Recklessly Thirty

There are those times you need your best friend to really be there for you and when they are and they completely hear you out and are your shoulder to lean and cry on you're left feeling very grateful. But sometimes your best friend just needs you to be there for her 113%. For me this moment happened back in March when a relationship she was in was breaking her amazing, kind, and loving heart. I did what I could to console her. I was able to relate to her situation quite a bit having gone through such a similar breakup. However, when Dee got the invite to her oldest, childhood friends wedding, she knew she didn't want to go alone and the relationship she was in was already over. This is where my adventurous side comes out. Sort of. I told her that I would be her plus one to the wedding if she didn't mind taking her best friend as her date! She accepted my offer and the last weekend of September was set aside for a little road trip to Waupaca, Wisconsin.  I...

Not one soul will forget where they were in 2001 when our nation stood still . Me, I was in my 10th grade history class with Mr. Jackson. I remember him being so sad and angry. His facial expression said so much back then that I, at 15, just could not understand. I remember watching the news the whole day with my best friends, afraid of another attack. Little did I know the lives of my generation would never be the same again! September 11, 2001 will forever break my heart. Because of this image... This is what I watched that morning. The second plane hit one of the twin towers.  I can't even describe the chills I get and the tears that flood my eyes just seeing this image! This image though: Is why every life matters. With all the garbage going around these days about people thinking certain lives don't matter, this image shows it all. We came together to protect and to aid one another. That day, we stood tall, proud to be American ! We ALL matter!!  We are Americans ...