So day 3 of the photo challenge says post a picture of your role model, so I chose Jennifer Morrison for my role model. She is one of several of my role models and I love her so much! She is kind, beautiful, caring, funny, and badass much like her character on one of my all time favorite shows Once Upon A Time, Emma Swan! Plus I share a birthday with her adorable doggy, Ava! Love you, Jen! ~Peace and Love~ PS: Yes I made that edit!
I know it says Best Friend but I could not not add both of my BFF's! So here are my BFF's since I was in Middle school Sarah and Ellen! ~Peace and Love~
Happy February! My birthday was yesterday but today I have decided to do a month long photo challenge on my blog. I randomly chose one I found for the month of February from google:
So day 1 is a picture of my lockscreen. Well, I have an Android phone and my phone doesn't have a lockscreen picture feature so I will post a picture of my wallpaper from my phone instead:
So that is my phone wallpaper right now. I made it. It's my 3 idols, Lucy Hale, Jennifer Morrison, and Melissa Benoist, along with my cat Angel! That's day 1 and tomorrow I will do day 2 and so on for the whole month! ~Peace and Love~
I know long time no blog but I'm blogging now. First blog of 2017 and just 3 days before my 29th birthday as well. Today, I saw the movie Hidden Figures and wow it was amazing! It was beautiful, emotional, inspirational, and so much more. WOC especially black women are some of the most strongest and bravest people on the planet and this is coming from a white, southern, girl. This is the type of stuff everyone should know about it. This is the type of stuff that should be taught in our schools. I will be the first one to admit that our history and entertainment is very whitewashed and that does not represent the true diversity and hardships of all Americans especially POC. Hidden Figures shows just how brilliant, brave, and strong WOC and POC are and have been through the years. They have fought and continue to fight every step of the way to get where they are now and that is something to be proud of and something we all need to learn. Some of the most brilliant minds behind getting us into space for the first time were black women and I love how this movie shows and tells their story that everyone needs to know about. If it weren't for them, I don't think we would have made it into space and we owe a great debt to them for what they accomplished. Diversity and representation and equality are beautiful things when they are shown and they need to be shown so much more. Seriously though, everyone please go see Hidden Figures so y'all can know the stories of these amazing women. Now with that being said, I want to talk about something historic that happened last Saturday here in the US and all around the world. Women from every walk of life came together to march for Women's rights. I wish I would have known about the march in my city beforehand but unfortunately I did not know but I support this 100% being a woman myself. However, this shouldn't be just about us white women it needs to be about all women that is what intersectional feminism is all about including women of all races and backgrounds, making sure that we hear what they are saying and help to raise them up as well as ourselves. A lot of women don't think that we hear them but I do and a lot of others do too. It can't just be about us white women it has to be about all women. We need to help raise all women up not put them behind us but beside us. I've seen some articles published after the march aimed at us white women about intersectional feminism and I've seen some defensive comments about them when it's nothing to get defensive about, they are not trying to tear us down or divide us they just want us to hear them and include them and help them. Yes we are women and yes we have problems with sexism but we still have the privilege of being white and WOC don't have that they are at a double and sometimes triple or more disadvantage and that is not fair. They have a right to be scared hell we all do but they do more so. They want us to listen, learn, and understand what they go through so we can be better allies and friends to them and not talk over them we just need to listen for once it's not that hard. God gave us 2 ears and one mouth for a reason. I stand with ALL women, white, black, LGBTQ+, Muslim, Native American, Asian, Latino, Ect. No man is going to tell me what I can or can't do with MY body! I also have the BEST Idols in the world and all either marched with people or voiced their support. Lucy Hale, Jennifer Morrison, Melissa Benoist, Lana Parrilla, and Alyssa Milano are my amazing idols! We are women, we are strong, we are resilient, and we will resist! Ever since the Cheeto-in-chief took office it seems like a nightmare movie or something that won't end. I am ashamed to be American right now. I swear not all American's support him or voted for him myself included as well as anyone I know and/or my idols. A lot of us stand with you. Our country was built on immigration. Unless you are full blood Native American, you are an immigrant. This ban is ridiculous and not what this country is about and I'm sorry to those affected and continue to be affected by this nightmare. This is just so bad and I fear it is just going to get worse and I am afraid for all of us not just us white women, but POC, WOC, LGBTQ+, Muslims, immigrants, Native Americans, Latino's and I know their fear is at least 10x worse than the rest of us. We just have to stay strong and resist. Hillary Clinton should have been President from the get go she won the popular vote by over 3 million votes and the electoral college specifically put in place so that people like the Cheeto-in-Chief can't take power let us down big time. It's all so scary and sad. I just hope we make it through this turmoil. ~Peace and much love to all~ I love you, Lucy Hale, Jennifer Morrison, Melissa Benoist, Lana Parrilla, and Alyssa Milano!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope each and every one of y'all had a great day filled with food, family, and fun! I got to spend my Thanksgiving at a beautiful beach house right on the beach here in VA Beach, VA! There is so much we should be grateful for not just on Thanksgiving but every day. Here's just some of the things/people I am grateful for! I am grateful for my family of course and my amazing fiance Rob who I love more than anything in the world!
