"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~George Bernard Shaw
I have been told that there are many things in which we are able to do, able to see and when we really try we are seen. It seems that as soon as I get in the spotlight I back out. I run away. And because that is the case I seem to have a life that hasn't equaled very much in the grand scheme of things. Or so I thought. There are many friends and family members who have recently been telling me differently. And so I decided that I needed to try, I needed to BE and that I want to be heard.
As I look out my front window there are icicles, dripping on their way to new life as a stream that will eventually go to a storm drain, then to a sewer, finally a river and to the channel that is Hand Graven main waterway and eventually to Lake Michigan. In a way it makes me feel a level of completion as I watch the water sputter and spit as it comes from the ice. Almost as if its awake for the first time. I'm sure that this is not what you expected when you read the title.
But if you are going to take time to read about me and my life you need to know my perspective. Which is that I want to be heard. I want to be a part of something larger than myself. Like the water from the icicle I want to join the great ocean or in my case the great lake. Michigan has always been my home, its been the shelter and the beauty of it is unequaled. We are a good people. We take time for each other and determine to help each other out in times of trouble. I think that is one of the reasons why we are bouncing back quicker than other states.
I grew up closer to the middle of the state. I would mention where it is but the truth is I don't want to have stalkers or Identity thieves taking the time to follow me. Safe to say that if you can figure out Adds Parring, you know where I am from. In either case I grew up there and have always felt at home here.
As I look out my front window there are icicles, dripping on their way to new life as a stream that will eventually go to a storm drain, then to a sewer, finally a river and to the channel that is Hand Graven main waterway and eventually to Lake Michigan. In a way it makes me feel a level of completion as I watch the water sputter and spit as it comes from the ice. Almost as if its awake for the first time. I'm sure that this is not what you expected when you read the title.
But if you are going to take time to read about me and my life you need to know my perspective. Which is that I want to be heard. I want to be a part of something larger than myself. Like the water from the icicle I want to join the great ocean or in my case the great lake. Michigan has always been my home, its been the shelter and the beauty of it is unequaled. We are a good people. We take time for each other and determine to help each other out in times of trouble. I think that is one of the reasons why we are bouncing back quicker than other states.
I grew up closer to the middle of the state. I would mention where it is but the truth is I don't want to have stalkers or Identity thieves taking the time to follow me. Safe to say that if you can figure out Adds Parring, you know where I am from. In either case I grew up there and have always felt at home here.
I am young, to most people they look at me and see a teenager. Which is an easy mistake to make as I am difficult to distinguish from the Intermediate (middle school) and Senior Higher's in which I volunteer with. In fact it makes it hard when even sometimes elementary school students are taller than you. I also have had problem skin from the time that I was ten years old so that adds to still going through puberty phase of things. It makes it difficult when people look at pictures of me to determine if I am fourteen or my true age of almost four years shy of thirty. I sometimes feel like I am stuck in a time warp and it makes it difficult to stand out especially when I look so very young.
I hear it everyday that I will appreciate it when I am a mother of a twenty-something and people will think we are sisters and not mother and daughter. But for now it has hindered my prospects of leadership because who is going to give someone who looks like they are a teenager themselves reign over a group that age.
I hear it everyday that I will appreciate it when I am a mother of a twenty-something and people will think we are sisters and not mother and daughter. But for now it has hindered my prospects of leadership because who is going to give someone who looks like they are a teenager themselves reign over a group that age.
Thomas and I after getting engaged
When you look to me compared to my husband its hard to see anything but a couple of teenagers going about living on their own and playing house. Which I can assure you we did no such thing. We were married after five long years of dating and waiting to consummate that relationship on our wedding night. I love that man with all my heart and I know for a fact that I would not be the woman I am today without him. Since we are so young though even though we are past twenty-five each. I am not sure when people are going to start taking us seriously. With my consistency and his determination it might happen this year if people are willing to give us a shot. I hope that you have been able to listen to my music and that you like looking at my pictures.