Me. Well sort of.

I know. It seems like everyone and their mother has a blog these days. So who am I to assume that what I have to say is important enough to garner an audience. Maybe no one will read this, and you know, oddly I'm okay with that. Come what may, I will diligently place my dear and precious thoughts and leave it up to you, oh wanderer of the internet, whether or not you deem them important or interesting enough to warrant a read through.

Well then, perhaps I should introduce myself. My name is not actually Lionne, it's Devon, but I prefer Dev. Lionne is my nickname from a very dear friend/confidant/roommate of mine and it sort of stuck. Actually, she has a blog and you should all read it, because she's brilliant. She will deny it until she's blue in the face, but it's true, don't let her tell you otherwise. Check it out:

 http://heavnlyflower.blogspot.com/

Oh dear, I've been sidetracked...this happens frequently. If it bothers you, you should leave this page right now and never return, because I'm giving you fair warning, it happens often. I can't even count how many times I've left someone hanging in the middle of a story because a newer, more interesting thought just occured to me.

How do I explain who I am? The English language contains no such word that singularly can summarize a person. Simply put I am a human being, and human beings are alive. But that doesn't quite cover it now does it? There are so many things that are alive...plants, trees, animals, just alive doesn't even begin to explain the complexity of a human being. I am a Christian, an Auntie, a nanny, a friend, a dancer, a scholar, a writer, an artist, a daughter, a model, a sister, a Godmother. I am creative, intelligent, kind, hopefully humble, sometimes a little selfish, fearful, excited, happy, sad, loved. I am always laughing, singing, pretending, loving, doing, moving, pretending I'm not crying, joking, unintentionally flirting, intentionally flirting, talking, shouting...I could go on for days. Human beings are so much, and can do so much that no single word can ever describe any human being past, present or future. At any given time every single person on this planet is most of if not all those things I listed. So how then, can we be so STUPID as to EVER label another human being as one word?! How can we label people and file them into categories. No one word ever defines a human being. Human beings are complex and beautiful and brilliant. ALL OF THEM.

Labels. They are stupid. Stop using them.

See what I did there? I started telling you about myself and got sidetracked...oh boy

Perhaps it's better if I just let you get to know me little by little through this blog. K? Okay.