The fight...

Everday we fight something....whether it be a fight with a boyfriend /girlfriend, a friend, your parents, your teachers, your bank, your boss, your coworker. Those are all just petty fights, but none the less apart of our lives.

This month marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and many people out there today are fighting the fight of Breast Cancer, and other forms of cancer as well. This fight is all so real to me. My mother fought and survived skin cancer. But more recently I have seen a lot of people fighting for a lot of different reasons... So My question is this..... What are we fighting for? And is it worth fighting for?

Relationships can be tricky, you can fall in and out of love, and all the while still trying to catch a breathe and see what is real versus what is fictitious. But should relationships be that hard? Should you have to fight for that relationship to last? I mean seriously how many of us actually fight to keep friendships and relationships alive, or do we rely on the other person to call us, text us, email us, fight for us? Recently I have seen a lot of loved ones endure this fight....

My Aunt and Uncle who are both bravely fighting on a daily basis to conquer cancer, my aunt has pancreatic cancer and m uncle has cancer of the bladder. As I see them, and their struggle. I see so much, I see two people who have had a world of hurt in their lives, losing two of the children to tragic accidents. And now both being diagnosed with cancer. What can this mean for them? And on top of all of the sadness, and hurt and anger, I see love, I see two people who are willing to fight til the very end for their lives and for each other. That to me is true love...

I have a friend who is also in a world of hurt and pain, but not due to an illness but an unhappy marriage. How do you help your friend fight for her marriage? What if they just don't want to fight but instead give up? Should a marriage be that hard where you have to fight to keep the spark alive?

And then today...I was recently reminded how precious life and the gift of life can be. The miracle of having a child, and what a gift that child can be to your life and your families life no matter what the circumstances may be. Its amazing how many times I have seen a child save a family, save a woman, save a marriage. But today as I was told the sad news of a loved one passing a way, and what that person meant to so many. I was reminded of all of the dear loved ones in my life who have also passed away. When I think of them I smile, and sometimes laugh when remembering things about them. They will always be missed, but when I think of them, I don't see quitters in any of them, but all of them were fighters. They fought for their families, they fought for their marriages, they fought for their friends, country, wives, husbands, sisters and brothers. So when I think of the ones that can't be with us today, I can't help but think of how we should all try to be a little more like them each day and not want to so easily give up, and quit, but be a fighter. Whatever it may be in your life that you are struggling with, FIGHT! Don't give in, Don't give up, Don't fall down, it may be a long journey, and a hard path, but be a fighter, your life is worth fighting for, that friendship is worth fighting for, your marriage, your children, your job....its all worth fighting for!!!!

Fighter

Snuggies Sexy?

I was recently making yet another trip to one of my favorite stores 'HEB'. As I am rummaging through the store, like the hungry girl I was, I couldn't help but do a double take on what I saw standing on its own shelf in the middle of the aisle. No, it wasn't delicious cookies, or fresh baked bread. Nor was it food related at all. But low and behold my least favorite item......the dreadful, hideous SNUGGIE!

You see months ago, when I saw the infomercial I laughed 'oh how funny', people can't actually like this thing, just another infomercial. But then I got a frightening e-mail a month later of one of my beloved authors wearing one of these things. As a girl in the fashion world, I pride myself in helping the ones I love look stylish, trendy and cute, as well as dressing age appropriate and never falling for stupid fads that will fade with the times. So as you can imagine to see my favorite author in this, I was appalled! I wanted to call her and have a reality check with her, let her know that someone with her beauty and talent and cuteness should NEVER wear this, let alone take a photo of it.

But then the worst news of all, as I wa reviewing designers fashion shows for the season. I came across something that was terrifying. A SNUGGIE FASHION SHOW!..... yes I said it. Really, people its bad enough to have this thing on the market, and people actually buy it and look like an idiot, but to give it its own fashion show?!? What's next a 'sham wow' designer bottle? Its $19.99 and you want me to pay $999.99 for a designer snuggie!?! You have to got to be out of your mind.....

Take a look for yourself....

The snuggie fashion show

Now it is one thing to make this horrendous item , for people to buy and wear in their own home, when no one is around, an item that they hide and deny that they ever bought. It is another thing to think it is fashionable, create its own fashion show, and sexy? REALLY! you have got to be freakin' kidding me, and a snoggie?!? for a dog, I can barely get a collar on my dog never the less a blanket that attacks his whole head, body and legs?!?..... enough is enough.....snuggie out!!