Letter To Kaysh

So one of my best friend’s names is Kaylee. She and Laura equally share the title "Best Friend". However this post is about Kaylee. Why? Because she is my hero. 



Kaylee has had her struggles just like everyone, but what sets her apart is her strength and wisdom when it comes to dealing with them. She is... Beautiful. Inside AND out. She is the perfect combo of brains, attitude, kindness, and fun. I look up to her so much. 



I spend the night often at the Hulsey girl's homes and am always humbled by watching Kaylee, to see the quiet acts of just... obedience she shows. For example, while I am in the room with her, whittling my life away on Facebook, I look over and she is usually doing one of two things... Working on her homework, OR studying and marking up her scriptures. She does it because it makes her happy. I wish I was more like her. I wish I, first of all had the attention span for homework, and the desire she has to be good, to be obedient. Last night was just one of many nights where I have looked at that girl and just loved who she is, and wished I were more like her. 


 Sometimes I get upset because she really deserves the best, and sometimes she doesn’t get the best. It makes me sad. But what amazes me, is she doesn't use things not working out as a way to rationalize making bad decisions. She is so full of faith. Rather than being angry when things don't work out Kaylee's mind set is, "If I just keep doing what is right, things WILL eventually work out." My mind set is usually, "Um what the heck. Forget this I give up." I have decided if I become more like Kaylee, I'll probably get farther in life. 

I have had countless fun, and I mean FUN memories with Kaylee. One was when we decided we would be cool and make our own "Panda Express" at her home. It really tasted like panda!!!!! We felt so cool that night. Another set of memories I have with Kay is when we would go on drives together in her big white truck and just JAM!!! 
Taylor swift to Black Eyed Peas. We would jam until we would start to talk, and then our conversations would get really deep. Those were the moments where I was given the opportunity to learn from Kaylee. She is so smart. And my testimony has grown because of her. She has been there for me always. She is one of a kind. 
We also have had many fun picture nights where we take fun pics with each other!!! Those were the nights we shared SOOOO many laughs!!! 
This is one of those nights.... haha
:)
LOVE LOVE LOVE HER!!!




 And on top of all her shining personality is the girl's shining face. She is beautiful! GORGEOUS!


And to any boys who have ever been mean to her... Um I really wanna punch you. Because HOW? How can ANYONE ever hurt someone so good? So perfect? Um only losers. You know who you are.

I LOVE Kaylee she is my example. She is my BEST FRIEND :)
Love, Chicken Cracker.  

My Bucket List :)

I have decided rather than continuing to look back at my past, it's time to plan for my future more fully. I have spent way too much time dwelling on an ugly past that I forgot to realize I can make such a beautiful future. Therefore, I have created my little bucket list. :) Anyone who can help me accomplish anything on it, I need all the help I can get!

*Attend a major sporting event, such as the Olympics, a super bowl, something like that. Why is this important to me? Well, it’s not. I feel like I need to embrace the sporting world and find the magic that the other 3 billion people in the world find in it.
*Swim with a dolphin. Why? Because dolphins were my favorite animal for the longest time. And it would be freaking sweet. Not to mention it would make a cool Facebook profile pic :) Haha
*Be an extra in a film. That would be so fun.
*Meet a prophet. Always wanted to. Tried once with my mom... didn't happen.
*Go ice skating. Never done it :/
*Make a pie- WITHOUT burning it.
*Attend an art show.
* Write a list of all my happy memories that I can remember-maybe my blog will help me accomplish this.
* Write a book. A biography on someone else.
*Write a song. With music. Ugh. That one is going to be hard.
*Kiss Taylor Lautner. Please?
*Design my own wedding dress.
*Go to a concert. Again- never have.
*Put my foot in every Ocean.
*Invent... something Haha
 *Ride a camel.
* Take a picture kissing a frog with a crown on my head :)
*Get married
* Send a message in a bottle into the ocean.
 *Be the member of a T.V. audience
*Sing in front of hundreds of people
*Raft the Grand Canyon.
 *Create a birth mother scholarship. A GOOD ONE.
*Try REAL golf. : /
*Run a marathon.
*Create a Young Women Empowerment Group. This one is so naive girls such as how I once was will be more informed about the things that can happen in relationships. That way they can better choose the kinds of relationships they choose to get into or not get into.
* tag something in public :/ Without it being illegal... is that possible?
*Own a pair of 500 dollar heels.
*Be completely blonde. Yikes.... :0
*Take a picture with a hot boy by the Eiffel Tower :) SO excited for this one!!!!!
*Go to Sea World
*Go to Disneyland 5 more times. Or Disneyworld. Whichever.
*Go on a cruise
* Learn how to play "a thousand miles" by Vanessa Carlton
*See the norhtern lights in person

