This One's For You

A letter of my choice.

Dear friends, family and other blog readers,

This is my last letter for January. I've really enjoyed this writing challenge. It feels good to tap into this part of my brain and to push myself to think of words. Something I would do differently is give a little more thought to each one. I really only had about 24 hours to think about what I would write and reflecting back, I wish I had a little more thinking time. Something I enjoyed was the comments left on my Facebook and Twitter posts and the couple that I got on my blog.

Thank you for reading. I'm going to take tomorrow off and hopefully find something new to write about for the month of February.

xoxo

Susan

Susan "I Had Nothing To Offer Anybody Except My Own Confusion" B.

That's What Friends Are For

Write a letter to your friends as a whole.

Dear friends,

When I was in high school, I was convinced that my friends were just as important to me as my family and there was no way on God's green earth that there would ever come a day that I would not be friends with my friends. Sadly, it just wasn't true. As much as I would love to have remained friends with everyone, life doesn't always give us what we want.

Not too long ago I was watching my old dance recitals. As I sat and watched, a flood of emotions, mostly loyalty, overcame me. I started to wonder about each of the girls that had made such a huge impact on my life. We spent hours dancing, laughing, whispering, confiding in one another. It made me a little sad that I hadn't seen or talked to most of them for years. I don't even know where some of the are now.

While I'm sad for the friendships that I no longer have, it makes me so appreciative of the ones that I do. Some of my friends I've known since I was in elementary school. The friends that I have in my life now entered at different stages and have stuck around despite that sometimes I'm bossy. I love cake more than most people. I have a tendency to wave life Forrest Gump and every once in a while when I get excited, I reach high school cheer leading captain energy. I'll try to reel it in.

As I've gotten older I now have the knowledge and wisdom to be able to decipher my true friends with my fair weather friends. To be honest, I love them both. Now I have friends across the globe. I miss my London friends. I know we are all scattered now, but there isn't a day that I don't think about you fondly. I hope this world throws us back together.

I want to say 'thank you' to all my friends, old and new. You have all helped to make my life colorful, fun, sentimental and beautiful. I love you all.

xoxo

Susan

Susan "Keep Smiling, Keep Shining" B.

Heads Up!

I have a new header. Look, I'm still new to this whole blog thing. I realize that my header is not perfect. But I really like the pictures and I made it look as good as I can. So, the photo was taken by my incredibly talented best friend, Kaylene. We did a whole photo shoot and I loved it!

Kaylene and I

The drawing of me riding a book cart was sketched by my artistically gifted brother. I texted him and told him what I wanted the picture to look like. He did it better than what I told him. Please notice the book that fell off the book cart. It is titled 'Frisbee' by Eric Bergreen. This is an actual story that anyone can read. Go to smashwords.com or Barnes and Noble ebooks to find it. You can purchase it for the low, low price of $2.99. It's a great murder mystery based loosely on the neighborhood my brothers and I grew up in. It includes all the kids we hung out with. I make an appearance in the story. You will recognize me as 'the thumb sucker'. My oldest brother Jason, he's a writer too. He's been working as a journalist for years. Just recently (like last week) he made a career change. Google his name and you will find all kinds of great articles he's written.

Eric, Me, Jason

I love these guys

I have been watching the riots going on in London. I think they have things pretty much under control now. My brother, Eric said they were rioting because they found out I was coming. Jason told me that the riots are a 'celebration' just for me. Not much longer now. 16 more days.

Susan 'the thumb sucker' B.