presents.

just as an fyi, i had a great birthday with great friends and many blessings including:

multiple calls and texts
an entire blog post from an inspiring young woman ;)
sweet cards
beautiful notebook
(yes, miss livie, i have gotten a new one:) )
scrumptious cake...
(that had a mishap on it's way to my house, but was still beautiful)
dinner with the fam and friends
movies: despicable me (greatness)
bracelet
goldfingers and tie-dye party

so pretty much...

i am: blessed.

brilliance

"hey girl let's go down
wash our hands in the carolina tide
let's go down and die
and come back like babies
::
hey girl let's go down
wash our sins in the muddy brown wave
wash the world away
and come back again
::
all these scarlet stains
like the blood red clay
on the knees of our jeans
you can come out righteous if you want babe
you can come out clean
::
hey girl drive all night
down to the water
and live like were alive
let our sleeping die
and roll out of these graves
::
hey girl the water don't know
the shore don't care
who you were before
we're not them anymore
you know we're not the same
::
-john mark mcmillan

brilliant: distinguished; illustrious; strong and clear in tone; vivid; bright; splendid or magnificent

this guy's lyrics are brilliant.