afraid?

Everybody loves sun, why do I attract shade?

Heard of the love of money, but compassion it pays

(Absolutely love this line above. No longer am I in love with money or the life that it brings. Funny the things that I thought I wanted not even a decade ago that seem so pointless now. I plan to be very rich in my life, but not through material things. Instead I try in every moment to add the true treasures that love gives us on the regular to my heart.)

Talk about it with my youth so she'd understand

What it is to be loved by a man

Uh

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]

Some say that I'm a dreamer 'cause I talk about it often

(It’s true and you may even be saying that right now as you read this. I will not stop and I hope you join us one day.)

Seen the hardest nigga soften wit' his homie in a coffin

We walk and stand in, fall in it

With the right companion we all in it

Mary sang a song about it, having broad limits

In the game of life, it's the scrimage

Reminiscing on letters I wrote in my small days

A letter to the people, love always

Yeah

[Chorus]

(These are my the words to the people, love always.)

Love is...

...having a second family that treats me like one of their own.

...having a best friend that stays that way over many many years. 

...listening to that best friend read books with his wife’s daughter. 

...to have deep conversations with my buddies mother.

...people that I know and don’t know stepping into my life to fill the holes of my life when life throws me for a spin

 ...having a family that cares a lot about me. 

 ...having my best friends family absorb me into there lives the more that I see them. 

 ...two wonderful young girls who wanted me to be involved with them being tucked in at night when I was visiting. 

 ...having a classmate help me stay on track in the class we shared together and even drove my take home exam to me when I missed class from being sick. 

 ...having a great meal with two really good friends and their son. 

 ...hearing my cousin laugh very hard. 

 ...having all my gamer friends playing together. 

 ...friends that aren’t just parents by necessity, but because they love it. 

        

 ...the thing my mother gave the most to all her children and everyone that was in her life. 

 ...waking up in the morning with another chance to take on the world. 

There is so many more moments that I can’t think of right in this moment, but those are some of the ones that I have taken notice of recently. I’m always trying hard to listen closely to find many more places that love is. I hope that you are too because there is true wealth all around us. Money doesn’t grow on trees, but maybe love does?

As always I bring this to you with so much love and pure D-lite. = )

Life Through Music: "Magic" by Coldplay

It is time...time to break the silence with myself. I’m not even going to lie to you it has been a rough start to 2014. Not just with my mothers passing, but many other things that have added to it. Just when you feel like you are getting a grip on life it pulls away from you. It has been hard in many ways to find my footing. I’m very lucky, however, because over the last few months I have had so many great people help me try to at least keep one foot on the ground. I’m very thankful for this. Some people have been amazed that I’m functioning as well as I have been in light of my mother passing. Trust me there is much that is going on inside me in every moment.  

I have not written an entry since about a week before my mother passed away and it hasn’t been because I haven’t wanted to or lack of thoughts to write about. It’s just been hard to put the words together. I feel that is was very fitting that the last song that I wrote about was a song that reminded me that you get what you give. I say that because over the last month or so I have received so much love from so many people. So much so that It has been so overwhelming at times, but in the best way possible. Which must mean I’m doing something right? I really don’t have the words that really express how grateful I am, but I am.

This blog has helped me in so many ways and has become a big part of me. I write not only for myself however I write to help others as well. We all are trying to make our way through this crazy thing called life. I try to give a positive spin on the craziness that we all deal with on a daily. This is something I must continue to do for my own soul and just the hope that it helps others. 

Without a doubt my mother was my number one fan of this blog and my most avid reader. Although she is not here in the present to read my blog anymore I do believe that she still is reading this from the other side. Therefore, I must continue to write because I know how much she loved reading my writing.