Now I may or may not get to do all these things... But if I even get to do like half, I'll consider my life totally exciting :)

Letter To Justin Timberlake

Dear Justin...
I really think you made N*sync totally rock. And I love your curls. And Tearin Up My Heart is and forever will be my favorite song. I really, REALLY like it. I will put it on my blog as theme music until my next post. Thank you for making the best song- ever.
Sincerely,
Hannah ;)

Goals For 2011

1. Make my list of goals. -This is one is so I already do something on my list., like a boost of encouragement, because after I finish this list, my list is done! :) Therefore, crossing off the first thing on my list. :)
2. CAR!!!! And Begin School at Paul Mitchell by March.
3. Job :/
4. Increase my vocabulary by learning one new word a month. January's word is... Imbue. This means to endow.
5. Run every night.
6. Stop drinking Mountain Dew.
7. Work on my talents at least one a week.
8. Blog once a week.
9. MOVE OUT!!!!!!!
10. Pay off that stupid ticket.
11. Make it to church every week. For all 3 hours.... (haha this starts as of now.)
12. Learn how to cook without burning stuff.
13. Budget my money. :/ hard.
14. Maybe I'll add more later. This is enough for now. :)
Lata

She Rox My Socks.

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.
-Arnold H. Glasow

I love roxanne.
She never wanted anything but what was best for me.
She was...a True friend.

How I Feel About My Parents: A Public, Official, Statement.

My parents are brave. SO so brave.
I think the only thing comparable to having a nightmare is watching someone else go through one. There is only so much that one can do to save someone who is falling of a cliff. If the person falling doesn't make enough effort to help themselves, it's unlikely they will make it back up, even with the help of others. And those who help have to be careful so that they aren't pulled over as well.
That's what I think of when it comes to my parents. I was falling off a cliff and they were trying to save me. Those two resorted to every solution they thought possible. To not give them credit for that is heartless. I think there were times I tried my best to get back up from falling, but maybe those were the times my parents needed to take a rest from pulling me up. The timing between efforts just never seemed to work out. 
But I know they tried. I know my parents LOVE me. More than I will ever, ever know. They are brave for sticking around as long as they have. They are amazing. And I LOVE THEM.
After my pregnancy became public news, I heard there were people who really treated my parents badly about it. I cannot explain how much that hurt. My choice that led to becoming pregnant was MY CHOICE. From the very beginning. It was not fair that my parents were blamed.
There of course have been things I didn't like. Ways of parenting that I would do differently. BUT... who cares. People are always going to have different ideas and views. It does not make anyone’s more correct than any others.
My mother is a strong, amazing woman. I cannot convey he amount of times that her inspiring words have helped me to make a good choice, when I otherwise would not have.
My Dad is a hard worker. He keeps the memories in my mind of childhood colorful because of his goofy ways.
They are amazing people. And I just want everyone to know this is what I think of them.
I love you Mom and Dad. FOREVER.

