Last Blog with BROMSE girls...

So, this is my last blog that is assigned. I enjoyed this experience for my Written Communications class even though I didn’t have the opportunity to write as well as I could have. I was very stressed with my other classes and the amount of homework, so I found myself waiting until the last minute to sit down and write my papers and blogs. I am just relieved that it is done with for the summer at least. I know that I am definitely going to miss Sheila Allard. I had her for my speech class over the summer and I was very happy when I found out she was going to my teacher for written communications as well. I never expected to have her as a teacher again, but low and behold I did. I have a feeling I won’t have her again, but only God knows these things, and I’m not going to fret about them. Speaking of God, I couldn’t have done this, any of this, without Him. I’m so glad He is in my life and watching over me all the time. I definitely need someone here 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 52 weeks a year. And, it is obvious that He is the only one who is capable of that. I couldn’t ask anything more from Him because I know that He loves me with all His heart, all His soul, all His mind, and all His strength. He has given me everything that I need and even some things that I want, even though I probably shouldn’t receive them. He has blessed me with some amazing friends this year and I know that I would have struggled much more than I did without them. Thank you Miranda (Lamey), Ana, Danielle (Pfaffer), Paige, Mackenzie, and Cassie. You all rock my world. BROMSE getting it in all day and all night. I’ll miss you guys. Thanks for the BEST YEAR EVER!!! :’(

I Told you so Blog

Have you ever been in love? Have you ever lost interest in someone that you love? Have you ever broken up with someone that you love because you lost interest? Have you ever broken up with someone that you love because you lost interest, but then realized that you made a huge mistake? Have you ever wanted to make up with someone that you love because you made a huge mistake by breaking up with them since you lost interest? What would they say if you came back? What would they do? Carrie Underwood sings a beautiful song called I Told you so, which paints a picture of this exact situation. “Suppose I called you up tonight and told you that I love you, and suppose I said I want to come back home, and suppose I cried and said I think I finally learned my lesson, and I’m tired of spending all my time alone. If I told you that I realized you're all I ever wanted, and it's killing me to be so far away, would you tell me that you love me too, and would we cry together, or would you simply laugh at me and say, ‘I told you so, oh I told you so. I told you some day you would come crawling back, and asking me to take you in. I told you so, but you had to go. Now I've found somebody new, and you will never break my heart in two again.’ If I got down on my knees, and told you I was yours forever, would you get down on yours too and take my hand, would we get that old-time feeling, would we laugh and talk for hours the way we did when our love first began. Would you tell me that you've missed me too, and that you've been so lonely, and you've waited for the day that I returned, and we'd live and love forever, and that I'm your one and only, or would you say the tables finally turned. Would you say, ‘I told you so, oh I told you so. I told you some day you would come crawling back, and asking me to take you in. I told you so, but you had to go. Now I've found somebody new, and you will never break my heart in two again. Now I’ve found somebody new, and you will never break my heart in two again.’

I'm Only Me When I'm With You Blog

If someone gets lucky, they might find “The One” guy that rocks their world forever or even for a little while. If or when this happens, they probably start singing a song by Taylor Swift called I’m Only Me When I’m With You. “Friday night beneath the stars in a field behind your yard, you and I are painting pictures in the sky. And sometimes we don't say a thing just listen to the crickets sing. Everything I need is right here by my side. And I know everything about you. I don't wanna live without you. I'm only up when you're not down, don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground. It's like no matter what I do, well, you drive me crazy half the time; the other half I'm only trying to let you know that what I feel is true. And I'm only me when I'm with you. Just a small town boy and girl living in the crazy world, trying to figure out what is and isn't true. And I don't try to hide my tears, the secrets, all my deepest fears. Through it all, nobody gets me like you do. And you know everything about me; you say that you can't live without me. I'm only up when you're not down, don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground. It's like no matter what I do, well, you drive me crazy half the time; the other half I'm only trying to let you know that what I feel is true. And I'm only me when I'm with you. When I'm with anybody else, it's so hard to be myself. And only you can tell that I'm only up when you're not down, don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground. It's like no matter what I do, well, you drive me crazy half the time; the other half I'm only trying to let you know that what I feel is true. And I'm only me, who I wanna be, well, I'm only me when I'm with you.” Thanks again, Taylor, for giving us the love songs we need for that once-in-a-lifetime experience.

All We'd Ever Need Blog

Lady Antebellum sings a wonderful song called All We’d Ever Need. This song has wonderful lyrics and music if you actually listen to it. “Boy, it's been all this time, and I can't get you off my mind, and nobody knows it but me. I stare at your photograph,still sleep in the shirt you left, and nobody knows it but me. Every day, I wipe my tears away, so many nights I've prayed for you to say, ‘I should've been chasing you, I should've been trying to prove that you were all that mattered to me. I should've said all the things that I kept inside of me, and maybe I could've made you believe that what we had was all we'd ever need.’ My friends think I'm moving on, but the truth is I'm not that strong, and nobody knows it but me. And I've kept all the words you said in a box underneath my bed, and nobody knows it but me. But if you're happy, I'll get through somehow, but the truth is that I've been screaming out, ‘I should've been chasing you. I should've been trying to prove that you were all that mattered to me. I should've said all the things that I kept inside of me, and maybe you could've made me believe that what we had was all we’d ever need. It was all we'd ever need. It was all we'd ever need.’” Thank you, Lady Antebellum, for giving me and all the ladies around, a hope that we might not have received from other people who try and support us.