So, I will kick off the beginning of many entries to come from yours truly by getting back to my song of the week. What better song of the week to pick than a song from one of my favorite bands Coldplay. The song I chose is one of the singles that was released for their album coming out very soon. It is a song I heard a few weeks ago and I have played it a lot since then. When I first heard this song I loved it and it hit so close to home for me. The song is called “Magic” and it is very in tune with where I’m at lately when I think of my mother, but let me explain more in detail. 

My mother did not have much in her life by way of material things and lived a very simple life. In her passing she actually had much more to give than we originally thought, but what she had to gift came in many different ways. Most notably I got my mothers car. Which is great in many ways because I haven’t had the freedom that comes with a car in many years. This opens many doors for me in the near future, but everything has a cost of course. When my mother was alive she used that car to help me get around to various appointments and such. It was our way of spending time with each other. I didn’t just allow her to help me without giving back though. I used that time doing errands to spend some quality time with her. Looking back now I’m so glad that I took that time. I would take her to lunch often or some times it was as simple as coming over to her apartment for a bit and maybe changing the lightbulb in the light fixture above her bed (which I did many times). In fact I’m still mad at her because I was supposed to take her to lunch the Monday before she passed. What I’m getting at is she gave me a great many things from her passing to which I’m forever grateful for. The truth of the matter is that the only thing I truly want is my mother back. I was not truly ready to have our relationship we had worked so hard for to just end. Which brings me back to the song “Magic” by Coldplay. Lets look at the lyrics to help explain why I made the connections between my mother and I. 

"Magic"

Call it magic

Call it true

Call it magic

When I'm with you

And I just got broken

Broken into two

Still I call it magic

When I'm next to you

(I think back on all the time that we spent together throughout the years and I can’t help but smile. Even though your departure from this earth has left me heartbroken. When I think back of being around you it reminds me that I do believe in the magic. The magic that is true love. Love in it’s highest form. You taught me everything I know about how to love and I will not forget that.)

And I don't, and I don't and I don't, and I don't

No, I don't,

It's true

I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't want anybody else but you

I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't

No, I don't,

It's true

I don't, no, I don't no, I don't, no, I don't want anybody else but you

(It’s true. It’s so very true. I know you would want me to have the car that you use to help me, but I don’t truly need it. I want you. I would trade it all for you.)

Ooooh ooh ooh

Call it magic

Cut me into two

And with all your magic

I disappear from view

And I can't get over

Can't get over you

Still I call it magic

(I do feel that I have been split into two pieces with your death. Meaning the Derrick that was before you died and the Derrick that has to live his life without you. So much magic you gave me and my life will never be the same without you. So much love you gave me that can never be replaced. I can’t get over it and yet I still call every moment I had with you magic.)

It's such a precious jewel

 (She was such a shining light in my life. She will continue to be, but in a different way. Whenever you see me truly smile or my eyes sparkle there she is.)

And I don't, and I don't and I don't, and I don't

No, I don't,

It's true

I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't want anybody else but you

I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't

No, I don't,

It's true

I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't want anybody else but you

(No one else but you.)

Wanna fall

I fall so far

I wanna fall

I fall so hard

And I call it magic

And I call it true

I call it magic

Ooooh ooh ooh

Ooooh ooh ooh

Ooooh ooh ooh

Ooooh ooh ooh

And if you were to ask me

After all that we've been through

Still believe in magic

Oh yes I do

Oh yes I do

Yes I do

Oh yes I do

Of course I do

(Not every moment in my relationship with my mother was perfect or great. We had many years of struggle. We never gave up on each other though and I’m so lucky for that. I’m so glad I made that effort because there is nothing more magical than your mothers love. Yes. Yes of course. Yes of course I do. Yes of course I love you and I will always miss you mom.)

No matter how low this thing call life tries to get me I will always keep looking up. No matter how high the climb is to get out of the holes life puts you in the view from the top is always worth it. I hope all of you have been taking good care of yourselves and enjoying every moment. I will be in touch. 

