Everyday Superstar: Avri James

  I know I generally begin my stories with a quote to set the tone before you dive in, but today, instead, I want to express my extreme gratitude for all of your support over the years, and falling in love with Avri and Landon.  It has truly meant the world to me to see you embrace these characters, making them your own.  So much so, to where your engagement has you guys requesting specific backstories, and sub-plots.  Although the reason why we are endured to Avri & Landon is, because, no matter how strong willed they each are, or how much life happens, in the end, they always find a way back to each other.  You eagerly log in each time a story becomes available to see if maybe, just maybe, they grow the fuck up and realize that it takes real effort to be with your Forever Person.  It's a back in forth that anyone who has ever experienced a very intense, very real emotion for a person that changes you.   There are an overwhelming number of yo...

"I didn't mean to baby, I didn't mean to fall in love/Now that I need you baby, tell me we'll never be apart...Now that I need you baby, tell me we'll never, EVER part...                                    ~ Snoh Aalegra I Didn't Mean to Fall in Love  There was magic  in the air....The frigid thaw from an unusually long and cold winter was finally upon us at last.  I'm not gonna lie, I high key enjoyed my lil hibernation.  Being tucked away had never felt soo good.  The sunshine was returning to Richmond, and had decided to bless us and stick around a little longer for the next few months.  I stood at my window, a cup in each hand; staring out at the street; pondering the possibilities for the day.  I silently thanked the Universe for Life, then proceeded to contemplate which cup I wanted to dive into first.  Was it going to be the ice cold spring water, or t...

  "...I DO think, a man can Love one Woman, All of His Life, and be made the Better for it."                              ~D'Artagnan                                                       The Man In the Iron Mask I sat in my backyard; still; just reflecting...All in All, the Universe has been doing me right.  I'm happy everyday.  In the famous words of my girl Charlotte York, "Not all day everyday, but Everyday."   Sure, shit still happens, I'm just at Peace.  When uncomfortable things happen, I move through them with more grace and understanding.  Don't get it twisted, I still don't know what TF I'm doing😂  I just made the decision to Go with the flow, as opposed to moving against it.  Sitting here, in the sunlight, I was having a moment o...

  "I gave you all the Love I got, I gave you all that I could give, I gave you Love...This is No Ordinary Love, No Ordinary Love...and I'm Falling..."                                                     ~Sade Sometimes I get the feeling that the Universe utilizes our lives as it's sole source of entertainment.  When I look at the shit we keep being presented with on a daily basis, it's becoming more and more apparent that the Creator is using us for shits and giggles.  Have you ever had a scent take you some place?  They say that scent is the closest of our senses tied to memory.  It can trigger emotions, reminding us of a specific space in time.  With the slightest sniff, we are immediately transported to that place; perhaps even a person... I had just gotten out of the shower, eager to start my day by opening a fresh bottle of ...

  It's amazing how intoxicating Peace can be.  When I say that absolutely Nothing  was happening in my World-and I couldn't be happier.  My friends were currently tired of me dishing out the exact same advice, "be honest about how you feel" at the moment.  Eh, that's literally the root of every  single problem ya'll are currently facing.   My family had even gotten hip to the fact that I was no longer simply saying 'yes' to any and all requests, so they really didn't have shit to say to me😂.  People have a tendency to keep their distance-and their business to themselves if you're not vested in what they have going on; more so if you aren't miserable and willing to commiserate...I'm MORE than OK with that.  As the Summer crept on, I found it harder to sleep straight through the night.  This wasn't anything new, I sometimes experience a little seasonal insomnia from time to time.  It had just begun to rain as I opened my eyes....

"Why you take me up this high?  /Just to put a hole in my Parachute /So I would fall for you /And why you let us get this low? /When you know I'd give up my life for you /Ride and I'll die for you, I...Say do you remember? /Back when shit was good /2 kids in the night /We were so Alive..."                                                                                 Snoh Aalegra You know, we all talk endlessly about happiness; more specifically, what we need to achieve it.  In actuality, it's something that emanates from within.  There is not one thing outside of yourself that can contribute to your personal happiness in any way.  We obsess over the details of our lives in an attempt to place the blame of unrealized potential on anything  else...except You ...it's...