The Song of 2019

While in the middle of the Atlantic on the Enchantment of the Seas... somewhere likely around the Bahamas in the darkness of the night.   This song was playing in one of the ships bars.   I simply fell in love with it and It has grown to embody what the year means for me and how I feel about my life and my love at this moment in time.   

Cuteness Overload

Part of Wordless Wednesday.

Secrets

Throughout my life I have wanted to know the nature of the universe.  I have worked so hard to look for intricacies and clues that would show me something, anything.  I hoped that maybe I was special and that whatever controlled the universe would whisper to me its secrets.  It was only after growing a little older that I realized that the secrets of the universe are meant to be just that… secrets.  All I need to do is continue to go through my life and strive hard to be the best I can and slowly I will come to know that there are no secrets.  Everything is there in front of us as long as we open our eyes and allow ourselves to see.

Texas Spring

With the change of the weather in Texas and the winter chill on the way out, the plants are in bloom.   That is one thing I love about Texas, they spend a little money to ensure the medians and roadways are covered in Bluebonnets, Indian Paintbrushes, and other Texas wildflowers.  The bluebonnets are such a phenomenon unto themselves (being the state flower and all) that people wills stop on the side of the road and go out into the median to take photos of themselves in the bluebonnets.    I love it.   I am always sad when summer comes and they all disappear. 

2018

I first heard this song when i went to Vietnam.  I loved the piano and though i do knot know the words I learned to attempt and sing it.   Through the many trips to Houston with Doan's Family this song played more than once.  It has shown that as he grows more in my life I am embracing a new family and culture as my own.  

  

Aloha

 

The world is a beautiful place with many sights to behold.  I lived most of my life surrounded by people that were content to just stay in their little corner and that was fine for them.  I am not one of those people and I thrived to be around people that were like me.  Others seeking adventures in faraway lands and to seek out new experiences and breathe in what this world has to offer beyond the comforts of home.

2017

Losing one of my best friends this year has been the defining point of the year.   How do you honor someone who changed your life so profoundly?   Someone that made you a part of their family?  You do so by moving forward, by continuing to grow... and honor them and the others you lost along the way with every moment.  

Munzee

I recently discovered a game that I have come to enjoy.  Munzee, it is a scavenger hunt with a twist.  I love that it gets me out to see places I would never consider before.  The object of the game is to locate physical and virtual Munzees and scan them.  The physical ones are QR codes that you can find in random places like on the back of street signs or light poles.  You do it for points… and for fun.