Dino Obsession

Sorry it's been a while loves! I've been lazy lately! Anyway... I've developed an obsession with T-Rex jokes. So I have included some below(: haha enjoy them! Love you darlings!


xoxo

  -Bri

Dancing With Angels

Recently a girl I knew committed suicide. She as an amazing influence and example for so many people. She was a fabulous dancer. So in her remembrance I wrote this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3myPhGjiF78

xoxo

  -Bri

Ed Sheeran

So Wednesday I went to the Ed Sheeran concert! And I have to say it was fabulous!!
He is so amazing!!

p.s. for anyone who attends a concert at a stand-up, general admission venue (like this one) I learned a new trick to make your way to the front. Maybe I'll share it with you sometime(;

xoxo

  -Bri

The breaking point

Today a girl I knew committed suicide. Everyone was shocked. She seemed so happy and was always kind.

I didn't know her very well, but she did a photo shoot for me and she was extremely talented.

I got to thinking, where is the line? Where is the point that you just can't take it anymore?
When is the time to get help? When do you try to push through?

Where is the breaking point and what causes it?

I don't know the answers to these questions, but I know that in no way do I ever want to be a part of someone's breaking point. I never want to be the one to say or do the thing that pushes them over the edge. I never want harsh words I have spoken to be the last thing they hear.

It is so important that we are kind. Why do we feel the need to tear others down so low when in the end we just end up lower?

We have no idea what anyone is going through. All we know is what they choose to show us. And usually that's only the tip of the iceberg.

It's amazing how those that seem like the happiest people really have the saddest hearts.

I challenge all of you to be the turning point in someone's life. Turn them away from that breaking point. Sometimes all it takes is a simple smile, or even a "hey."

But if you ask how someone is doing, take a second and really listen to the reply. Show that you care and that you are there. Help them find reasons to turn away from the painful shattering end of the breaking point.

My friend was truly amazing and my heart and love goes out to her family and friends. I cannot imagine what they are going through.


xoxo

  -Bri

LA BABY!

Ok as you probably know by now, I did spend the past few days in California with my precious mommy! It was amazing! We had so much fun.

So here is the run down of our trip in a nut shell.

We left on Friday and drove to St George. There we had dinner with my older brother Tarnue and my nephew Tyrese!

From there we drove to Las Vegas and stayed with our adorable family friends.

Then early Saturday morning we drove the rest of the way to Cali! We checked into the Double Tree Hotel and then headed to the beach.

We went to Santa Monica Beach and rode the roller coasters and watched the sunset over the ocean. It was beautiful. After, we walked across a beautiful bridge and found a place to eat. It was a crepé place and oh my goodness it was delicious! I got an apple pecan salad. My mom and I shared a dessert crepe after. Then we wandered around.

The next day was Sunday and we basically just relaxed the whole day! However we wanted to switch hotels so we could see a different part of LA! My dad booked us a hotel and it turned out being in a sketchy part of town with no internet. So we quickly canceled our reservation and ended up at the W Hotel right across the street from Capitol Records!!

We saw the Hollywood sign and walked on Hollywood walk! It was very fun! Monday we did some shopping and then drove back to Vegas for the night. And this morning we drove to St George for lunch with my brother and we just got home about an hour ago! I'd say it was one of the best mommy daughter dates ever! But now I've got school tomorrow! Ugh! So not excited... But I also have the Ed Sheeran concert tomorrow!!! I cannot wait!!
I hope everyone had a great weekend too!

xoxo

  -Bri

Getting to know the unknown

Ok so as you all probably know, there is this insta tag thing going on. And I was not going to participate, but then I thought why not. So I did. However, lucky for all of you, you not only get those five, but also another extra five! Oookkay

Número uno: I've never kissed anyone! (Proud of it thank you)
#2: I've never watched a scary movie in my life.
#3: I have a bad habit of not telling anyone when anything is wrong.
#4: I hate it when girls act stupid and fake... Like come one now, lets be real.
#5: I cannot stand liars!! If you don't think I deserve the truth, you definitely don't deserve my trust.
#6: I HATE it when someone's feet touch mine or me in anyway. It disgusts me.
#7: I don't have a favorite eye color, but I'm a sucker for gorgeous eyes and smiles!
#8: I don't like being clung too. If you treat me right I will stay in your life, no need to copy my every move and cling to me like its the end of the world. That day has supposedly come and gone.
#9: I absolutely love Thai food!
#10: I always have secret dance parties in my room.... Like on the daily... Just saying.

Alright!!! That's me! Feel free to send me any fun facts about you!

xoxo
 
  -Bri

He had a dream so that I could have mine.

Alright, so first things first! It's Martin Luther King Day! He really is one of my heroes. I think everything he did was absolutely amazing. So I would like to share my favorite part of his "I Have A Dream" speech.

"I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.
 Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor's lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.
This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to the South. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring."
And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!
Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!
Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California!
But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!
Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.
And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"


The parts that are bolded are my favorite parts. This speech really does mean a lot to me. Because Martin Luther King took a stand and followed his dream, I have the freedom to follow mine. I have the freedom to sing as I please. I am free to write the songs of my heart and soul. I am free to have the best friends I do. I am free to go where I please. I am free to walk through the front doors of restaurants, to sit at the front of a bus, and to drink out of the same water fountain as my peers. The last words of his speech are in every way true. "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

 I hope every one of you will follow your dreams. It is an important part of life and an opportunity many may not have. Much love, roses and daisies! 

xoxo

  -Bri