It was another party

 celebrating a 12th birthday

 we went to the mall to go shopping

 with a couple friends

 we opened presents

 and ate cookie cake

 AND

 got the birthday girls ears double pierced

 we all had a lot of fun on our girls shopping spree

and there were lots of smiles all around

"Mom Mom....

...your boobs are like my eyes?!?"

{famous quote by my 4 year old while picking my bra up out of the clean laundry}

Life is continuing to be an uphill climb

so many situations I cannot control

too many circumstances I cannot change

a ton of negatives to weigh heavily on the positives

I am realizing

as long as I keep climbing

there has to be a peak at some point

{RIGHT?}

Summer fun...

 at

 {the}

ZOO

I Love my life

regardless of how much crap I have piled up
I do Love. My. Life
I have been so abundantly blessed
my life could be so much harder
I see so much good
I have so much going right
I look forward to what the future has instore
sometimes I just get giddy inside
when I think about the beautiful life I am creating
existing through all the shit
and making the best of it
Life has given me many lessons and opportunities
and for that I am grateful

your actions

shattered me within
I try to piece areas together
I pursue a change
I give all of myself away
I expect perfection
I ask for little
broken areas
impossible of patching
living shattered
is my normal
I want to live above
my normal
I am grasping 
a new reality
I am defining me