Some important things in life........

1. Those people that are in your life, are meant to be there. If you lose someone in your life and somehow they come back into your life, it was meant to happen and really shows you something about your relationship with them. If you lose someone in your life and they become more and more of a distant memory, so be it

2. Don't let ANYONE dictate who should and should not be a part of your life. Make your own choices, if your sibling/parent/friend isn't getting along with someone or dislikes someone, that doesn't mean you have to do the same to that someone. If you DON'T have a problem with them, don't create one just because someone else does.

3.If you are in love, act like. If you are unhappy with the relationship you are in, do something about it. Prolonging a relationship, (especially one that has children involved), because of the children, is ridiculous. You DON'T STAY TOGETHER FOR THE KIDS, a relationship between two people is about those two people, you have to love that person to make it work. You get one chance at this whole 'LIFE THING', make it worth while for crying out loud. Be in love, be happy, smile just to smile, enjoy knowing you get to spend the rest of your life with that someone instead of dreading each day that is coming.

4. Children, if you have them, they ARE and SHOULD BE what EVERYTHING is about. What you spend your money on, where you go to eat, what you do at home, whom you go and visit, EVERYTHING effects those childrens lives and it is up to YOU to take care of every part of them, mind, body, and spirit. What you do, how you talk, how you act is reflected on those children in more ways than any parent could possibly imagine. Show them what kind of person YOU really are and protect them from those that aren't thinking in their best interest.

5. The last, and most important thing that I have realized this past year is this....what matters most is the four walls that surround you and what's inside. It is more than wonderful to have family and friends that care about us and surround us, but no matter what, our little family comes first. We raise our children to appreciate that and value hardwork and those things are what matter the most. We try not to put ourselves first, we try not to put each other first, we try to put our children first. You can't even describe in words how much you can love a child and the lengths you would go to in order to teach them right from wrong and teach them how much you love them. It is priceless.

Anyways, I just felt like getting some thoughts out of my head onto something else so I decided to type this blog. I see things around me more and more that teach me to be a better mom and a better person. Most things I see are other people's mistakes and they teach me NOT to do those things that they are doing that bother or disgust me. But sometimes, more lately than ever, I have seen people change, evolve, conform into something better. Something right and strong and that makes me want to be more like that and do those things too.