Explaining My Poem

I used a lot of metaphors and imagery in my writing so readers could visualize the feelings I was experiencing, and the things I was remembering at the time I wrote.
For instance when I talk about the self inflicted wounds that is describing a time in my life when I would self sabotage because I didn't know how else to release the pain I was feeling. Since that time I have developed coping skills that have kept me from dealing with pain in that way.
When I talk about my need to adjust and becoming callused I'm referring to times that I no longer could be afraid of life. It's almost like knowing you are about to walk through fire, your are scared...but you have to do it anyway, because if you don't you will never get to the other side of the room. You become hard after experiences like that.
Losing my innocence refers to me no longer being naive. I came to a point in my life where I could not afford to be trusting for my own good. In order to protect myself from things I felt others in my life should have protected me from all along. People who had promised they would do so, but obviously did not follow through with that promise.
The next part describes my relationship with an ex boyfriend who I became pregnant by. I liken it to a fairytale because that's what our relationship was to me at the time. I go on to explain how I feel the romance caused my relationships with my family to slip. Sometimes it still feels like its slipping.
Later in the poem I describe the adoption of my son and my feelings with that. However, I don't like to elaborate on that.
When I talk about the rugs I am trying to explain that my messy life seems to overlap onto others. And that’s not fun for me, OR my family.
So I would run away. And this is a literal reference. I moved to Utah and ended up on the streets for a while. I could not handle being in the world I was in back in AZ. Life on the streets, being homeless...Is beyond scary. It's such a hard life style to live. I talked about trying to find love even in situations like that.
Then I describe my anger towards religion. (Which by the way did not last long, eventually I realized it was my faith that was keeping me going.)
Then I question if everything is my fault. Or Others...Or both.
I talk about later as being a "toy" towards others. This is referring to men who have used me.
Then I get into some spiritual thoughts. About faith that I can be saved through Christ.
I talk about my angels, people in my life who have made it so I could go on even when times were way hard.
Among them are my parents, my closest friends, church leaders, and my son and his family.
Later I go on to wonder if I my brain am just messed up from everything I have experienced. Or I wonder if the clutter is a result of an unstable life.
The rest of the lines were about my thoughts... and how at times they can be overwhelming, and they race.
The last line is to clarify thought that I know there is hope for me. There is hope for me; there is hope for those who have it harder than me. There is ALWAYS hope for everyone.

Welcome To Post Number One! :)

Post number one... It has to be epic right? I mean it's the first post on my blog. Ever! There will never be another first. So I have decided to post a poem I wrote last night. Iwas triggered to write it when I found out a guy I had been dating was married. Yeah. Like...really? It started as a rant of pain and slowly turned into a puddle of all my thoughts. Please note this is how I think when I'm upset... So it's suppsoed to be sad. It does get into some pretty personal stuff, but I'm not ashamed. I'm not ashamed of my life.

