*January is about all of this. For me(day 10, complete!). For friends. For everyone. Take life by the horns.
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Try some new things this year, friends. Little ones even. If a habit takes 30 days to form, just like that you'll have 12 new things you've done and 2013 and your own self will be very proud to welcome you along :)
"There is a season for wildness, a season for settledness, and this is neither. This season is about becoming." -Relevant Magazine
In my first post as a Mobile Weebly Beta tester(!), I couldn't help but share a midday pick me up, mindful living quote. For in finding quotes and passages that allow for a quick Friday reflection, a peace is brought to me at the end of a crazy week. In our apartment, there's been so much buzzing about the next life chapter. With professional moves happening on my end(I will divulge soon) and 2012 peeking strongly around the corner, emotions have run high. A fork on the road presented, one that I had hoped to come at some point just perhaps just not at this exact month. One that the universe presented and I knew that yes, a leap of faith needed to happen. No time to be timid or less tenacious but to jump jump jump on and see where it goes :) In every December we rediscover the child in us all. We can't help but find magic in the season through the eyes of little ones or the sparkling lights that light the city. Rebirth, renewed senses of love and family and of becoming all that you dreamed of for oneself...big sighs, big hugs, big changes. Busy day! Work then it's transform-the-apartment-to-bachelorette-party-central :) 5 little internet favorites that caught my eye this week....Friday, welcome, I feel like it's been forever. Found on Georgie Girl...these Manhattan Mini Storage subway signs and billboards are some of the funniest revolving in NYC. I mean, CLEARLY Jesus was not a New Yorker. Multiple rooms and home greater than 900square feet kindof scares me/is daunting to think about. And dont even get me started about my fear of decorating an entire house. #Honesty. ...And this little old gem on Emphasis Added. I love those things too. Sent to me by my girl KCS. Spot. ON. One of the sweetest and heartwarming lines of any novel (and movie.) Aibileen Clark in "The Help." A fellow Pittsburgh native & NA grad and now Mom of two DARLING boys posted this.... and isnt it the truth? :) "Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become." -Steve Jobs I heard about the passsing of Steve Jobs during dinner tonight with my girlfriends, Linds & Milly. It was a break between the girl banter of fall travels and laughing about Lee's signed baseball bat that he won at last Friday's silent auction at the charity event. It broke the conversation quickly, so much so that even the family man sitting at the table behind us chimed in about the news. We sat there, all our iPhone's on the table and shared a quick aside about his dedication to Apple and how his resigning was a mere 6 weeks ago. As if the company sustained him, working through his chemotherapy, it was his life calling. Apple and all the iGadgets we have, are Steve Jobs. A part of his genius in each of our homes, pockets and purses. A mark left on the world that has changed a generation of individuals, and inspired the likes of thousands. A brand that is equated to the goldstandard of the techy world....one that is so strong that we all feel a sense of pride in owning our iPhones, iPads, Macbooks, or iPods. It's quite insane if you think about it. Here's to the crazy ones... As I take the time to let my mind marinate in the quote of Jobs' above, my mind immediately goes to family. And to having our own one day. And to becoming a part of my mom's company. To nurturing friendships with the ones I hold near and dear. That is what my heart beats of these days. That is what my gut and intuition echo in my mind. To Steve Jobs...for rocking this world like noneother. RIP. October is a month full of wedding celebrations GALORE. In just 31 days, Lee and I will cumulatively attend/host a shower, 3 bachelor/ette parties, and 2 weddings (!!!). Having gone through our own wedding parties last Fall, it feels so good to honor these couples who were so supportive of our Big Day with an equal amount of fun, love and gifts in return ;) Andrew & Irina's beautiful couple's shower in Pennsylvania on Saturday night started the month off on the right foot and was a gorgeous celebration for an equally gorgeous couple. Mike & Marlene (my in-laws) both spoke to the smile that became so permanent on Andrew's face since finding Irina.....and Irina's parents both gave beautiful Russian toasts to the bride & groom to-be, wishing them a lifetime of health as it is the crux of life....and to always nurture the love that they have right now. Nostrovia ;-) And as was read by my Mom at my Pittsburgh wedding shower as well as by my childhood friend Jackie at our wedding, I was so happy to share the "Fall in Love" poem by Pedro Arrupe with all guests on Saturday evening. Fall in Love Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the mornings, what you will do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything. Pedro Arrupe, S.J. The cadance of this poem read aloud gets me everytime. Arrupe's words are so delicate and soft yet deeply moving in the most basic of ways. There's a lot of love in our own world these days, so much so that I want to bottle it up and put it on my bedside stand for when hardships and difficult times arrise. And they will come at some point, no life is void of them. But for now, I feel blessed to be in a life-is-better-than-good chapter and I am so very grateful.
