Let us pause for a moment of Erin...

Tonight at midnight I will be one of those crazy Harry Potter fans that will wait in line to get a good seat for the midnight showing of the newly released Deathly Hallows. I will admit that I am a big Harry Potter fan. I have read all of the books, and own all the movies. I have a shirt that says Muggle (which I will be wearing tonight), and know to gasp if someone shouts out the spell avada kedavra! I am very aware that there are many skeptics that walk among us Harry Potter fans. I have heard different remarks from the non-Potter fans about my excitement over tonight's festivities. I am here to tell you, don't knock it till you try it! You sit there and say it's so unrealistic, or who wants to watch a bunch of weirdos waving their wands around. You really just have no idea! There are many reasons why I love the Harry Potter series! I would have to say the main reason I love these books is their grasp on imagination. Seriously, JK Rowling has an amazing imaginatio...

When we were kids, life was so much easier. We didn't realize just how great life was being a kid. We were too focused on getting older and becoming an adult to do adult like things. I want to hop into a Delorean with Doc Brown, go back to that little girl, and tell her - sometimes, being an adult is totally overrated. Because I have found that the older I get, I realize, it never gets easier. There is always someone or something that is trying to hold you back or get you down. This past year I have lost two of my grandparents. My approaching birthday and the Christmas season remind me of my loss even more. The even sadder thing, my two remaining grandparents are having great struggles right now as well. I sit and think about their pain and situation, and want to take the pain away. I look at my mother, and wish I could lay my hands on her and take the pain and suffering from her and bear it myself. There are so many hard things we must deal with as we become older. As ...

If you are someone that has been reading my blog since the beginning, you will recall one of my earlier blogs titled, The hardest time in my life. This blog was important to me. It was me putting it out there about how the hardest time in my life made me a stronger willed person. It brought me to the point where I am today. I am thankful and VERY happy taking care of MYSELF. I have taken the time to get to know what I REALLY want out of life, and myself. I am happy with how my life is, and the direction it is going. I am living an adult life, with the only person bossing me is ME! One part of the blog that still speaks true for me today is : "But, when the final countdown started, the realization hit me. I was not the same person I was six years ago. Honestly, I wasn't the same person I was the year before. I was in my early twenties. I was figuring out what I wanted out of life. This man that had become my best friend, just wasn't who the Lord had planned for me t...