Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back…why is that song playing in my head as I try to find the right words for this post? Maybe, because I’ve been gone for a minute and what a time to return because this is a celebratory post - It’s the BIG 5 - for those that don’t know what that means well Linus and I have been together for 5 years! So…should we take a short trip down memory lane (insert Minnie Ripperton)? Why not, right?
Well, it all started when I was 15 years old and…wait a minute that is definitely not going to be short so let’s speed it up besides if you want to know the long version just go back and read the previous posts. I’ll just start from 2018…what a year! I took my 1st solo trip to Qatar, Indonesia and Australia causing my family and friends stress levels to sky rocket but turns out your girl was fine and enjoyed every bit of it. I finally got to see my all-time fave artist perform (if you know me then you know) Anita Baker. I hosted the annual brunch at my house with my family and lastly, I was asked to be the Ambassador at the Liver Life Walk (my family and friends came out for me) and lastly my face was plastered in Philly on billboards and in Regal movie theatres! Yup, I made it and I’m a superstar, ok well not a superstar at all but I was honored to have my story chosen for the liver campaign.
Fast forward to 2019, I must say it had its highs and lows but if I’m being honest every year does so really it’s all in how you handle the good and the bad. I traveled to a couple of places I hadn’t been, took a couple of mom/daughter trips, celebrated #Linusday 4 with the original crew and felt blessed and happy because the ones from the beginning were still right there (to be honest where the hell else would they be) and everyone knows my support system is 100! I loss a friend, a friend brought a new life into this world and by the end of the year we were celebrating friendship with the people that matter the most. I mean I’m sure I left out some highs and lows but at the end of the day life goes on and so do you! I left out of 2019 thinking 2020 is going to be so good..I mean isn’t that what everyone says when they make these proclamations. I’m going to get my shit together, I’m going to focus on me, I’m cool being single, I’m going to workout, I’m going…I’m going..I’m going…until they I’m going them self to death. Wait is that me..only some of it ok maybe all of it but let’t get to 2020.
On another day…