What's in store

Currently I am looking into my future.

I'm not sure where I am going to go, all I know is that I want to live where there is no snow. That has always been my dream, and now that I am starting to look at my future and the countless opportunities I have for me, it seems it could come true.

I grew up in Michigan where the seasons are: winter, still winter almost winter, and construction. This is not an exaggeration either. If you are from Michigan you will most certainly agree. 

I am about to graduate from college with my bachelors degree. I am looking at where I want to go for graduate school and my internship that I need to graduate.

Where should I go?

I'm terrified to leave all of my family, but I know that this is what I want and need.

I wonder if anyone else has gone through anything similar.

What did you do?

Got my toes in the Water, Ass in the Sand

Nothing beats a warm summer day filled with sunshine, the beach, and a nice Barbeque. One of the best places in the world to experience this is in South Haven, Michigan. Not only are the views completely breathtaking, but the beaches are kept clean and the food in town in to die for. I have the pleasure of living not far and being to drive there in no time to experience this beauty everyday.

Do you still have time over the summer to experience a short vacation, or a long one? I would highly recommend renting a house close to the beach for the week, or maybe a hotel. The houses are stunning to say the least. Wouldn't it be incredible to wake up to a view like this?

What about the light house for the enthusiast out there? I know there are some unless my mom is the only person to go in search of every lighthouse in this beautiful state. The secret of the light house isn't just standing next to it watching the sunset in the winter, or leaving your name and your lovers wrote on it for the summer, the real beauty is seeing the light house in the winter. 

This picture was taken while I was standing atop the frozen water.

The downtown is definitely something to brag about. In the main part of the downtown area, you can see South Haven's rich history. Whether it be from just walking up and down the roads or stopping into a shop and seeing old newspaper clippings or pictures.

On your way down to the beach you come across the marina which holds hundreds of boats from all over. It not rare to come across somebody from every state just over one summer spent in town. Once on the beach, you have many options: swimming, walking the pier, playing volleyball, grilling in the pavilion, sitting in the sun taking in that vitamin D, or maybe playing the play ground. 

All in all, South Haven is a dream come true in the small corner of South West Michigan.

Enjoy!

(Disclosure: All pictures are pictures of mine that I took myself.)

Sorry for the Weight

Why does society only assume women are the ones with weight issues? I personally have met plenty of men that are much more self conscious about their body image than I have ever been. Now don't go assuming I am a small petite woman, because, for the record, I am not. I am average height and a size 16 for your information, and am perfectly happy with myself. It takes a lot to admit that, but I believe that no matter how you look, that statement can be uttered by anybody truthfully.

Now back to the men. Men just as easily can look in the mirror and hate their body. The media sets these outrageous images of "hot and sexy men". For instance, the idea of men that have muscles, muscles everywhere. Or the idea of insanely tall men. Have you seen images of Zac Efron lately, or The Rock? While some women find these two gentlemen attractive, each woman has her own distinct taste in men, not every woman loves her them muscles. 

Why should we only protest the media promoting stick thin females, why not that AND the overly muscled over man? I want my man to feel good about his body, no matter what. 

It's a Novel Idea

I'm a writer at heart. I'm mainly a poet, but am trying to venture out. I started this blog to try to expand my horizons in the writing world, and now I have started to expand further and start a novel. I have wrote numerous short stories and poems and articles, but never a full fledged novel.

I keep asking myself if I can do it or not.

I came up with the idea recently when I started reading a book and got upset that the story wasn't going how I wanted it, and realized I can make a book that goes exactly as I want it to go. 

So I sat there thinking and my brain did it's thinking things and voila! My novel idea begins.

I started writing what would be wrote on the back of the book to get readers interested and am going to copy and paste it here straight from my mind to your eyes. Feel free for critiques, opinions, rants, raves, questions, comments, concerns, etc.

Enjoy.

"He loved her like he had never loved anything or anyone before in his entire life. She was this  girl that showed up in the most random place, but help the most important part of his life. She was that feeling you get when you get out the shower and use a towel straight from the dryer, still warm and extra soft. She was that first flower that you saw after a long harsh winter, the hope that something better was about to come along. She was the beginning of your favorite song after a long day when you just wanted something good to finally happen. She was all that was good in life. Was.

He would swear up and down that the girl standing at the supermarket, perusing the produce with the short blonde hair was her. The girl that he joked about being so short compared to him. That same girl that squealed whenever he hugged her from behind and lifted her and spun her in circles until they were too dizzy. Until the woman would turn around to an awkward teenage boy staring at her, did he realize she was really gone and out of his life." *Written by Darcy Deckard*