I am grateful for all of my friends! My best friends Sarah, Ellen, Lisa, Delphine, Asu, Jen, and Lippy! I am grateful for my cats Angel and Mooch who I will see back home in Florida on Saturday night! I am grateful for my wonderful water aerobics instructor and friend Annie! I am grateful for my favorite youtube vloggers Madrosed! Maddie, Janet and the whole family! They give me something to look forward to watching everyday with their awesome vlogs and their Saturday night live show just about every Saturday night as well! I am grateful for my idols Lucy Hale, Alyssa Milano, Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, Melissa Benoist and many others for always giving me a reason to smile and hold on even when I don't feel like I can keep going. I love them all so much! I am grateful for my favorite shows Pretty Little Liars, Once Upon A Time, Supergirl, Quantico, and many others for being a source of comfort and happiness and giving me something to be passionate about! I am grateful to have God in my life and to wake up every morning and be healthy and to have food and a roof over my head and clothes to wear. I am grateful to be on the beach right now and to be able to hear and see the ocean waves right outside of my window. I am grateful for the little things life that bring the most happiness! Those are just some of the most important things/people to me that I am grateful for. There are so many people who have less than we all do and we should be grateful for all we have each and everyday not just on Thanksgiving. The state of this country is sad and frightening right now and we need healing, love, hope, peace, and strength more than anything right now. I pray that we all make it through these next four years no matter what happens. So enjoy this Thanksgiving and all that y'all are thankful for and remember to pass along a smile to someone you never know how much that could mean to someone and also give back when you can as well. ~Peace and love to everyone~
I have not blogged in a very long time I know but I had to blog about this mess of an election tonight. I just don't get it. I sit here shocked and speechless as I type this. It seems as though hate has won in this country and it sickens me. It's so sad and I don't know what to think. I am terrified of this outcome, not just for me but for all the women, non-whites, LGBTQ+, Muslims, ect in this country. I am terrified of what this could bring us and I am ashamed to be an American and a Floridian right now. Proud of my home state of Virginia though. This happened right before the holidays too. This election has brought out so much closeted hate, bigotry, intolerance, violence and I am terrified that is just going to get worse now. I am terrified for the world. I feel hopeless at this point and I don't know what else to do but pray. I never in all my years ever imagined something so terrifying that could happen. I don't know what is going to happen from here and for the next 4 years all I do know is that there are still good loving people here in the US and even though our voices became drowned out by the hatred and bigotry we are still here and we will never give up the fight. We may be down now but we will never be out. We can't let hate win. We can't give into fear. We have to continue to fight for what is right no matter what happens. There is still love out here. I promise you not all of us white people voted for that orange monster I know I didn't and neither did my fiance Rob who's birthday is today actually and neither did all my idols. I can't believe this really happened even though it's not over yet it's still surreal to me. How so many people can support such hatred, racism, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, ect is beyond me. This just shows how much hatred is still rooted here in the US and it's frightening and sad. We are one people, one planet, and we can't even come together to make things better for everyone. I was really hoping to see our first female president get elected tonight. Even though I am terrified right now all I can do is pray. I will pray for a miracle, pray for a better outcome, pray for love, pray for peace, pray for anything to help this disaster. The only thing I can think of right now that brings some form of comfort right now is one of my favorite shows Once Upon A Time and 2 of my favorite characters Snow White and her daughter Emma Swan. Before Emma was born, Snow White had a bounty for her heart from the Evil Queen (Regina) because as a girl she told Cora (Regina's mom) about Regina's love Daniel and Cora killed him and ever since then Regina wanted Snow White dead basically but Snow White is a Princess