For good.

"there's no place like home, there's no place like home"


Like so many others, those four words were a big part of my childhood! And although I will always love the original "Wizard of Oz" About 2 years ago, I learned to look at that same lovely story in a completely different way when I saw "Wicked" for the first time.
In case you didn't know, wicked is easily the best thing ever to hit a stage:) and because my auntie spoils me absolutely rotten, last night, I had the glorious opportunity to go and see it again with some of my favorite people on planet earth:)
Although, I could comment forever on just how much I love those crazy ozians, that is not the point of this post:), the point is to talk about about just one song ..my favorite song in wicked, and quite possibly of all time. ....The song is "For Good" (as I'm sure the title didn't give away at all:). It's sung at the end when the time comes for 2 former best friends, to say goodbye, and close the part of their lives that the other person was a part of.
I was incredibly thankful today, to have the amazing lyrics of that song stuck in my head, as I had to say a pretty difficult final goodbye to someone who is a huge part of my past.
Although I know that I will see this person again in this life time, and my situation is not half as extreme as those magic ladies, it's still a chapter of my life that's closed now...or maybe, one that has been closed for a very long time, and I'm just now accepting it.
In any event, it was a tough blow, and while I was priding myself entirely on not bursting into tears, trust me, I wanted too! Somewhere in between the wondering why and the painful trips down memory lane, I thought again and again of these words:


"let me say before we part, so much of me, is made of what I learned from you....you'll be with me, like a hand print on my heart, and now whatever ways our stories end, just know you have re -written mine by being my friend."

No matter what happens, the lord knows when we need people and why we need them, and even if they arent in our lives forever, The people who touch our lives, touch them forever and FOR GOOD:)

A State of optimism

         It's a constant battle in my life. And honestly, I think it's a constant battle for all of us. At every point in time.  there is Something that's not going quite right. Hence, every day we are making a choice. A choice to find the sweet silver lining, or to let the darkness in our lives be more important than the light, personally, I think the first is the best option.

        If you want to be happy, you will be. And that happy will shine through you, to the point that those around you, have no choice but to be happy too! So love yourself, love those you are around! Love the good in your life, and even, love the bad. After all, all of it, is what makes you, "you" and all of you are amazing! 

     Be happy now, because happy is a choice, not a destination:)