It's Not O.K.
By Hannah Marie
It’s not ok.
This…
This is what people would need to know
To understand my pain.
Pain. Pain that caused…
Insanity- that kept me from moving on.
My life, my ordeals, my joys that were also pains,
My heartache,
My despair,
My Sadness. Overwhelming… a constant penetration at my soul.
Your heartache-
 YOUR despair that cut me, stung me, and made me hurt more.
Creating a whirlwind of ugly.
My once so picturesque life now splattered…
With the blood of self inflicted wounds
Running, dripping 'round my wrist
A permanent reminder of
Anguish. Now there are scars, piercing the once porcelain delicate skin.
Loss of hope… Complete fear engulfed me.
Fear that was overcome by a NEED to adjust. It callused over.
Making me hard.
Mean.
Losing innocence so I could protect myself from things others,
 Others should…
Should have protected me from.
Promised they would protect me from.
Next, A romance no one understood.
Beating me up from the inside out
Like an eerie storm corrupting and destroying everything!
EVERYTHING!
Everything in my path,
The things I held most dear-
I clasped my hands around them trying to keep them from falling
But they slipped.
And I always watched them slip…
Continually even to this day I watch them slip!
They torpedo down to an end that only the blind can see
It is a never ending nightmare.
A nightmare created  by a fairytale  that I thought-
THOUGHT I had.
A fairytale that took a wicked twist…
A sick, wrong… tormenting twist.
Where drugs… and ego were the knight in shining armor’s only desire.
Not his damsel in distress.
Who waited.
WAITED!
Day after day after day in dragging agony. In distress.
Distress.
She waited for him.
Everyone told her to stop but she had faith in him.
She built a life with her thoughts…
Her home was a castle… adorned with the peace she could never find.
Her prince and her would be there in the castle forever.
She became enchanted… hypnotized, and obsessed by the impossible.
She waited for her dream to come true. Her impossible dream.
 Waiting became fruitless.
 She conceived new ideas to fix her perfect…
But not so perfect
Intoxicating fantasy.
And upon impulsive acts…..
Acts that were forbidden but seemingly her only hope,
She created with him.
Together they created a child to whom he wanted nothing
NOTHING
But to use the child as a trophy.
Though he was NEVER a trophy in his mothers eyes.
Her eyes…
Those eyes that saw others in lights they could not themselves
LIGHT
She saw.
She saw in all.
Always giving too much compassion.
Too much LOVE
LOVE. She gave it and gave it.
But love was never enough.
Except to save the one thing left that she could value.
Her son.
I let him go.
And it hurt.
It hurts…
It is ever going.
It is not an event…but a process.
A process where a flawed daughter
Cannot make amends.
She cannot fix it.
She cannot patch others
AND THEIR HURT…
It’s agonizing to watch ur mistakes unraveling
Unraveling like a soiled rug all over everyones perfect little lives….
Leaving marks… traces, EVERYWHERE you go.
So she runs.
She runs to…
ANYWHERE?
Anywhere.
Because really it doesn’t matter does it?
She finds herself in a new world.
A world that does not allow fear.
All it will accept is lies.
LIES and wrong ideas.
Wrong choices to survive.
She will give her heart to anyone.
HER precious… heart.
Her body to anyone.
All she asked in return was to be loved?
Because doesn’t everyone need that?
She did it for love.
For the love she could so easily give but could never receive…
Where was grace?
Wasn’t she taught that it was enough?
That grace was sufficient to make up for those things she lacked…?
Her lessons of religion-
Of God…
Of a Savior.
She now felt anger towards.
She felt alone.
SO ALONE.
I am alone.
Fault.
Who was there to blame the fault on?
Was it her?
Was it her who took the dark and drenched her pretty canvas in black?
Or did she just let it happen?
Was she that weak? To simply let her picture be destroyed?
Pitiful and weak.
That’s what she had become it seemed.
Or was she strong?
Strong enough to face a life that was so ugly.
Distorted.
Broken.
Was she brave enough to continually pick up pieces that broke and try and make them fit again?
Pieces that crumbled.
Into dust.
Into nothing.
She was asked to do the almost impossible.
Could no one care for a girl who tried?
Who gave it her all?
Could no one love her again?
Now stained.
Stained with memories.
The kind that break down your hardest inner walls and bring you to tears.
The kind that pinch at every good thing left and discolor them.
That sqeeze away at endurance… until it runs dry.
And as she tries… she is mocked.
Beaten.
Hit by boulders that others roll her way
Trying to slow her down.
And those willing to take her off that road are those who want to use.
USE HER.
As pleasure for themselves.
A simple toy.
Do they not realize who she is?
What she is?
Somewhere…
In the farthest part of her mind she holds on to an idea.
And idea that reminds her of hope for her future…
It is a sparkle… no bigger in size than a grain of sand…
It’s a promise.
The promise that she IS ALWAYS the daughter of a king.
That someone is by her side… and then,
Carrying her when all her limbs have been battered.
Whispering in her ear if she continues he will heal her.
He will fix her imperfections.
He will replace the nightmare in her eyes with light
With fire.
A fire that can burn the lonely nights out of her mind.
A fire that can spark new plans in her field of nothing.
A fire that can boil in her blood…
REFINING IT
And that blood can run through her veins
And cleanse her and make her new.
That can kill the disease of despair.
His promise to be new… to be clean… lingers in her heart.
It wipes her mind… of her torment. Even if just for a moment.
It reminds her of her angels.
The ones who talked to her in the middle of the night when others wouldn’t listen.
The ones who though they had heard her story a million times chose to listen again.
The ones who looked at her with concern.
The ones who cheered her along the way.
The ones who cried WITH her.
The ones who opened their homes, asking nothing in return.
The ones who knew all the right words to say.
The ones who put their lives on hold to plan yet one more way to fix her.
To help her.
The ones who offered their love-
Those that offered their understanding.
The one who was here because of her, that she brought into this life...
THEY were her angels.
And her angels would look in at her through that single window.
That single window in the cell she was trapped in.
And they would give her hope.
HOPE.
They would be her only sunshine in a dreary, dark, cold universe.
She lived for them.
She cried for them.
She felt undeserving.
Unclean
Unfit for such love.
But she craved it.
Needed.
Needed it.
Begged and yearned for it.
But after everything was it still to be deserved?
It was one of millions of thoughts.
Thoughts that circulated her mind without ceasing.
Her mind.
Was it sick?
Or had it just been suffocated by layers and layers of debris?
Could she have control over nothing?
Had she gone too far?
Spiral.
Her thoughts began to twist into a storm again.
A monsoon of reflection
Where every drop is different
One is a new idea of how to fix an err
While another is revenge.
Another is tenderness
Another is ache.
There are uncountable drops.
Creating a puddle
With it’s ripples going on forever.
It’s like a parasite.
Eating her alive.
Will it ever end?
Will these thoughts of the past leave me alone?
Will this crazy… “life” if that’s what you can call it ever turn around?
It has to.
Because it’s not ok.
And most importantly...
Because there IS hope.
Hope.

My next entry will explain the poem :) Peace out.