LIFE'S NEW JOURNEY..

as Tayla and her friends graduate today..

i wanted to dedicate this little saying i found them about life..

..the road to success is not straight.. there is a curve called failure..

..a loop called confusion....red lights called enemies..

speed bumps called friends xxx

..caution lights called family..

you will have flat tires called jobs..

..but if you have a spare called destination..an engine called perseverance..

..you will make it to a place called..

..success

..congratulations TAYLA AND Kings Class of 2010..
..the next part of your life is about to begin..

ENJOY THE RIDE

..and ALWAYS REMEMBER TO..

LIVE..LAUGH..LOVE!!!!!

FIRE WORK

..how often do we sing along to songs unconscious of the words we are singing..

..i love finding a song with meaning..

..like katy perry's new song: FIREWORK!

..i have been singing along to this song for weeks and today..

I GOT IT!!

..do you ever feel like a plastic bag..drifting through the wind..

wanting to start again?

..do you ever feel.. so paper thin..

..like a house of cards..one blow from caving in?

..do you ever feel already buried deep?

..six feet under.. screams but no one seems to hear a thing..

..you don't have to feel like a waste of space..

..you're original..cannot be replaced..

..if you only knew what the future holds..after a hurricane..comes a rainbow..

..maybe you're why all the doors are closed..

..so you can be the one that leads you to the perfect road..

..do you know there's still a chance for you..cos there's a spark in you..

..you just gotta ignite the light..and let it shine..

cos baby you're a firework..

..come on and show em what you're worth

..come on let your colors burst..

..as you shoot across the sky..

i read an article where katy said she wrote this song to inspire people to stand up for themselves and encourage them to be their selves..

that people need to recognise their inner beauty and step out..no matter what anyone says..
..we all have a spark to be a firework..

..usually the only people standing in our way is ourselves!!

..we need to remember to always be a first rate version of ourselves..

..never a second rate version of someone else x

MY TAYLA JAE

..Well here we are at the end of my big girl's schooling life..

..an exciting..rewarding..fun filled..challenging adventure for the last 13 years..

i am 4eva proud of this girl..

..hilariously funny..spirited..strong..loyal..caring..laid back yet so hard working..

..BEAUTIFUL young woman xxx

Now 17 and 8 months..

she began school in 1998

@ Noahs Ark Preschool.. Kings Christian College

and graduates on nov 18th 2010

..to you..she may look all grown up..

..to me..she's still my little TJ xxx

she really hasn't changed...

..she still loves animals.. the beach..

..being in a bikini.. fishing..

...her very 1st day @ school...

..her very last awards night..

..the class of 2010..

..her guy friends..

..her gorgeous gorgeous girlfriends..

..her best friend..

xxx

..my beautiful god daughter xx

MY TAYLA JAE xxx

..congratulations on ALL your achievements over the last 13 years..

i wish you every bit of success on this new journey you are about to take..

..all your hard work will pay off..

..and i believe and pray all your dreams will come true..

you deserve the greatest

because you are the most perfect thing to have happened in my life..

thankyou for always making me laugh..thanks for telling me when i am trying too hard..
..thanks for teaching me so much..

..thankyou for sharing your heart with me..

..there is no one in this world like you..

i adore you my big girl

4eva luv u

..mumma xox

UNEXPECTED STRENGTH

back in july.. i blogged about 'bravery'..

..some days it is really hard to focus on

being strong when events occur in life that are profoundly distressing..

there are times when we need to treat ourself kindly

..and be ok with the emotions we are experiencing..

refuse to criticise the way you are 'handling' the situation..

at such terrible times it is ok to feel angry.. to grieve..

it is ok to take your time to go through all the emotions you feel you need to..

..i often find comfort in the fact that amongst the most difficult..
heart wrenching times in my life..

..i have survived the worst losses..

..i have changed from them..but i will not let them define who i am..

..and one of the most helpful things i found..

was surrounding myself with the people who love me..
..and you wil find unexpected strength in the most unexpected places..

..to my beautiful friend who is going through a most terrible time..

people say there is a reason..they say that time will heal..

..but niether time nor reason can change the way you feel..

..no one knows the heart ache..that hides behind your smiles..

..no one knows how many times you have broken down and cried.

i want to tell you something....it may be hard to hear..

..life is full of challenges..some too hard to bear..

..but you are very brave....you are so very strong..

..this pain will pass i promise..and I pray it won't take long x

..one day at a time my friend..surround yourself with luv and support..

luv u xx

PERCEPTION

..each and everyone of us has own own ideas

or experiences that create the way we perceive things..

..what i may think is a beautiful way to spend a Sunday afternoon..

you may have a different idea..

..what i may view as perfection..

you could perceive differently..

..the things i see as gorgeous..

..you may have your own ideas..

..one situation may occur in front of two people

and they have completely different views of what happened..

..it doesn't make one person right and the other wrong..

..it just means they perceived what happened differently..

..i have learnt that it is easier to view others ways of looking at things without judgement..

as marianne williamson said..

'we can all chose to perceive things differently..

we can focus on what's wrong in our life..

or what's right..

for

..reality doesn't bite..
rather our perception of reality bites..