As always I bring this to you with so much love and pure D-lite. = )

Life Through Music: “You Get What You Give” by the New Radicals

I’m trying to get in a rhythm with my winter term and it’s been a bit hard over the first few weeks of the term so far. This is not a complaint, that’s just what it is. So far I’m still loving 2014 very much. Part of my lack of getting in rhythm is all the fun things that I have been doing with great people of late. So, my entry for this week will be a bit shorter than usual because well in a sense I have been out living life and in turn I have less time to write about it. 

So, the song that I picked this week came to me when I was on my way to meet a friend to go see a movie. I was walking up to the transit center around 5 o’clock in the evening and I stopped to take notice that it was just so lovely out. I mean it wasn’t like a summer evening that I love so much living in Oregon, but it was definitely a comfortably warm winter evening that was perfect right in that moment. It had been partly cloudy most of the day and really a beautiful day all day long. In this moment, however, there was very little clouds in the sky and even though I was well within the city limits the stars shined bright. As I was walking I just spent that time taking in the evening I noticed wonderful things like the stars above me. Then looking out over highway 26 to the West hills where there are big towers that have many flashing red lights on them. Just the joy of being here. Being able to walk and breath. Then the my song of the week came on over my headphones. It is one that I fell in love with many years ago when it came out, but it seem to match this moment in time for me perfectly. 

“You Get What You Give.” by the New Radicals

This song title in itself is a very powerful message and one that I think of often these days. I let many things go in 2013. Some of those were physical things I let go of and that I found new homes for or I just gave back to life (a.k.a. gave to Goodwill) to let life decide where they go next. Besides the physical or material things in life I let go of I have also given other things a chance and because of this I’m starting to get back. Not getting the same things back, but instead making room to get different things and newer experiences. 

So, I realized while listening and dancing to this song while I was walking down the street feeling lighter than ever and more free than I ever have been that I’m happy. Happiest that I ever have been, but not as happy as I will ever be because happiness is not a destination it’s an experience. An experience that when you do the right things and put in the work you get to experience happiness more and more. There have been similar moments in my life to the one I’m sharing with you right now, but each one feels better and better. These are the moments that keep me pushing forward in a positive direction. I may not be happy in every moment of my life, but over all I am happy and feeling great. 

Lyrics:

"You Get What You Give"

Wake up kids 

We've got the dreamers disease 

Age 14 we got you down on your knees 

So polite, you're busy still saying please 

Fri-enemies, who when you're down ain't your friend 

Every night we smash their Mercedes-Benz 

First we run and then we laugh till we cry 

“But when the night is falling 

and you cannot find the light 

If you feel your dream is dying 

Hold tight 

You've got the music in you 

Don't let go 

You've got the music in you 

One dance left 

This world is gonna pull through 

Don't give up 

You've got a reason to live 

Can't forget you only get what you give”

(Love this part of the song so much. So very true.)

Four a.m. we ran a miracle mile 

we’re flat broke but hey we do it in style 

The bad rich 

God's flying in for your trial 

[chorus]

“This whole damn world can fall apart 

You'll be ok follow your heart”

(YES, Please do.)

You're in harms way 

I'm right behind 

Now say youre mine 

[chorus]

“Fly high 

What's real can't die 

You only get what you give 

Just dont be afraid to leave”

Health insurance rip off lying FDA big bankers buying 

Fake computer crashes dining 

Cloning while they're multiplying 

Fashion mag shoots 

with the aid of 8 dust brothers Beck, Hanson 

Courtney Love and Marilyn Manson 

You're all fakes 

Run to your mansions 

Come around 

We'll kick your ass in! 

Don't let go 

One dance left 

[unsaid lyrics from liner] 

“Championed by a soulless media misleading 

people unaware they're bleeding 

No one with a brain is believing 

It's so sad you lost the meaning 

Never knew it anyway 

Human natures so predictable 

I'm a fool to do your dirty work whoa, whoa”

(There is quite a bit of truth in there.)

