The Dawn..

I ushered in the New Year with love. Literally. I asked my B.D if he thought this would be a good year. His reply was one for the books. He says, “I ended the year touching you and started the new year with you. Of course it’s going to be a great year.” So sweet I nearly went into a glucose coma. Lol.

I’m hoping 2012 will herald the biggest addition to my life. I’ve started down a path that scares me, but brings me great joy and peace at the same time. I feel like i’m standing on the edge of a precipice, but instead of doom in the fathoms below, it’s mountains of colorful candy waiting to break my fall.

I’ve gotten plenty of mixed reviews. I’ve gotten the ‘ohmygod i’msohappyforyou’ and i’ve met with some resistance and some ‘tsk-tsks’ from my closest friends. Which is upsetting to say the least. But I’m not changing my mind. I’ve been in enough relationships to know when there’s hope and when it’s a lost cause. My gut instinct says YES and i’m sticking with my decision. I’m sorry that you all feel I’m not doing it the right way. But this is the right way for me, right now.

xoxo

Cinders

And so it begins..

In less than 7 hours, we reach the year 2012. The year where some predict is the end of mankind.

Which leaves me to ponder. IF the world were to end in 2012, would I have any regrets? If I could, would I change anything?

After some serious thought, I can honestly say, NO. I wouldn’t change a damn thing. Not because every moment of my 2011 was fantastic. Truth is, quite a fair bit of it was horrible. BUT, they say everything happens for a reason. And I quite sincerely believe that if things didn’t happen in the sequence that it did and when it did, I wouldn’t be exactly where I am right now.

So I bid adieu to 2011 with a ginormous smile on my face. For I usher in the new year with a buffet of greatness in front of me. I have the love of a good man, the loyalty of my family, the promise of success and the possibility of offspring.

What more could a princess hope for?

xoxo

Cinders

Tags: love, New Years

Never Felt This Way

by Alicia Keys (Words & Music by Brian McKnight)

There will never come a day, you will never hear me say
That I want or need to be without you
I want to give my all, baby, just hold me, simply control me
Because your arms they keep away the loneliness

When I look into your eyes then I realize
All I need is you in my life, all I need is you in my life
‘Cause I never felt this way about lovin’, no
Never felt so good, baby, never felt this way about lovin’
It feels so good

 

xoxo

Cinders

Xmas reflections

This Christmas season has made me eternally grateful for my family.

This year, for the first time, I invited two of my closest friends and their partners over to enjoy the usual Christmas Eve madness at my home. Along with them came my new beau. All of which are not particularly used to celebrating this season with the same insanity I’m used to.

My parents, aunts, uncles and extended families did not so much as flutter an eyelash before welcoming these new additions into the fold. We carried on with our usual hullabaloo and made sure everyone was included.

I keep forgetting how very special my family is and how not everyone is as blessed as I am.

I know now. And I forever love and honor.

Xoxo
Cinders
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The Return

Holy guacamole! I just realized its been over 6 months since I last blogged. Yikes! So much for my own personal post-a-day challenge. Massive fail.

So much has happened in this time. Some weird, some bad, some good, some just downright strange. But ah well. Such is the paradox of a princess’ life no?

I think I’m just going to give up on these posting challenges. I’m only setting myself up for failure.

I’m hoping with the way my 2011 seems to be ending, I’ll have more inspiration AND inclination to start penning my thoughts down again in 2012.

We’ll see.

 

xoxo

Cinders