Introduction

Hello all!

My name is Samantha and I am from Philadelphia. I am 25 live with my boyfriend and our puppy Floyd.

I have decided to write this blog because it will be a good way to channel both negative and positive energy that I have day to day. There are many goals that I want to accomplish, and I feel like getting it out here for all to see will be  great way to MAKE me do the things that I want to accomplish. I want to feel happiness and joy each and every day. I want to do things that fill me with excitement. I want to share these things with all of you.

I got the name for my blog from my father. When we were young, he called my sister "Kelly Cornbread," my brother, "Johnny No Butt," and me, "Samantha Red Pants." I have no idea where he came up with these names. I just had a recent trip to Florida visiting my brother and he reminded me of this nickname that I had completely and regretfully forgot about.

My dad passed away when I was 15 due to an accidental drug overdose. It was and still is hard when I think or talk about it. It was the ten year anniversary of his death this passed summer, and my best friend celebrated in the best way possible; we went to Sea Isle City, NJ where we spent summer vacation every year. We went to the beach, had dinner by the bay, and watched the sunset at the inlet. Stacy suggested I buy flowers to put in the water which was perfect. A few years earlier, my brother and mother went to the inlet to spread his ashes, so it was a really great gesture. I think it is kind of poetic, his ashes are where the bay meets the ocean.

xo,
Samantha Jole