We Won’t Back Down

Singing some Tom Petty while driving down the road with Chick to Caribou to get our favorite energy drink, listening to our “Kick Stands Up” playlist for our road trip Saturday, May 1st, 2027 the one we are building.

Trying to decide if I should write a blog, or have one pulled from my Evergreen folder written from another time. Struggling with a particular blog, because it comes off too strong for the majority of the folk out there. Sitting with the thoughts rolling through my head about the current events going on in the world, my country and all outside of MY world.

Currently waiting in the waiting room for Chick while she gets her endoscopy done. Knowing my media team is chomping at the bit for me to get a blog in on time for once, but life has been chaotic these days. I mean, I can’t complain things are still moving forward. Heartaches are not as detrimental as they used to be. Everything is about alignment at this point in the juncture. Bow of the head, slap on the ass for good game, blowing kisses over your shoulder, stepping forward with a confidence and independence that never existed before.

Live, laugh, and love is where I am at. Shit happens. People talk shit. They try to get in between the bonds they cannot comprehend in the slightest, weaving words meant to instill doubt into the minds of the invested and involved. As if that could stop the forces we have created and yes, we.

It began with me, but it is now we.

This is just as much theirs as mine now.

We have become numb to these conversations from our close circles. No one understands what this actually takes and what we are willing to do to make this all happen. Gurus write about this in their self-help books, yet here we are. No matter how many times we have written about this (which only proves the support is not real from these folks, no matter how close), they still, after all this time, try to insert wedges of doubt.

Not ask for ways to assist.

Not say, “Hey, what can we do to help?”

Let alone the audacity coming from these mouths to say what they have to say when they aren’t willing to step up and in.

This is all okay…we are not the same.

We know what we want.

We know what we are riding for.

We know who we are.

We know why we are who we are.

We own our shit.

We talk our shit.

And we back our shit.

So, I guess the conclusion to this lil blog today is this:

While Chick and I are on the highway, battling our health with glee, living free, smelling the roses, soaking in the rays, and meeting endless amounts of amazing people along the way…

Know this:

As we prepare our music list to get us to that start line, we had every naysayer and every hater’s club in mind.

And we sang anyway.

Laughing.

And keeping on.

Much Love & Gratitude

Alice