Day 07 – Your best friend

My best friends is more like it. My sisters actually. Two ladies who haven't been in my life for the longest time, but who have made the greatest impacts. I've grown with them throughout the years and I hope to keep growing until we're old and grey. Our relationships might not seem to be the greatest match because we're so different in so many ways, but we have a few strong traits in common that holds us together. We love each other (i hope lol), we've been through the gutter of life, and we've overcome our hurdles. I can't express how much I love these girls because like I said before it's hard to articulate true emotions in words. Here are some people who put it quite well:
"If you don't understand how a woman could both love her sister dearly and want to wring her neck at the same time, then you were probably an only child." ~Linda Sunshine
"A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same."
Elbert Hubbard
"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit."
Albert Schweitzer

Day 06 – Your day

My day is one where happiness and laughter comes easy; where love is standing next to me; one where my family and friends experience that too; and the same day as your day.

Day 05 – Your definition of love

Alas I forgot to write yesterday, and I almost forgot to today. Well here I am again.... My definition of love is - tada! That's a really difficult definition to articulate because for me love is felt and true emotions are some of the hardest to formalize into words. Here's my attempt: Love is going an inch to please someone you love, not a mile but an inch. See an inch is much more doable, but sometimes we forget to live in the small moments of the present...we reach so far in the future. That inch right now is a step closer to the miles we have to go down the road. Love is crying because the one you love is crying or hurting just as much as they are. It isn't your pain, but it's a shared pain nonetheless. Love is respecting that person everyday in any way you can without even realizing what you're doing - it's become second nature. Love is telling that person the truth without being intentionally hurtful even when they don't want to hear it & occasionally telling them a little white lie (and they know you are) just to make them happy in that moment. Love is not always knowing what to say, but always knowing what to do.

Day 04 – What you ate today

Well, apparently I am also absent minded because the Day refers to what I "ate" today, not what I am today. Re-do....What I ate today, that's kind of weird blog, now isn't it? I ate a chicken and cheese w/ mayo on pumpernickel bread, some herbal tea, and baked plantanos for breakfast. Some very spicy rice and chicken for lunch. A strawberry and banana yogurt as a snack. And the last thing I've eaten today is some frosted flakes with some honey bunches of oats cereal and milk. Stalker blog! Why is this even relevant? Who knows, but like a loyal servant...I follow!

Day 04 – What you ate today

Today I am very lazy apparently. There is always something to do, something I need to or want to do. Today, however, my mind has seemed to opt out of being productive. Today I, admittedly, am not many things that I can speak of wonderfully. :-) I am just a student working in a rut, listening to music throughout the day, trying not to die of a heat stroke, and just kind of chilling out lazily. Blah. muah

Day 03 – Your parents

My parents are currently on two ends of the spectrum. My mother is my soul, my heart, my everything. My father is my father. I love him and I come from him, but our relationship doesn't hold as much power as the one I have with my mother. I find myself disgusted by this, but coming from a "broken" family can harbor distance between people. My mother has given her all for me and I'm forever grateful. We argue and butt heads all the time, but when it comes down to it I know that she's one of the only people I can always depend on. For me when someone asks me about my parents, I think of my mom first.

Day 02 – Your first love

My first love. That's a story I've probably told the most in my life. It was a high school sweetheart situation, I suppose. We were together for about 3 years up until we went off to college. It taught me a lot about love. How irrational we can get when we're in love, how much you're willing to do for another person, how much you can love and how much you can hurt. It taught me that people can change for the better and for the worst, but you can only try to grow for the better. Just because you're in love, it doesn't mean you have to follow them into the pits of Hell. My first love will always be my first, and I frequently think back to "what if?" What if we had stayed together, what if we never met, what if...Well up until this day we're still friends. I still love him with all my heart, and I'll still do anything for him. I don't think our relationship is as "strong", or rather, passionate as it was. I'm so utterly grateful for my first love and I don't want our relationship to ever turn sour, no matter what. In memory of our first love 11.13.04 xoxo

Day 01 – Introduce yourself

Well my name is N... Some know me only as Nikky and others as whatever creative nicknames they've thought up. I am a college undergrad and a city dweller like a million other folks out in the world. For me I am on my way to bliss in terms of self identification. I'm an honest person, you may never catch me in a heavy handed lie; I'm a loyal friend, I friend for life (no temporary loves here); I'm an accumulation of two great individuals and I find myself realizing the similarities between us every day. Introducing myself seems like an easy task, but I don't think there's enough I can write without telling my life story, because with everything I've experienced it all makes me who I am today at this very moment. I suppose over the next few days this challenge will reveal many of my "secrets". :-)

30 Day Challenge...Hmm

Well thanks to the always honest Alvaro I thought I would join him in taking the 30 Day Challenge. It's always nice to have a template for writing, and this seems it may be a goodie. I'll be enjoying the adventure as not many will watch :-)

The 30 Day Challenge:
Day 01 – Introduce yourself
Day 02 – Your first love

Day 03 – Your parents

Day 04 – What you ate today 

Day 05 – Your definition of love

Day 06 – Your day
Day 07 – Your best friend

Day 08 – A moment

Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – What you wore today 

Day 11 – Your siblings

Day 12 – What’s in your bag

Day 13 – This week
Day 14 – What you wore today
Day 15 – Your dreams
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory

Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret

Day 20 – This month

Day 21 – Another moment

Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better

Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – A first
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place

Day 28 – Something that you miss

Day 29 – Your aspirations

Day 30 – One last moment