she has her kingdom to run and even while on the run she was always there for her people. She protected them and found her true love with David and had Emma but of course the curse forced them to send Emma to our world through the cabinet. Emma is the savior and is always there for everyone. She protects those she loves the most. She and her parents and Regina who is amazing now save their town on the daily from villains and dark ones. It makes me believe that love conquers all and that good will always win. Just thought I'd throw that in there. So, enjoy the holidays coming up as best as you can because come January which happens to be my birthday month unfortunately we could have an orange monster as our next president even though I will never consider him my president. ~Peace and Love to everyone~
This is the first blog post I have done here in a long time I know but recent events have made me feel like I need to blog and share my thoughts. Our world and my country (USA) is headed down a very scary path right now. There is so much tension, division, hate, violence and it needs to stop. Nobody is born full of hate, hate is taught. There are good people and bad people in every race, sexuality, religion ect. Labeling an entire group of people based on the actions of a few bad people of said group just causes more problems and hate. We need to come together and listen to each other. We need less judgement and more acceptance. Answering violence and hate with violence and hate is never the answer. STOP spreading hate and START spreading more love to EVERYONE! To my fellow white and cis straight people, White and Straight privilege does exist. It has always existed. We all need to acknowledge that it does exist. Being able to walk down the street and not be targeted, beat up, or even killed because of our race or sexuality is White and Straight privilege. Being able to hold hands and kiss our SO's without judgement is Straight privilege. This doesn't mean that we don't have our own unique struggles and hardships because we do, this just means that our hardships are usually not due to our race and sexuality. We are the majority in society. We are seen as normal, beautiful, and who everyone should be. We have representation every day. We don't need a White Pride or Straight Pride because that is everyday for us. We are not oppressed because of our race and sexuality. We will never understand what it's like to be a minority in society, but we can empathize with everyone, we can listen to everyone, and we can acknowledge that certain privileges do exist and that we benefit from them and probably always will. We can be allies. We can stand in solidarity with everyone. We can lift others up who need it most. Everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. Everyone deserves equal rights. Everyone deserves to tell their stories and be represented by people who look like them. Everyone deserves love and kindness. It doesn't always have to be about us white and straight people and that is ok. It is really ok. We need to let others have their chance to shine and be seen. I always say if all lives really do matter then there wouldn't be a need for Black Lives Matter and Gay Lives Matter ect. It does scare me however reading peoples comments about killing all white people and/or straight people though.We are not all bad and hateful. Most of us are loving and peaceful. We need to learn to not judge a book by it's cover. Our world is spiraling to a very a bad place and it scares me. We need gun control. We need more love and kindness. We need more acceptance. ALL love is beautiful. ALL skin colors are beautiful. ALL sexualities are beautiful. ALL genders are beautiful. EVERYONE is beautiful in our own ways. Amidst all the tragedy, hate, and violence, there are some people in my life that give me hope, make me smile, and make me happy. My fiance Rob, my friends, and my idol Lucy Hale! Lucy is a bright light in this scary world for me and so many others. Listening to her sing, watching her on PLL, and seeing her instagram pictures and tweets instantly makes me smile. I love you more than you will ever know Lucy, you give me hope that this world is not all bad and that it can get better for everyone!
My Light in the darkness, Lucy Hale! I hope everyone has people like I do in their lives to give them hope that not everything is bad. I also turn to music in these hard and scary times. Here are just a few of my favorite songs that inspire me and give me hope to hang on:
There are many more songs that lift me up during hard times but these are just a few of my top favorites. Enjoy each one and I hope they uplift you the way they uplift me.
