Facebook Chat with Mom

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  13 minutes ago

  Samantha Lee Vetrano

  • i was just talking to calvin
  • and i was telling him i think a person's the only thing that could keep me in one place
  • and he was like...i think there should be another reason. i really liked that

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  12 minutes ago

  Annette Hebler Vetrano

  • Calvin is right
    
    
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  12 minutes ago

  Samantha Lee Vetrano

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  • yeah he is
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  12 minutes ago

  Annette Hebler Vetrano

  • but a person can help
  • or be part of the reason
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  11 minutes ago

  Samantha Lee Vetrano

  • yeah that's true too
  • it was weird i think those guys honestly and genuinely like us. but you know what? i don't think they wanted to. i think they want to just do their solo thing now
  • it's weird they're not 22. and i can't imagine not wanting to fall in love
  • i guess you grow out of that innocence. or maybe it's a chick thing
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  9 minutes ago

  Annette Hebler Vetrano

  • a little of both i think
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  8 minutes ago

  Samantha Lee Vetrano

  • i think so too
  • that's weird. seems like one of the adventures of life
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  7 minutes ago

  Annette Hebler Vetrano

  • again...balance
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  3 minutes ago

  Annette Hebler Vetrano

  • you know...i learned something this summer.
    love is weird.
    we have a preordained idea of what it should be any thats what gets us in trouble.
    try not to put it in a box...it takes many forms and many levels
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  3 minutes ago

  Samantha Lee Vetrano

  • i think that's really good advice
  • kind of like that heartbreak thing. it's easy to look back and be pissed because he couldn't do it "right" but it was still love. 
  • it's just the best people can do. a reflection of themselves

Banana Cake

Fiji has been so much of books and yoga and curry. (And banana cake.) Remember that book, Eat, Pray, Love? Well this was Yoga, Love, EAT. I don't even know how else to describe our time here and I don't think I'll be able to until we're gone. Retrospect is 20/20? It's 4:30 am on a Monday and we leave in about 29 hours. I can't say I'm sorry because Australia is screaming in my ears. I remember sitting on my bed in Manhattan with my sister deciding we should take a two month detour on our way to Sydney and now I can't believe it's coming to an end. But look at what we found out; we discovered things we loved in every stop, from fruit trees to families, to boys and beaches. And now Oahu lingers in our mind and we made a plan to get back there for the winter. But we'll see, it's funny waking up with a new plan every day. It's that search for stability and security that never ends up providing much of either besides temporary relief from your own brain. I'm trying to find some comfort in the chaos. Leave tomorrow up to tomorrow.

What if I Never Met You?

What if I never met you? I don't know because it would have been so easy if that girl never stopped and gave me directions. The chain reaction began. With all the endless possibilities of "how it could go" and a single move or smile can change the course of action forever. And isn't that how everything is? Those single moments, each one that changes your whole fate. And I try to remember that when I'm tired and talking to new people. That this moment could sculpt out my whole future for better and for worse and it gives me patience. Because some of those little moments will bring me to mountains and cliffs and heartbreak while some will bring me right to you. 

Tao Te Ching

Galactic Yin Yang.

9
Fill your bowl to the brim
and it will spill.
Keep sharpening your knife
and it will blunt.
Chase after money and security
and your heart will never unclench.
Care about people's approval
and you will be their prisoner.

Do your work, then step back.
The only path to serenity.

Tao Te Ching