unbowed, unbent, unbroken.

it's been a rough couple of years.

i have learned to accept that it was training for what was to come.  and without that -- and hilarious old and new friends -- i would've broken down months ago.  

i still get a bad day or two sometimes.  but i get by.  and i think of the SEALS motto "the only easy day was yesterday." so i face tomorrow with a lot of faith in the world, and most of all, myself.

Song of the Day:  Titanium (by David Guetta feat. Sia)

I'm bulletproof, nothing to lose

Fire away, fire away

Ricochet, you take your aim

Fire away, fire away

You shoot me down but I won't fall

sweet november

for three days, i felt what it was like to be thirteen again. and it was enough to make me remember i am still human. and i am not invincible. and the walls can be torn down.

i just need somebody brave enough to storm them.

Song of the Day: Shake It Out (by Florence and the Machine)

And I'm ready to suffer and I'm ready to hope

It's a shot in the dark aimed right at my throat 

Looking for heaven found the devil in me 

Well what the hell

I'm gonna let it happen to me

the love-hate relationship

on days like today, i am grateful to have a fluffy friend to welcome me home.

 i thought i chose you. it was the other way around.
i'm glad to have you home, my little shadow.

Song of the Day: Somewhere (from West Side Story)

There's a place for us, 

Somewhere a place for us

Peace and quiet and open air

Wait for us

Somewhere