New Project

I am undertaking a new project over the next few months.  I am really excited about where this lead and the fact that it has a definite beginning and ending.  When it is complete, I will post it here for everyone to read from start to finish.  Basically it is my recipe for moving forward and I can't wait to share it with you guys.  I do, however, wish to be vague about the project until its completion because I feel that it is important for the success of the project.  So postings here may be sparse once again but I promise that it will be worth the wait.  I wish you all my love, Lauren

Happy Ending

"Girls are taught a lot of stuff growing up. If a guy punches you he likes you, never try to trim your own bangs, and someday you will meet a wonderful guy and get your very own happy ending. Every movie we see, every story we're told implores us to wait for it-- the third act twist, the unexpected declaration of love, the exception to the rule. But sometimes we're so focused on finding our happy ending we don't learn how to read the signs. How to tell from the ones who want us and the ones who don't, the ones who will stay and the ones who will leave. And maybe a happy ending doesn't include a guy, maybe... it's you, on your own, picking up the pieces and starting over, freeing yourself up for something better in the future. Maybe the happy ending is just moving on. Or maybe the happy ending is this: knowing after all the unreturned phone calls, broken-hearts; through the blunders and misread signals, through all the pain and embarrassment, you never gave up hope."

Happy Halloween

"How do you do this, Ted?  How do you sit out here all night, in the cold, and still have faith that your pumpkin's going to show up?"
"Look, I know the odds are the love of my life isn't going to magically walk though that door in a pumpkin costume at 2:43 in the morning.  But it seems as nice a spot as any to just.. you know, sit and wait."
--How I Met Your Mother

Dents

"I'll cover the security deposit [when Ted, Marshal and Lily are moving out of their apartment].  I'm glad to, because every dent in that place represents a memory that I'll cherish forever." --Ted Mosby

Heartbeat

"I've got a story and I'm trying to tell it right"

He is We + Jimmy Wong

Great song and even better combo:)

One Chance

"As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn’t supposed to ever let us down, probably will. You’ll have your heart broken and you’ll break others’ hearts. You’ll fight with your best friend or maybe even fall in love with them, and you’ll cry because time is flying by. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, forgive freely, and love like you’ve never been hurt. Life comes with no guarantees, no time outs, no second chances. you just have to live life to the fullest, tell someone what they mean to you and tell someone off, speak out, dance in the pouring rain, hold someone’s hand, comfort a friend, fall asleep watching the sun come up, stay up late, be a flirt, and smile until your face hurts. Don’t be afraid to take chances or fall in love and most of all, live in the moment because every second you spend angry or upset is a second of happiness you can never get back."

--Unknown