I wanna give you the world like it was mine to share...

Life is happening so fast that I forget sometimes I need to update this thing. I keep this journal not only to document the good times, but to also reflect on the bad times. What I wanted was a record of how I have grown as a person and what I have learned about the meaning of love. I guess I was naive and thought life only moved forward in one direction, like a linear story I would tell my children or grand children. But living (and loving) Jose has taught me that life does not work that way. I can scarcely keep up with the way the future is growing because it does NOT go in a straight line. I quickly learned that life explodes and unfolds like a flower. It bursts and moves in all sorts of direction, spreading this way and that way. There's the story of me and Jose, then Jose - me - our cat, then my life with my mom and family, Jose's family, our friends and their significant others, our friends kids, work friends, and on and on. Here's one thread unwinding and moving in this direction and then there's another thread branching out. So forgive me if I forget for months at a time that I wanted to in my small way write all of this down.

One special piece of news: Jose has a niece! His sister Elizabeth had her second child, a little girl named Olivia :)

Baby fever has hit an all-time high!! She's a cutie and I look forward to watching Olivia grow up. We've added another thread to the story.

Also, we went to a huge concert a couple of weekends ago to see a bunch of Rhymesayers Records artists which included Atmosphere, Jose's favorite hip hop group. His brother Cas tagged along and we were so lucky to meet the rapper Slug (real name: Sean Daley)! He was so nice! And incredibly tall. The boys were blown away and at a loss for words. Jose couldn't even look Slug in the face, he was so star struck. Cas could barely get his words out. I had a permanent smile on my face for the rest of the day. The show was incredible and has been by far the best rap show I've ever been to. I guess it's no secret that I am also now a huge Atmosphere fan since Jose introduced me to their music 4 years ago. I love the lyrics, the soulful beats Slug raps over and how relatable their music can be.

So I guess you could say, life has been good. We've hit a couple of snags here and there but nothing that we couldn't work out. I'm continually excited to see where all the threads of my life might lead. I promise to hurry up and try to write as much of it down as I can :)