Remember Me?

Well I hi there! I remember you! That was me all of almost 6 years ago. Not too terribly long ago I know but to be it feels like two lifetimes have passed since this picture was taken. I had only been in Grand Rapids Michigan for a few months and I was certainly high on the future that I was creating for myself. Twenty five, excited, terrified, and definitely loving my new Jlo inspired hair! Oh, and loving my new radio life. Lol well this is me now…..

Loving my weave and loving the fire in my spirit that I feel when I’m on a stage. Now before I continue let me first explain that for some reason I can’t sleep tonight and I am a little bit tipsy. These sort of posts always make for either a good laugh or a great moment of revelation for me later in life so bare with me. When you compare these two photos you would think from the outside looking in that not a whole lot has changed accept for the hair color. But sitting in this chair typing away in this moment I realize oh so much has. I am a full blown woman now. About to create my own family. Ooooowf! Heegie Beegies anyone? Its so strange how pivotal life can be at any single moment, second, year, day or week. I mean shit…. the very day I met the love of my life I had sincerely given up on men! Not not in the typical jaded man-hating type of way that we women tend to do when we are going through a break-up but really just OVER it. I mean I had ALWAYS…even to a fault believed in love and being with someone. Even if it was the wrong someone. And on this particular night… I was not the me I knew at all. I was determined to  prove to myself that I could be sexy, sassy and on my own and nothing else mattered. Now to anyone that has known me since even before the days of that JLO haired R!LEY you see above, that is most definitely not within my norm.  But BAM! GOD kicked in that wicked sense of humor he has and gave me the most unexpected gift of my life. If you read my randoms here often you know I just went to LA for the AI finale which to date was the biggest professional accomplishment of my life. The reason I bring that up in coincidence with meeting my fiance is because of how much I now know that a mere five minutes or five years can truly change a lifetime. You see, before I went to LA I was happy in my personal life but maybe not as fulfilled professionally. I was sort of…Well no, let’s be honest I was truly in a rut. But after having gone there and doing what I do best with pride, I was renewed in ways I never thought I could be. What I mean by that is I was happy to have the experience but still oh so happy to come back to the life that I know now.

I was happy to come home this this sexy nerd (inside joke)… my puppy, and our home. I bet your thinking as you read this…”What the hell kind of mystical moonshine has R!ley been drinking to give us this kind of post?” No moonshine involved I promise you but I guess I just like to document  my happy times in type. Because this way when I feel like shit… I can read back to times of hope and realize that life is short and I should stop being an ass and realize the blessings I have. Sorry to be so blunt but liquid courage sometimes does that to ya 🙂

~ Hugs and Smiles ~ R!LEY COUTURE