New Nike hat please?

It's a beautiful day today! I thought I would take a post to thank Corporate Nike. I am in serious need for a new Nike hat. My hat style was discontinued years ago, so I have worn the same Nike hat everyday for the last five years. I spoke with a great guy yesterday at Nike; he is going to try to hunt down my hat. I've got to take pictures tommorrow and e-mail them to him. My hat is so critical to who I am. I love my hat, and I bet I'm the best hat bill curver out there! I'm hoping to get different colors nothing drastic just beige and black. I am very hopeful he will be able to help me. I will let everyone know how that turns out. I hope everyone has a great day.

How would you descibe beauty?

I have always enjoyed looking at pretty people; it's the man that makes you look twice, or the woman that makes you put down the brownie even if it is only a bite! We all know the people who scream from the four corners of the earth professing how pretty they are; when really they are only trying to convince themselves, and sadly they are missing the true essence of beauty.

Beauty is in sparking eyes and in heart felt laughter; it flows from the tears of a new Mommy and Daddy welcoming their first child into the world. It is in the heart of the brave, the soul of the survivor, and the determination of the strong.

Being beautiful is intimately knowing your imperfections inside and out, but more importantly knowing and capitalizing on your strengths. When you focus on your strengths you will find with time and patience your imperfections don't seem so imperfect anymore. You begin to see them as just a part of the natural you which is as perfect as you were ever intended to be, and with that I hope you have a clear understanding of what it means to be beautiful to me!

Surviving beautifully!

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I invite you to join me through the writing and publication process. I've started this blog to serve as a platform to the memoir I feel I must write. On April 15, 1998, while working as a machine tender my hair was caught in the drive shaft roller of the machine. I pulled myself out, but unfortunately I was scalped. I will never forget that day and I have suffered a great deal over the years, but I have tremendously grown as a person and I am simply content with being known as the chick with the Nike hat.

Most importantly, I am a Mommy of two seven year olds that saved me from myself and have made my life so much brighter. I am my Daddy's daughter, he is and always has been the rock in my life. He instilled in me to never give up, no matter what. Being all of those things have allowed me to experience great joy, even in the darkest of times.

I have written on my memoir over the years and have found every excuse not to finish it. When really it's the fear of the unknown, it's the fear of exposing my inner most thoughts, and feelings to the world. In the past, I have stopped writing because my emotions were too strong and raw for me to handle, but I have come to realize that I am the only one that can give my accident a positive purpose. It is my responsibility to help people with my story and to let them know it will be okay. I want everyone to know that we all can rise above the adversities that life throws at us and survive beautifully!

I invite you to leave your questions, feelings, and thoughts. In doing so you will become a vital part of this process. I hope to hear from you soon.