Thanks For Everything

I am grateful for my past; the good, the bad, and the inbetween.
Every commendation, every insult, every moment of mediocrity,
All that has come to pass is culminated in who I am.
The sum total of a persons past leads them to the now;
That glorious moment, ever changing, ever constant,
As minuscule as a second, as infinite as forever.
The now perpetually flows into the past, is drawn from the future,
And is the eternal present.
All the love and hate and joy and sorrow that has come and gone
Shapes who we are in this nanosecond of the now
And without the now... there is nothing.

So be thankful for your history, every little bit of it.
No matter how you may despise it, no matter how blindingly brilliant it may be,
Regardless of the pain it may have caused, or continues to
Because without it, you would not be you, and you
Are awesome.

Vote for Jillian!

It's Red Head Round-up time! The Lincoln City Visitor and Convention Bureau is having a celebration of all things Red Head, and one of those things is a number of photo competitions. We entered our daughter, Jillian, into the "Curliest Red Hair" category. She has, hands down, the curliest hair of all the compeditors and needs your vote! The voting is done via Facebook, so if you have a Facebook account, here's what you do;

Sign into Facebook (duh) and go to http://www.facebook.com/LincolnCityOregon?sk=wall. "Like" their page and then go to their photos. Open the Red Head Round-Up 2011 Photo Contest album and click on Jillian's picture. It looks like this.

"I'm Jillian Hamilton, and I approve this message"

Then "Like" her picture to vote for her! The picture with the most "Likes" is the winner. That's it, your vote has been cast and the world is a better place for it. You gotta admit, that hair is pretty damn curly. And that's all natural, baby.So get out there and VOTE! Thanks!