I love you *hore...

Well it's official, I, Em Demos, am an 'I love you' whore. I think I've always known that I was but yesterday and the past few weeks have reminded of this fact. I do, truly love my friends and family but I have discovered that I give out "love you's" like free clinics give out condoms. I don't mean to, it just sort of well...happens!

Taking some time to really think about it, I might have a couple hypothesis as to why I do this. Part of it is that I'm looking for love from others and by putting it out there first means I'm taking the first step and am hopeful that the other person will give it back to me. Also I think I use it as a saluation, much like hello and good bye. Why do I do this? It totally makes me into an "I love you whore."

If You Want to Be Happy, Be.

Happiness is such a strange thing. Sometimes it seems to simply float above you, nearly truly landing in your life but then other times it's as though it completely surrounds you, your life and everything and everyone in it.

Currently I'm trying to really, really focus on the happiness, good, and joy that is occurring in my life. This is no doubt difficult from time to time, but I'm trying to base my life on what is truly wonderful about my life! I have AMAZING parents- my mom is finally living a relatively stable life. I adore my extended family; my sister, brother-in-law, nephew and future niece or nephew on the way and all my aunts, uncles and cousins...and my friends. Who could ever replace my incredible, AWESOME friends?! I truly have some of the most beautiful and thoughtful friends on this earth. And last but not least- Tommy. We have gone through our ups and downs, but I am proud and happy to say, at the end of the day we go to sleep in each others arms. :-)

Something else that brings a small amount of joy and happiness to me in a very obscure way is postsecret. If you've been living in a cave for the last few years, postsecret is an ongoing community mail art project, created by Frank Warren, in which people mail their secrets anonymously on a homemade postcard. It is truly amazing to me how many people actually send in their secrets. On top of that the seriously, silliness, sadness, terror and joy that can be felt through these simple postcards, well it's almost surreal. I don't think I could ever be brave enough to mail in my own secrets, but it's pretty incredible how many you can find that share many of your own hopes, dreams, fears and worries.

So here are a few of my favorite quotes, photos and postsecrets...ENJOY!!

This is exactly what I was talking about...
This is my motto lately about when I begin to think I can't do what I want...

The last two are postsecrets that demonstrate the whismy and pain that they can express.

Hope that you all are enjoying your happiness!

Allowing Time to Slip Through My Fingers

So the initial reason I created this blog was to use it to express myself and I find that I haven't been doing that lately. So here I am...going back to square one and working on one of the things that I set out to do.

What have I been up to lately? Well...working two jobs, Magna Carta and Target. Attempting to have a social life. Making time for my ever important family (Geno is growing up so quickly and will have a baby brother or sister VERY soon!) Help welcome the newest member of the PHD family- Grady, my mom and pops new and absolutely adorable puppy.

But the main thing is that I'm attempting to focus on the incredibly positive in my life. I have a job...two in fact. An incredibly boyfriend who I adore, great family and friends who I love spending time with.

So I guess this is more of an update post.