New York City!!!

So... last Sunday I was bored and let everyone in my vicinity know about it by moaning and groaning,   because as Jane Austen wisely wrote, "Those who don't complain are never pitied." My mother loved hearing my lamenting so when I jokingly suggested that the cure to my vocal complaints would be a trip to NYC, I was stunned when she agreed. So on Monday morning we left for New York City.

I've been to NYC before-- two years ago-- and I felt like it hadn't changed at all. The city still reeked of smoke and the streets were full of flashes of yellow and black, the metal that makes up roadways of NY. But for all that, the city still has that same unnameable charm that draws thousands to it's streets with it's towering sky scrapers, fast paced vibe, unique culture, etc. 

We arrived at night and let me tell you the hotel was not the scene we were imagining. The fact that it was a "scene" was just hilarious. The lobby was super retro/modern. It was filled with club music, hot pink and purple lighting, intoxicated looking youth, and strange white furniture. My mom and I stood out so much that it was laughable. Seriously,  every time we went in there I would burst out laughing. It was pretty great. 

While there we went to the Metropolitan Museum for like 6 hours. It was pretty much the best 6 hours of my life!! Then later that night we saw WICKED. The play was amazing!!!!! Glinda was hilarious and our Alphaba was German but her accent never showed!

Wednesday we woke up a little late and spent the day shopping and at 3 o'clock we went to the airport to head home :)

In my next blog post I'll add Pictures ;)

Choices Part 1

Choices

The choices we make sometimes seem pointless and finite

But they are incredibly connected to an infinite number of possibilities

There is a wide world before us

Waiting to be explored

And touched

In ways we could never understand

Because we are all connected in such a way

That though we may not be seen

Or even heard

We are felt

We cause vibrations in the earth

That travel far distances to move someone else

Most of the time we never know

Because we are too involved in ourselves

To look outside the surface and into the core of the earth

Where a beating heart lies

All of our hearts

Affected by all of our choices

Every single one

And every beat tells us that we are alive

Which is the greatest and most courageous choice we make

And it tells us we are here

We make sound too great to be heard

And we matter

Because if one heart is lost in this universe

We all feel a pain that surpasses vibration and sound

We feel silence

And in silence there is no choice.

Written by Mary C.