the reason why...

do you ever wonder about the names of the blogs you read

?

well today is the day

that many of us will be answering that question for you

~~

when I first started this blog

~more doors~

represented all the moves that I had made

and

all the homes I had lived in

over the past 25 years

~~

it represented my past

and

lit a path for my future

and

it still does both of those things

perfectly

~~

but

then one day

I came across the quote

~be yourself...everyone else is taken~

and

I was like a teenager falling in love all over again

~~

I guess it was due to the fact that for years I had been trying to figure out who I was

based on what others thought of me

while

secretly wishing that I was more like anyone else besides myself

and

the fact

that I had dressed or acted like girls or women I knew

in hopes of winning the approval of others

and

liking myself better

~~

so as a reminder to myself

and

hopefully to many of you

~be yourself~

seemed to be the perfect way for me to start each and everyday

~~

and

it is

~~

especially on those days when you wake up questioning

who it is that's actually looking back at you in the mirror

while you wipe the sleep out of your eyes

again

and

you're still not convinced

that she's the person you want to spend the rest of the day with

~~

just remember she is

and

she's perfect just the way she is

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many of you asked about seeing the new blog banner

that I would be making for vicky

well

here it is

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