Memorial Day

Today is Ella first Memorial Day . A day for me  until this year was just a 3 day weekend. This year my baby brother enlisted in the army. Why until now did I show no interest in this holiday ? We never talked about in school. My parent's never really mentioned anything. My friends just brushed it off as another day off of school.

I  decided today I would do some research on the holiday. A woman by the name of Moina Michael wrote this poem that was inspired by memorial day :

We cherish too, the Poppy red

That grows on fields where valor led,

 It seems to signal to the skies

 That blood of heroes never dies.

She then went on to have the idea to wear red poppies on Memorial Day to honor those that had died protecting our freedom. She sold poppies to her neighbors and co-workers. Eventually this movement spread to other countries.

The national poppy movement died out in America. But in our home I want to start a new tradition. I want every year to take Ella to buy a poppy flower in rememberance of memorial day. We will talk about the brave men who fight for our country. Brave men like my brother. I pray for his safety everyday and I am beyond proud of my baby brother. He chose to be selfless and to help protect his country. Just like the thousands of men out there fighting to keep us safe.

Happy Memorial Day ! Never forget those men that gave it all up to protect us !

Once upon on a time land far far away ...

This being my first blog I guess I will tell you a little about myself. I am 21 years old and engaged with a 3 month old. Ya , not how I saw my fairy tale going at all ! I wanted to travel to Africa and help the children of Zambia and Darfur. I wanted to make it through med school or at least be a nurse practitioner. I wanted to be someone !! Some days I feel like I am no one at all and then I look into my precious beautiful baby girls eyes and I realize to the world I may be no one but to Ella I am HER world. As much as I would love to change the world and gallivant around the city with my friends. I have something that a lot of people do not have and that is a family. I have a family that loves each other ... ALOT!

 Drew (my fiance) started the police academy this week. He is very stressed about it but I am so proud. He is going to be an incredible cop. We are worried about him finding a job after her is done. Any suggestions ?

 Its funny how life works out . If you were to ask drew and I when we were graduating high school together at a small private school, where we thought we would be in 5 years. Our answers most definately would not have been engaged , living together, raising a baby , going to school to be a cop, barely making ends meet , but completely in love with each other.


My answer would have been Married to my then boyfriend (not drew) , working my way through medical school to be a pediatric surgeon. And Drew's answer would have been playing college basketball. He is incredible at all sports.  

This is a picture of us our fairy tale  is only beginning but I know it is going to be a long crazy interesting comical love story that everyone will love. And who says my life isn't a fairy tale.What is the definition of a fairy tale.


(pictures from Meggan Harper photography) she is awesome check her out at  www.MegganHarper.com