PS: and on a girly note, my wedding Louboutins came back (had them dyed black) and they are perrrrrfect. I'm not sure why a shoe makes me feel so giddy but these certainly do. (probably because this is the first and last pair I will ever own ;) "Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall" -The Great Gatsby {by F. Scott Fitgerald} A cold and grey morning had me out of bed early this Tuesday. It was as if Fall whispered in my ear..."I'm here!" and I couldnt help but enjoy some couch and blanket time while organizing some work things. As I lunched with my friend Jane yesterday (after 5yrs of working in Bay Ridge, this was my first friend who has met me in south Brooklyn for lunch...such a treat), we reminisced about last year at this time. She & I were both gearing up for our Big Days and the wedding buzz was all-encompasing for the two of us. Our banter that was once "have you decided on shoes for your bridesmaids?...or...how did the makeup trial go?" was now "tell me about how the apartment construction is coming along?....and...what are you and the hubby doing for the holidays?" As the time comes around again this year, my heart flutters in excitement for family & friends who are making this same journey we once took. {My sister & Brady, my brother-in-law Andrew & Irina, my high school friend Bryan & Ashley, and my sweet girlfriend Lindsay & Brian.} Memories of invitation prep, honeymoon planning, dress fittings, escort card stylizing, music choices and engagement photos(above) all rise up in me and are completely aligned with the cool morning breeze of September coming to an end and October's colorful leaves just around the corner. In the Fall that is today, I find myself so happily grounded in our togetherness as Mr. & Mrs., our decisions made as man & wife, and the love that has grown even since our wedding day. We'll cheers to a year of marriage so soon (!!!) and I'm very grateful for the reflection this season has granted me already.
"Tomorrow New York is going to be here. And we're going to rebuild, and we're going to be stronger than we were before... I want the people of New York to be an example to the rest of the country, and the rest of the world, that terrorism can't stop us." -Rudy Giuliani There is something ever so binding about New Yorkers and 9/11. While I was just 2 weeks into my freshman year at Penn State when our country was attacked, living here after college and revolving my life in the post-Sept 11th New York....one cannot help but be affected by its transformative effect on the city. On my drive to work each morning, I pass Ground Zero. I've seen the masses of construction workers multiply over the past few months as the 10yr anniversary quickly approached. I noticed the choice of trees chosen to dot the memorial site. 400 beautiful oak trees. An American flag was just hung on the Freedom Tower in the past 24hrs. From our roofdeck, you would've had a perfect view of the twin towers facing south. And as the anniversary approaches, I begin to hear the staff and doctors of the Bay Ridge area reminisce about the sunny late summer day, about who they knew, about friend's husband or wife or someone in their inner circle directly impacted by the events. Emotional as they come, my heart strings are tugged upon as these stories are recounted. I wasn't here for 9/11, but the memory of the event in the place I call home is constantly around me. And in choosing to move and live here after the biggest attack on US soil is a fearless trait I am proud to have...and a powerful characteristic that fastens New Yorkers together. On Sunday, and every day....we remember. |
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