Oh I love the 90’s music and this song is just one of many from the 90’s that I love. It’s like my comfort music. If there is nothing good playing I can always put on the 90’s music and put a smile on my face. There is a great underlining message of this song to refocus your priorities. I have definitely done that and will always continue to do so. I hope all of you are doing well and finding your own happy moments. There can never be too many of them that is for sure and remember the music is inside of you. 

As always I bring this to you with so much love and pure D-Lite. = )

Life Through Movies: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

It has been a long time since I got excited about a movie the way that I got excited about The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. I saw the trailer a few weeks ago and something inside me said go see this movie no matter what. The trailer didn’t show a lot, but it showed me enough to draw me in. Even from the trailer it seem to match many things in my life as I headed out of 2013 and into 2014. This movie couldn’t have come at a better time for me on so many levels. 

I knew the movie was going to move me in a very special way. Move me in a way that only a few people would understand. So, I contacted my spiritual coach Shannon and told her I wanted to see the movie. I also said that if she would like to go with me to the movie she was more than welcome to join me. She too felt the draw to the movie and she instantly said yes. 

I have already talked about how I shed much of myself in 2013 and looking towards 2014 as a rebirth or a continuation of the growth that I’m making with myself. This movie helped fuel some of that passion to take life on in a bigger way. There really is so much that I took from the movie that can be applied towards life. 

One of those great lines is the motto for the magazine he is working for which says:

To see things thousands of miles away, things hidden behind walls and within rooms, things dangerous to come to, to draw closer, to see and be amazed. 

You cannot simply live life by imagining what it would be like. Life is to be experienced. From every little thing that you do in your day to day to the big jumps and leaps of faith you make to live life to the fullest. 

There is much about Walter I connect with because he chooses to live his life in a somewhat controlled safe zone for the most part. Even though he definitely has a desire to do so much more in his life as we experience with his daydreaming in the movie. Well, I do too. This year is about stepping out of that box and doing more. After the movie both Shannon and I said the movie made us want to go on more adventures. This movie will definitely do that to those that watch it.

After watching this movie I felt drawn to just go to the airport, pick a flight, and go. If only it was that easy and money was no object. Well, it may not be quite that easy, but it can be more doable if you focus your energy towards it. So, as I continue to lighten the load that is my life I’m now making more room for opportunities to different, new, and exciting things. 

At the end of the year I wrote out a whole bunch of goals for 2014 and even goals for far beyond 2014. I wrote goals that were big and small. I wrote them all down no matter how ridiculous I thought they were. I will continue to write more as they come to me and as I knock some of those off my list. 

Overall I loved this movie and it's inspiring me even more to live my life in a different way. Pushing me to new heights. Encouraging me to make those jumps, to take those chances, and above all to experience life.

If you will excuse me I have a passport I haven’t even gotten yet that needs to be filled and a list of things to do that I haven’t even written yet. It’s 2014 and beyond my friends. Make it as full as you can in every way possible. 

As always I bring this to you with so much love and pure D-Lite. = )

Life Through Music:"Let It Be" by Blackmill

*rubs hands together in excitement before I start this entry*

Technically this is not the first entry for 2014, but it is my first thoughts of 2014 now that we are six days in. Oh 2014 you look so delicious, so open, and so fresh with possibilities. Of course the transition from one year to the other isn’t just a cut and dry process. However, by setting the stage for a smoother transitions between years over the past few years this process has gotten better for me. What better way to do this than with some new music right?

Robert Card of Blackmill

So, the song I picked for this week is “Let It Be” by Blackmill. Blackmill consist of Robert Card who is labeled as a melodic dubstep producer from Scotland. This guy has opened the door for dubstep to have a place in the music I like. This is a song that I have been listening to quite a bit over this last week. It is music that I found right at the beginning of this year. I have been playing this song over and over, along with much of his other songs over this first week of 2014. I was hesitant at first because the music is part of the dubstep music scene. The dubstep that I had heard before this song has not been my favorite, but something about what Robert Card does with dubstep that made me pause. I have not been quiet about the fact that I like songs that sonically are larger than life and the songs that I have heard from Blackmill totally fit the bill. Something about it just gets me going and its a wonderful ride that I never want to get off of. 

