The Kindness in her Smile...

Two lovebirds sitting on the swingset, noticing not the metal cage that surrounds them. 

A retired couple playing catch on a chilly afternoon, sending admiring glances at one another. 

Riding their bikes during every warm and tormenting season in Chicago.

Well... love struck me in the face full force today. 


Love stood on the highway holding a sign saying "Slow Down!" 

The impact of a love so pure...

A daily stroll down the neighborhood. A lengthy game of catch, played for the sake of campanionship. 


It's pure. It's simple. It's love. 


A thing of the ages...


TIMELES+True


Try as you might you can't explain it. We've been taught to see to believe. Touch to know it's real. 


If it's not palpable, hard core evidence... discard the theory. And the evidence. 


There are those who live to disprove the impossible. Others who live trying to testify of it.


All part of the cycle of life. 


There is one thing that becomes the universal mystery:


Is love real or a figment of the brain?

 After all, why believe in something invisible?

I believe in the invisible. I believe in love. I live for family and friends.

I live for the unshed tears of pain produced of a love so real. 

I live for that smile that encourages me to go on. 

I live for God's whispers of hope. 

I live for Love. 

"How About I Take You Out for Lunch?"

I'm posting an old blog dated 2012. Here goes:


It's nice to be liked. To be coddled and noticed.

It's what keeps females females.

And it's what got a smile on my face this morning while I was sitting at work with a less-than-enthusiastic face. Not exactly in my best moment.

But as soon as I got the call, I had a boosted level of... well, LIFE.

It may sound so overrated. Call me a girl. That's what I am.

After having visited a high school for an on-site work project, I was pretty much overwhelmed with all the people I met that day and the parents that had left me phone numbers where I had to follow up within the week.

A nice young teacher had approached me a couple of times and asked to have one of the candies I had sitting on the table. The type of specimen you would find at your local Starbucks drinking a latte, while typing a hundred words per minute, thinking about how he is a step closer to his Master's degree.

Well, after having picked up one of my cards... He called and asked for me at work. He gave me the nice "I need help with my finances" pick-up line and led me to believe he really wanted to buy a new home. Maybe. Maybe not.  But he finally got to the point of his call when he said:

"So, I'm sorry if It might sound direct and inappropriate, but is it okay if I take you out for lunch soon?" (I added the bold and italics to give you an idea of the way this guy asked.)

Well, nice try, Robert, you did not get a date, but you sure made a small part of my day. Don't worry that's not what I replied, but you get my point.

So I will take what I can get and see life as filled with unexpected twists and turns.

• Getting a sunny call from a long lost friend whose phone number you had lost.
• Receiveing a fresh bouqet of edible flowers at work. From your sweet sister.
• Ordering a latte and being referred to by name every morning.
• Meeting for lunch with friends at an expensive restaurant.
• Taking a much needed trip to another country and getting an allergic reaction to foreign Mosquitos 

Unapologetically... And On Purpose

I guess life takes takes crazy turns on purpose.

To purposely make you laugh at yourself

Or cry...

In the bathroom... For hours at night

Our most treasured dreams are meant to first break our hearts before we could ever appreciate them when they come to actually pass.

 A first love is not always first and final, as much as you thought it always would be. Maybe a second in store is truly meant to offset the deficiencies of the first.

But you LEARN

More about yourself

...And God


You learn to LIVE

Unapologetically

On Purpose

Tripping and falling...

...Getting lost and being found

Asking for directions to get back on the right track

You learn to LIVE and TRUST and FAIL

Because failing is necessary... Take it from me

I am simply marveling at life today, and wondering where I would be without the downfalls. How much less exciting life would be if I didn't dare to dance in the car during traffic hour and smile widely at random people, when my life is at it's worst. When I decide to defy the odds and turn what could be bitterness into seemingly, unreasonable joy.

I'm laughing today. I'm taking a stroll with myself after work to inhale Sunshine. Air. Freedom.

I'm daring to be liberated. From my past. From the mistakes I will surely make tomorrow. From the mistakes I almost made. From loss. From pain.

I will LIVE

... And I will not apologize

Or have regrets... (No matter how many embarrassing things I may do)