As once said by a brilliant man, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you might miss it." I have missed too much of it being caught up with looking to the future.

Recent times have been pretty rough. My Godfather uncle Vinnie passed away on January 26th, 2005 and it's been really hard. I haven't lost anyone that close since Mema passed away in 1998. But I feel like the world has really lost on this one. Uncle Vinnie was the coolest person I have ever met. I don't know how I was lucky enough to have the two coolest people in the world be my Godparents. I loved growing up on the same street as Patti and Vince and Crystal and Greg. It was like having one big family separated by a few houses. I hope that some day I can live a few houses down from my brother so if either of us have kids, they grow up like we did.

Uncle VInnie was a great cook, a good fisherman, and a loving person. He and Aunt Patti have always made me believe in True Love and soul mates. I hope that one day I can find mine. That's a pretty tough thing to live up to. But I'm not going to settle for anything less. I want a Babe of my own. Some day, whenever that may be, I will have it.

I have been living by myself now for quite sometime and I love it. I can't imagine ever living with someone again. But when I do finally find my Babe, I hopefully will be ready. Or else we'll just have to live next door to each other :)

I always wonder how I'm supposed to know if I'm leading my life the way it's supposed to go. I always believe that everything happens for a reason, but it's usually really difficult to see that reason as things are happening. I guess I should stop trying to figure things out, and just live my life.

"Character is what you are willing to do when the spotlight has been turned off, the applause has died down and no one is around to give you credit."

--Ann Landers