I even heard it played at work on the overhead music several times over this last week as well. Lets just say that I got caught bobbing my head to this song many times while working.

There is more too it than that of course because the song title says it all for me. The message to let the things from 2013 just be is a huge message for me from the jump from 2013 to 2014. Somethings you just have to let be. This is not only about the past, but also in reference to the future. Somethings are out of your hands and you can only do what you can control.

Lyrics:

‘Let It Be”

All she’s got is the way he looks

Many miles on the other side

He had overheard her choice

And he delved off her cliffside

Sacrifice he just wants to help

(Helping is in my nature.)

Holds the world like a baby

Takes his mask off and lulls his head

(Mask is off and there is a calm that had come over my head.)

Then she sees him in the screen

They both see the traps

No fool, Oh oh

They won’t go back

No fool, Oh oh

They’ve got a mind track

No fool, Oh oh

It’s all a mystery

(It truly is a mystery.)

Let it come and let it be

Oh oh

They both see the traps

No fool, Oh oh

They won’t go back

No fool, Oh oh

They’ve got a mind track

No fool, Oh oh

It’s all a mystery

Let it come and let it be

Let it come and let it be

x4

They both see the traps

No fool, Oh oh

They won’t go back

No fool, Oh oh

They’ve got a mind track

No fool, Oh oh

It’s all a mystery

Let it come and let it be

Let it come and let it be

x3

Although all the lyrics in this song don’t connect to me, the ones that do totally make sense to me. The repeating of “Let it come and let it be”  for me right now means so much. As I prepare for the future I’m definitely just enjoying the present and all it has to offer when I just let things be. 

As always I bring this to you with so much love and pure D-Lite. = )

Vacancy. Come on in 2014!

So, 2013 was a big year of letting go of many things and also taking some people out of my life. In a way that sounds a bit depressing. I have had to over the last year let go of some heavy things, but this process is far from being a negative thing. It’s liberating. It’s giving myself back so much freedom. Furthermore, since I have removed so many things in my life there is now lots of room for new. That’s right new people, experiences, and new tools to take me to new places in my life. Therefore, this is a open letter to the universe that I am now open for things that will keep me moving in a positive direction. 

Come on in 2014 there is plenty of parking spaces. 

For every one person I let go of this year I have made room for someone new to join my life. Some of those connections have already happened before 2014 got here. I’m getting better about letting the right people be a part of my life. People that are my people. People that live in love. People that help me grow. People that help me be the best person that I can be as I do for them. People that don’t drag you down. People that are about action. People that think positively. People that are open minded. People that are working to grow. I may have lost quite a few people in 2013, but I also gained some even better connections in their place. 

Its amazing to me how just making small adjustments in your living space can make a huge differences in your well being. For ever thing I got rid of in my kitchen it helped make better space for the things that I have. Having that kind of flow in my life is very important the more that I become connected with my life. 

Even taking down things that were hanging on my walls or maybe just moving to a different location has lighten up my home. I have done this before, but this year I’m very aware of the difference this makes.

Also, even deciding what you choose to showcase as yourself in your home is important. What each person sees when they come into your home is much like what you wear on your own body. Both places tell a story of who you are. When making changes in my apartment recently that was very much a part of my focus. I have changed much as a person since I moved in this apartment in 2009 and so I should do a better job at reflecting that. This year was the first step of my effort to do better at this going forward. 

Leaving some of the old beliefs and old boundaries with myself allows for so much expansion within my life. More room for new experiences and new opportunities. This is, to me, the most exciting thing I think of when thinking about 2014. The fact that I’m opening myself up to so much more is so very exciting. 

