Cocoon

The people you want to run to and share your life with the most are the ones you must learn to sometimes give the least to. They can build you up and tear you down in a moment. They can give you the world and take it away.

Love you. Judge you. Trust you. Doubt you. Fix you. Tear you. Hold you. Break you. Make you laugh. Make you cry. And you let them. For whatever the reason, we do this to each other, give happiness and bring sorrow. The reasons are endless but the question, the question is why? Why do we do this to each other?

I've come to realize that it isn't really why we do this to each other but that we just do. We coexist with each other in relationships with thoughts, feelings, and ideas within different circumstances and situations. And what we don't know is that it is all a blessing of the best kind. Whether it was with good intentions or not.

It is these pains, the ones that hurt the most, that hug the happy and transform you...turn you into a butterfly.

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The calm before the storm

Hurricane Irene is passing through and she's setting quite a mood. It's dark, violently windy, and the sky is crying profusely. The family is sitting cozy in the living room, each of us on our laptops, with the tv on in the background. Every now and again we pepper the air with conversation.

I am going through files on my laptop and come across a folder with pictures from Shazia's computer. They are of memories she had collected over the years. I miss her. I have especially missed her these past couple of weeks, for no reason in particular but just because. It's funny how she taught me how to be a better friend after she was gone. Now that I look back, her fingerprints are everywhere. She went the extra mile to be hospitable and make people feel comfortable and welcomed. She was always aware of what was going on in your life and made an effort to leave comments whether it was on your blog, facebook, or email just to let you know she was there, that she cared, and what you had to say mattered. It mattered to her. It mattered to me. She had a beautiful smile and warm hugs. And a laugh, a laugh that was so sweet.

I look outside and find my mood similar to the weather. Bring on the rain.

Among angels

I don't believe in a heaven or a hell. But there must be a heaven. There is. Where else would you be.

Happy

Dawn

Where night and day collide.

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Crystal cove

Newport Beach, California

An early evening at the beach with Nana, Nani, Alpesh

Meet me poolside

Staying in Irvine, California with Ba, Dada, Nana, Nani, and Alpesh. Family dinner by the pool.

Think for yourself

‎"Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise."

It's always your favorite sins that do you in

These are not mine but my collection is getting close. Sort of! I love love loveeee plaid. Something about it makes me happy! Cowboys, country music, horses, and the outdoors. I am a southern girl at heart. And I bleed plaid :-)

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There's a method to my madness

Love this comic. It's my story and I'm sticking to it :p