Can I just say that I LOVE my friends?!  yall are such a blessing to me.  And I’m realizing more and more that I don’t just enjoy my friends, but I need them.  They keep me from losing my mind…most of the time anyway…it still gets away from me every now and again.

I used to think that I needed to be an independent woman…just like Kelly Clarkson.  I thought I needed to take care of my own crap and not rely on anyone else to help.  I think I was born with a good bit of that in me from the get go….just ask Darlene:)  I have been fighting for a while now to be completely independent from my parents…to no avail…cause guess what?  I still really need them too.  But I’m starting to learn that that’s ok.  It’s ok to rely on my parents…that’s what they’re there for.  And it’s ok to depend on my friends…I hope they can depend on me too.  Because the truth is we aren’t built to do this on our own.  That’s nothing new to most of you and I’ve heard it a million times myself…I guess this place in my life has just forced me to really hear it. 

So I’m going to continue to try to break outta this not so fun place that I’ve been in for what seems like forever.  Scratch that…Mike always said that trying is just a noisy way of not doing anything…I AM going to break outta this joint!  But I’m going to need some help.  Sorry if I lean too much sometimes…carry me just a little bit further.  I promise I’ll try to return the favor someday.