In the summer of last year, we watched Dashboard Confessional kick off their shared tour with the All American Rejects. One of the songs Dashboard performed was Heart Beat Here, in which they said they would be recording video and audio of the audience for the video. I remember being moved by the melody and how simply it was being performed. And the moment was perfect. The audience were all a bit buzzed after a few concert beers, and a bit weepy after hearing Stolen and Screaming Infidelities. I was there and I felt it. A perfect moment. While that moment may never come again, I am happy to have…

This is the Ho Chi Minh Fine Arts Museum. It’s a beautiful old building that was built around 1929 (I think) and houses ancient art and decorative wear. We were lucky enough to be able to get there my last day in HCM and explore. It did make us sad though that the museum wasn’t maintained. It’s in 3 gorgeous buildings but they weren’t well lit, it was dusty, the lifts were not operating, and there was litter all around. While it did add an air of oldness, it wasn’t a good old and the antiques housed in them are bound to deteriorate faster. I guess it’s made me think…

I’ve been thinking about attachments. What makes people stick? What is it about them that allow for connections to stay connected? How do you decide which ones don’t fray? I read somewhere that it’s not about who you can live with, but it’s who you can’t live without. I guess that’s true. To a certain degree, we maintain relationships we can’t think about losing. Even if there isn’t much sense to stay attached. Even if sometimes the memories that come with them hurt. As we get older, the more people fall away as we have less and less time to flit from one thing to the other. Your life becomes…

There’s controversy in the term “self care” these days because it’s being used to cover a lot of sins. I am quite guilty of this when I try to justify the 5th pair of shoes I bought in a month, or a nice piece of jewelry. It’s a lot of stuff and a lot of times when I bring it home and realize I don’t have anyplace to wear them, buyer’s remorse takes over. That is not the case for when I get manicures, pedicures, full leg waxes, brow shaping and the like. There are few things that make me feel like an adult that’s got their life together more…

I think for the two moods of not wanting to get out of bed, and the other of getting ready for an amazing day, Florence and the Machine has songs for both. For today though we are here to listen to Shake it Out because of these lyrics: Cause I am done with my graceless heart So tonight I’m gonna cut it out and then restart ‘Cause I like to keep my issues strong It’s always darkest before the dawn Shake it out, shake it out Shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa It can be quite morbid if you think about it because they’re saying that they will…

Today marks four years since this handsome boy came into our lives. I know it seems sappy and weird to be this attached to a rabbit, but this one, he really is special. He has never tried to hurt or even retaliate any of his sisters. He likes to snuggle up when you’re lying down. He lets even people he’s just met pet and pick him up. He’s just got the best heart and I am very lucky to have had this four years with him. One year left until he’s a senior bunny and I am trying to enjoy every minute, even if I have seen some of his…