What I’m getting at I suppose is that everything matters. From your thoughts you think in every moment or tell yourself everyday to what you choose to have in your life or the people that surround you. So make everything in your life matter from the big things to  even the small things. I think that you will find that it will make quite an impact in your life too. 

Make a change. Do something different. Enjoy the freedom to do so. 

I feel like this picture captures the openness I feel walking into 2014. 

As always I bring this to you with so much love and pure D-Lite. = )

2013 to 2014...

Oh man has it been a crazy year for me. 2013 has opened my eyes to so many things in life. There has been plenty of struggle in 2013 as well as moments of progress. Yes, for better or worse 2013 gave me progress. Progress that was much needed and long over due. 2013 really for me had it all and so for that I can’t say it was my best year nor the worst year of my life here on planet Earth. Regardless I am leaving 2013 loving it and so excited for what 2014 will bring with the momentum I have myself headed in. My progress is growing and its truly amazing. With every moment I progress I push myself to take even more steps forward. The last quarter of 2013 has really been a huge movement for me on all levels of my life so let me explain why. 

I said above that 2013 really opened my eyes to so much in life well that is really an understatement. Ever...single...part...of my life I feel has shifted. The last part of 2013 was when those shifts became bigger and bigger. From November on astrologically speaking there had been a strong influence of letting go of whatever does not server you. Some of the things I let go in this process were easier to let go of then others, but as the process got magnified I was forced to. This process was very painful at times and yet I am already seeing the bigger picture of why they had to happen. Regardless this last part of 2013 I felt like I was driving a huge dump-truck hauling things out of my life in a major way. 

I still don’t think that you understand just how much of my life I have gone through on my purging of what does not serve me. 

• I have deleted many numbers in my phone as well as deleted many text conversations.
• I have emptied all the pictures off of my phone.
• I took all the music off of my phone and made a brand new playlist for it.
• I have unfriended many people on Facebook.
• I have spent less time on Facebook.
• I have spent less time on my phone in general.
• I have gone through every closet in my house and gotten rid of so many things.
• I have gone through both of my chests and let go of many things I have held on to for too long. 
• I have gone through every cabinet in my kitchen and made sure what I have is what I will use.
• I have gone through all my e-mail accounts and deleted many many maaaany e-mails. I still need to do a bit more.
• I have I have gone through many of pictures on my computer and still have more work to do there as well.
• I have cut many people out of my life.
• I have gone through my book shelf and gotten rid of many books that I know I won’t read.
• I have gotten rid of lots clothes.
• I have changed the way I do many things in my life.
• I also have changed around my apartment as a whole and that has helped my soul a lot.

Needless to say there has already been on trip to goodwill. A few things I found better homes for and that felt good to do. I’m not out of the clear with the purging in my life just yet there is still much to be done, but the hardest part of getting started is done. Even with more to come I feel great and even lighter than I have ever been. 

Even as a person I have changed so much as I was looking at a picture of myself last February and I realized that I had my earrings in still. Like so many things in my life they just dropped away and in many ways I feel like I never had them. Everything is moving precisely the way it’s supposed to. 

So, enough about 2013...that is so last year. Lets talk about 2014. I have never been so excited for a new year than I am this year. I haven’t even experienced 2014 yet, but it looks so sexy to me. I’m excited to continue my journey and keep pushing me to levels I never would have expected. I never I thought I would be where I am with myself 5 years ago so who even knows where I can go in another 5 years..10 years...I mean the possibilities are so exciting don’t you think?

So as I enjoy a root beer to end the year and then one to start the new year I raise my bottle with you to say here is to the chance to make 2014 the best year ever. I promise to match 2014 with my own awesomeness in order to spread the goodness to many years beyond. 

As always I bring this to you with so much love and pure D-Lite. = )

I can’t wait till spring! ;-)