Spelling words from a first grade view point.

"Gracie, spell 'never'."
"As in, 'we are never ever ever getting back together'?"

A love letter to Syracuse

An art project by Steve Powers in Tipp Hill.

Family

“Most good things happen without a plan: friendships, falling in love, finding a job, and so on. If you want to make your new year count, you’ll need to be intentional — not by setting goals, but by making space in your life for what really matters.”
Jeff Goins (via dark-rye)

That is my only goal in life. To just be happy. Live life to the fullest. Treasure all the small things. Remember every moment, every laugh, every smile that my girls have, to make room for what really matters.
Sure, there are things I want in life. To get my BSN and my Masters, to buy a house, to advance in my nursing career, become certified in forensic nursing, to skydive, to go snorkeling, to go to Greece, to hike up every mountain in the Adirondaks, to set up camp on the side of a mountain for a weekend, to go kayaking, to build a house.

There are a lot of things I want to do in this life. But, none of them really matter in the grand scheme of things. As long as I have my family, my siblings, my parents, my husband, my girls-as long as they are all healthy and happy, as long as I always have my family, nothing else really matters. I live every breath of my life for my girls, for my family. I want to photograph every moment, write down every word said, feel every hug, every kiss, so that I never forget it. That is what really matters in this life. Family. You can't replace them, you can't forget them. So, my sole goal is to love my family, my beautiful girls and my husband the best that I can. Because, you never know what tomorrow will bring.

Family is the most important thing in life, after all, if you don't have your family to live for, what kind of life are you really living?