"Without You" - David Guetta (ft. Usher)

This is a shout out to all my friends and family.  As my next big adventure approaches faster each day, I have come to realize that it is my family and friends that make up such a big part of who I am.  My family has helped shape into the person I am and my friends are there to keep me together when I feel like falling apart.  I couldn't soar without you.  You are there to lift me up so that I can reach my goals and make it through the tough times.  I owe you all so much and can't even begin to pay you back.  I truly would be lost without you.

"Kiss Me Slowly" - Parachute

Once again I find myself in a position where a song says it better than I ever could.  I closed my eyes, held my breath and jumped, and, just like Parachute, "I'm not sure what this is gonna be".  All I know is that for once I am ready to just see where it goes.  Ironically two days after I decided to move across the country I started falling.  There are times I miss him already and I think I'm crazy for leaving.  But, I also know that I this is a move I need to make.  It's going to be the most exciting 12 weeks of my life and the longest 12 weeks at the same times.  I don't even know if he'll want to stick around while I'm gone.  I hope he does.  We'll just have to wait and see.  So, "when the time comes, baby, don't run.  Just kiss me slowly."

"Someone Like You" - Adele

It's been a while, I know, but it is time for me to come clean and admit my latest addiction. I cannot get enough of this song.  I wake up to it almost everyday and listen to it all the time.  I owe Adele so much for bringing meaning back into music.  This song has made me cry, it has made me stronger, and it has filled me with hope.  Adele is just so good at putting the emotion into music.  The whole CD is really moving to me.  There is only one part of this song that I cannot relate with.  I can see myself running into my ex and asking him how he is and remembering the time we spent together.  When those memories come I can shrug them off with a "never mind" but I don't want to "find someone like you". I'm going to find someone who treats me right and doesn't make me cry.  Someone who is honest and genuine.  Someone who is funny and loves me for all my imperfections.  I'm going to find someone better than you.

"Call Your Girlfriend" - Robyn

In comparison to Jesse McCarntey's "I'm Leavin'", this song is a much gentler way of telling your significant other that you met somebody new, but that isn't why I like it.  She tells her man to tell his ex-girlfriend that "the only way her heart will mend is when she learns to love again." Robyn's right.  Whenever I've lost someone through a breakup, or even a death, there's an emptiness that most people refer to as heart ache.  As I have gone through these hard times, I have noticed my heart begins to feel whole again when I find something to fill the void.  I have to leave the pain in the past and move forward with my life.  It could be making a new friend, getting a pet, strengthening an existing relationship, or finding a new love. It's time to do a little mending. . . .

"Give A Little" - Hanson

Happy day! Hanson's back with words of wisdom! "Give a little heart and soul." I honestly feel like this applies to every relationship in life - friendships, familial relationships, relationships in the workplace, and, of course, romantic relationships.  When people give a little heart and soul, they are invested because they are giving a part of themselves. We should be personal with people, take off our masks and show our true colors.  People don't want to know who we can be like. They want to know who we are.  If you are holding back, "give a little heart and soul." If you feel like you are already doing so, might I suggest that you give a little more. Leave no doubt and let people get to know the real you.

"Take It All" - Adele

This morning I woke up feeling not like P. Diddy as Ke$ha does, but more like the "crumbling fool" Adele describes.  I was blaming myself for things that were not my fault.  I had done my best, but this morning my best wasn't enough.  I pointed the finger at the person in the mirror.  It was her fault that things didn't work out the way she had wanted or even expected.  I spent the morning trying to figure out what she had done to make herself unbeautiful, but that's a different song.  As a I was eating my breakfast, I listened to "Take It All".  Just like Adele, I had given it all I had.  He wanted to take the easy road out, so I let him take it, all of it, every last bit of me that I put into it, hoping that he wouldn't look back and see a "crumbling fool" behind him.

"Keep Your Head Up" - Andy Grammer

"Drop your worries. You're gonna turn out fine ... but you gotta keep your head up."  I think that too often we forget to look past the moment that we are in and see that life will go on.  Sure, life gets hard sometimes.  We all have bad days and times of trials, but there is always a reason to keep smiling and hold our heads up.  For me, the hardest part is dropping my worries.  I worry about way too much. I worry about where I am going with my life and the kind of person I will turn out to be.  I worry about school, my work right now and the career I want to have.  I worry about my family, my health, and, yes, I even worry about worrying.  The times that I am happiest are when I lay those worries aside and live every moment of life to its fullest.  I think it's all the stuff I let myself worry about that gets me down and make me feel discouraged.  So it's high time I dropped my worries, leave them there, and keep my head up.  Everything, including me, is going to turn out fine.