You're Not Sorry Blog

Have you ever been with a guy that lied over and over even when he was caught red-handed? Did you know that he was lying right away? Did he then apologize and spill another lie when saying that he’d never do it again? Taylor Swift sings You’re Not Sorry, which takes this situation and puts it in beautiful words for a song. Swift sings, “All this time I was wasting, hoping you would come around. I've been giving out chances every time, and all you do is let me down. And it's taking me this long, baby, but I figured you out. And you're thinking we'll be fine again, but not this time around. You don't have to call anymore, I won't pick up the phone. This is the last straw, don't wanna hurt anymore. And you can say that you're sorry, but I don't believe you, baby, like I did before. You're not sorry. Looking so innocent, I might believe you if I didn't know. Could've loved you all my life if you hadn't left me waiting in the cold. And you got your share of secrets, and I'm tired of being last to know, and now you're asking me to listen cause it's worked each time before. But you don't have to call anymore, I won't pick up the phone. This is the last straw, don't wanna hurt anymore. And you can tell me that you're sorry, but I don't believe you, baby, like I did before. You're not sorry. You’re not sorry. You had me falling for you, honey, and it never would've gone away. You used to shine so bright, but I watched all of it fade, so you don't have to call anymore, I won't pick up the phone. This is the last straw. There's nothing left to beg for. And you can tell me that you're sorry, but I don't believe you baby, like I did before. You're not sorry. You're not sorry.” Thank you Taylor for giving me and all these other women hope for moving on.

Take a Bow Blog

I heard another song on the radio a few days and it fit my life perfectly, but afterwards, I couldn’t remember any of the lyrics at all. HAVE YOU EVER HAD THAT HAPPEN? I HATE THAT! I try to be understanding and assume that I don’t remember it for a reason that God knows and I don’t, but it’s still very frustrating. Well, I found the song, believe it or not. Rhianna sings the heartfelt song called Take a Bow. The lyrics really hit home for me after almost every one, if not all of my previous relationships. She sings it perfectly. You get to the point, when both people know that the relationship is over and not worth all the work. One normally gets so angry from being hurt and used that he or she doesn’t even care how the other person feels anymore. Rhianna sings, “How about a round of applause? Standing ovation? You look so dumb right now, standing outside my house, trying to apologize. You're so ugly when you cry. Please, just cut it out. And don't tell me you're sorry because you're not. Baby, I know you're only sorry you got caught. But you put on quite a show, really had me going, but now it's time to go. Curtain's finally closing that was quite a show, very entertaining, but it's over now. Go on and take a bow. Grab your clothes and get gone. You better hurry up before the sprinklers come on. Talking about, girl, I love you, you're the one. This just looks like a re-run. Please, what else is on?” After the chorus, Rhianna continues, “And the award for the best liar goes to you for making me believe that you could be faithful to me. Let's hear your speech out. How about a round of applause? A standing ovation? But you put on quite a show, really had me going. Now it's time to go, curtain's finally closing. That was quite a show, very entertaining, but it's over now. Go on and take a bow, but it's over now.” Thank you Rhianna for encouraging me and other beautiful women to move on.

Better Things to Do Blog

Terri Clark sings a great after-break-up song called Better Things to Do. Her lyrics encourage me to stay strong and don’t regret anything that is in the past. Instead, I think she wants people to be grateful for the decisions they have made and continue living their lives for God. Furthermore, here are the lyrics Clark shares with us, obviously about her past experiences with an ex-boyfriend of hers. “Don't tell me the reason that you're calling is to see if I'm all right since you've been gone because I know you and I know why we're talking: You're wanting me to say, ‘I'm barely hanging on.’ Well, maybe that was true for a night or two, but now, I got better things to do. I could wash my car in the rain, change my new guitar strings, mow the yard just the same as I did yesterday. I don't need to waste my time crying over you. I’ve got better things to do. Maybe when I don't have so much going or quite so many irons in the fire, I'll take the time to miss you like you're hoping, but now, I can't put forth the effort it requires. Well, I'd love to talk to you, but then, I'd miss Donahue. That's right, I got better things to do.” After the chorus, Clark continues, “Check the air in my tires, straighten my stereo wires, count the stars in the sky, or just get on with my life. I don't need to waste my time crying over you. I’ve got better things to do.” Thanks Terri Clark for all the encouragement you’ve given to me and so many other women.