My Life.

My life is fairly simple. I strive to keep my family and friends happy. My daughter comes before anyone. I was lucky enough to grow up and into a very wonderful family. They have taught and continue to teach me so many things.

When I was younger, my parents did their best with what they had. To me, no dollar amount mattered, what mattered was my brother and I were happy. We always got what we needed and wanted, and we never had to worry about anything. Growing up in my household has taught me so much.

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  It has given me humor...I still laugh at some crazy situations I remember. My family is very musically talented, and those moments of getting together are irreplaceable.


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  It has given me hope...if you work hard enough, you will get what you work for. My parents are true monuments in my eyes!


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  It has shown me true love...nobody can teach love, but they can show it and from that I have a natural love for people in my life. Everyone holds a place in my heart. The key to it is maintaining lasting friendships.


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  It has given me an open-mind...not all things are ridiculous.


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  It has given me compassion...I have an innate love for all things living, and if it's something I am scared of (bugs) than well..I love when they're away from me!! Ha!!


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  It has installed into me a gift to socialize...I am not a shallow person and I don't laugh at another person's ideas or opinions. I secretly compare their thoughts with my own and go from there.


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  It has also shown me how to deal with grief. The falling apart of so many in my family, was tested recently, but we continue to keep ourselves together. We reunited in song, prayer, and rosary, as we celebrated the life of my Godfather, which was also my mom's twin. He died tragically in front of me at a burn center in St.Paul, but my family stuck together and celebrated his life, just the way he'd like us to.

I realize that with every encounter we all have in our lives, whether its dealing with that rude lady behind you that can't stand the fact that she has to wait a minute longer, or whether it's that kind, thankful person you just helped by holding the door open for her..either way it gives us balance in life..a lesson to be learned.

I am now 25 yrs old and I really don't know when the years decided to fly right on by, I just know they did. Ha! Ha! I recently made my move to GF and am enjoying my time here. I basically came here at the spur of the moment. I had been working for almost 3 yrs at a local nursing home.

I absolutely LOVE the people I have worked with/for as a CNA. I have witnessed death closer than most other people I know..but it taught me to go home and hug my family and tell them I love them. I have been able to be the walking legs for those who could no longer do so on their own. I was blessed to be the person to wipe away their tears even when I couldn't do so for myself. I have taught many of the residents I cared for, how to laugh again. This one lady in particular was suffering from alzheimers disease. Although she couldn't always remember my face, she knew that song we would sing every morning as I would wake her for breakfast as we'd burst out in tunes. It went like this, "Good Morning Beautiful...how was your night? Mine was WONDERFUL with you by my side.." And it was literally true because I worked full-time Night Shifts! haha..The smile on her face is still etched in my mind. That lady in particular was also extra special to me for a few reasons that I can't begin to tell about, because I'd totally be leaving this blog's subject if I started!!

I have met new people in this town and have seen new things that interest me. There's a great array of diversity in this town. Diversity is good and this place surely has it's melting pot. Where I come from its mostly Native's, mainly because its a reservation *there are no teepee's, they really do have homes* (you'd be surprised how many ppl think differently).

I have a strong sense of who I want to be, and my spirituality will continue to help me through all the doors that are yet unopened in my life.

As for now, its after 3am and this girl's night of babysitting and relaxing has taken it's toll. A blog for later sounds good to me. The jumping around I have done already in this blog is validation enough for me to say Good Night.. ;-)

All is well that ends well.