Live life to the fullest!!

Today as I was getting ready to walk into the grocery store when a close friend called to tell me that her cousin (someone we both grew up with) had died. It saddened me to know that yet another person that I knew had passed away. At the age of thirty-one, I know WAY too many people that have died young. I guess that explains why I try to live my life to the fullest and experience as much as I can day by day. I hope to live a long full life with as many experiences as I can, so that someday I can tell my grandchildren stories and none of them will be lame "when I was your age, I walked ten miles to school and back, uphill both ways!" stories. I want to be able to tell stories about far off places and a million faces, about love and yes loss and most of all about adventure and taking the chances and opportunities that life offers you. I hope that someday when my time does come, that I have lived a full life and made a difference in many others. I live each day hoping that in some small way I am able to touch others lives in a positive way. My hope is that for each good deed that I do for someone, that they remember and instead of trying to pay me back,  pays it forward. My hope is that when I am gone that I am never forgotten.

My Prayers go out to Sheila Winslow and her family, may the lord watch over her daughter and be present with her family as they mourn her passing. Sheila, if your out there know that although you have gone from us, you will never be forgotten. Each of us will remember our part of your story and through us your memory will live on, I pray that you rest in peace.

Love to you all,

~MJ~

Gearing up for the next chapter in my life...

Aloha, Hawaii and Howdy Fort Worth, Texas!

After a year and a half in Paradise, I am ready to head back to the mainland where everything is a day drive away. I feel island fever creeping in and have reached a crossroad where I feel it's time to go, but my time here has been so amazing that I may break my rule about living anywhere twice and possibly come back to settle here someday. I have met some wonderful people and seen so many beautiful days here that it's crept into my heart and I have a feeling no matter where I go in the world I will always be comparing sunrises and sunsets to the ones that I have seen here.

So, with that said, I am preparing for my my next destination in the story of my life... Fort Worth, Texas! I am looking forward to being reunited with friends and family and while I don't know what Texas holds for me, I am eager to find out. There is nothing more exciting then moving to a new city and experiencing all it has to offer. It makes each day a new adventure with new experiences filled with new people, new food and more fun. Traveling the world and seeing it from the inside out is like living of the magic of dreams, if you can think it you can do it, the only limits to your possibilities or boundaries to your life are the ones that you impose on yourself.

Love to you all

~MJ~

Dating Logic 2...

Don't get frustrated if a frog is just a frog....

Next time you "kiss a frog" and he doesn't turn into a prince for you, don't be too angry or upset. Trust me, I know from experience that it can be frustrating, but if you think about it, it was better to find out now rather then later. Besides, just because he didn't end up being YOUR prince doesn't mean he will always be a frog. Someday he may end up being someone else s prince.. and well lets face it..... sometimes he really is just a frog lol. Either way, better to be thankful that you didn't end up with the wrong guy now then regretful that you ended up staying with someone that wasn't right for you later (see note "dating logic" for more details on this situation).

Thanks for tuning in again to my random thoughts :)

Love 2 you all!

~MJ~

A Time For Change...

For those who know me and know me well, of which there are few.. lol. You all know that the last few years have been very difficult for me. Especially in dealing with my fathers illness and recent death. First, I would like to thank all of you for your support and help when I needed it over the last two years... and for some much much longer. Second, I would like to say that I am sorry. I am sorry that over the last few years, I have become such a very different person. Someone almost unrecognizable compared to the person that I always have been. I could come up with a thousand reasons why and a thousand excuses.. but when it comes down to it none of them would matter. The fact of the matter is, that along the way I lost a part of myself that was really a big part of who I am. Ever since, my life seems to have just been spinning out of control with me grabbing the wheel every now and then and wrestling it back in the general direction that I am supposed to be going. Well... all of that stops here. It is a time for change. A time to get back to who and what I truly am at the core. it's time to trudge forward and get back to that place that I have always held. I know that it is going to be a hard road, because it always has been, but I am not afraid of the challenge because I have never been afraid of anything. Not everyone that is in my life now will make it through to the next chapter, but many of you will and I am thankful for those of you that do. So as the changes begin, please be patient with me and understand that I am doing what needs to be done in order to get back to who I am and where I need to be. I know those of you that matter wont mind and those of you that mind.. well it probably doesnt matter because you won't make it through to the next chapter.

Love to you all,

MJ