A professional probably wouldn't post a personal blog.  They would probably stick to the demographics of whats going on with their music career...but to be honest...I'm not a professional....I'm not about turning people into dollar signs, I'm not into talking to people just so they will get in line and follow my music around, I'm not into being surface and setting myself above everyone else simply because we're musicians....That being said....I felt like I wanted to share with all of you something very personal that Ryan and I are going through right now.  I posted it on my personal myspace but wanted to share it with all of you....so...here goes.  First step at being real, exposing real emotion.

(p.s. perfessionals proof read, I don't....I'll work on it though.)

Truth be told....I have so much to say, but I want to be silent all at the same time, and just feast on my self pity.  I'm really tired of thinking I need to keep secrets.  Whats the point?  Why are families so afraid of the truth?  Or people knowing the truth?  The TRUTH is....they already know.  We as a people aren't very good at faking much even if we think we are.

So my mom got put in the hospital this week....For those of you who don't know...my moms been battling cancer for about the past 5 years.  I don't talk much about it because honestly I know my mom doesn't like it, and on top of that I truly believe with all my heart that God will heal her.  I also don't spend a lot of time thinking about it, because my  mom is really great at pretending its not even happening...

But this week....we got a big slap in the face to remind us that it is....Part of me wants to cry my eyes out, the other half of me wants to just stop and praise God for how great and merciful He is to us even in times like this....I want to feel sorry for myself, and then I want to tell myself to grow up.  I know most of you are thinking "its understandable" to be upset.....and it probably is....But where is faith?  Faith is believing in the unseen...its knowing that no matter how bad things may look that God is right there in the middle of it, working everything together for good...I believe God.

I listened to an old message my mom left on my answering machine yesterday, she was "rapping" happy birthday to me.  If you can imagine Mrs. Brady rapping happy birthday you would have my moms message. lol It made me laugh, she was herself.  Its been pretty hard not hearing "herself" this week.

bless Ryan...he's playing air guitar singing "no more tears" to try to get me to stop crying. haha

So whats the point of my blogging blubberings?  Well...simply this.  I am guessing that some of you are probably going through a similar situation....maybe no one close to you is sick but maybe theirs something else going on in your life that is hurting you.....If you ever feel like talking about it or venting....Email me.  I may or may not know you, but regardless sometimes its just nice to have someone there to listen without thinking anything about you.  Someone you don't have to put a strong face on for.  I'd love to smile all this off but I believe that sometimes its ok to say....Hey...I'm really not ok right now.  What would the world look like if we all took a second to REALLY HEAR how each other is doing?  Can you imagine the love we would experience...genuine connection...being real with one another.  We can always start today. :)

Well the time has come, and the road is calling us...it seems as if time has been in fast forward and that its too soon for us to go and that we have only just begun this journey we set out on only a little over two years ago... We came leaving a world behind that we thought was the perfect thing for us...we had it all. Yet we pulled up our roots and traveled across the country to a place we knew nothing about??? A place that was so far from Home that we just could not see this as the place for us...It started out that way, but then, Ohio to us, has become so much more...For me Ohio is the beginning of what great things are ahead and will be the foundation and support that we stand on...to me Ohio you are Home!!!  Yes I said it "Home" I look back and reflect on all the memories that we have experienced here and the wonderful joys we have had, and even the trails we have faced. The good, the bad we have made it through... Now to the good stuff...We came here alone just Megan and I. But now we leave here with friends that are now family. People that will have a place in our hearts forever and we will truly miss...So to are Friends this is for you... You all have changed our lives in so many ways from your smiles, to your passions in life, to your domino skills, to your talents, to your Love for Jono's to everything that we have all been through together and the joys of being friends...am I rambling???lol..

1st Jono's Family!!!!you know who you are...

Our vision for our time in Ohio came true when we met all of you. You all have become some of the most amazing people in our lives and we are so blessed to have been part of something so awesome...we look forward to seeing you all grow into people that are ready to live/change and become who you are meant to be. Just know you are loved and will always be our Family...   

2nd Jox-Train

Ok so in the short time that we have been here we managed to start a band...and play some shows...but without people to listen this does not work. The Jox-Train and all its riders we salute you. Thank you for your support and all the times we shared together. Thank you for riding the roller coaster and for throwing out some "coin" to help us live our dream.... we pray that all of you ...meaning anyone that has ever come to a show or supported us some how..Are blessed. Because you have blessed us so much and far beyond what you could imagine...from our hearts we are truly grateful!!!! 

3rd Adult Friends!!!!

Yes the title sounds weird but when the majority of the people you hang with are under the age of 19 sometimes you need some adults around...(kids we still love you!!!!lol) So from coffee to going out to eat, hanging at our place or your place playing music together or listening to music together. We are blessed to have a great group of friends our age that we could share this time together you all have meant so much to us... The times we have shared together have been the best times of my life so thank you...we love you all so much...

4th The Whole Crew....

Well Ohio its time to say goodbye...you have meant more to me than you know. From Newark to Columbus to Cincinnati to Bluffton to this state that has an extreme zeal for a college football team "go Bucks" and has some insane bumper stickers. oh and fried mac&cheese...but to a place that has the greatest friends anyone could have asked for, to a place that we will never forget and will always be in our prayers... to a journey that is not over...Ohio you will be missed!!!!

We love you all so very much and pray that God blesses each one of you....

Ryan & Megan  

This weekend was a 'epic' weekend for the Jox. 

                                     One that truly defined the reality of which they live. 

                A taste of something finer.....

                       I mixed it, I rolled it, I flattened it and chilled it.

              Ryan read the ingredients as I flared my arms in anticipation...

                            I baked it. I cooled it...we ATE it. :)

            Saturday, any grandma would have been proud to know the Jox.

                     I made my first (vegan) Apple Pie from SCRATCH, crust and all!  Do you know what this means?  I mean really?  This pretty much means that I might be able to just jump over becoming a mom and move right to becoming a grandma. hahahah  Or it could mean that one day you'll be seeing me on a cooking show in the morning, and then at a concert at night!  That would be pretty silly. :)

So if your looking for something new...something so liberating and remarkable...Bake something :)  The Jox are doing it. HA! :)

And for my final segment....A listers. 

Today as I was sweating away on the treadmill I was attempting to distract my thoughts of just how tired and hot I was to something more mind occupying.  So of course I picked up the nearest People magazine. 

           Don't judge..people! ha.  I think you would do the same thing if you were as desperate as I was. 

Anyway, in there it was talking about this Award show they have on Bravo, called the A-List Awards.  I'm not quite sure why but all of a sudden I got really sad.  I started thinking about all of you and just how special each one of you are.  I know it sounds cheesy and like a line but its not!  :)  We may  not know you personally yet, but like I've stated before...I've read your profile, hopefully I've gotten to talk to you...and truly, you are all so amazing.  Seeing that their are Awards for "A-Listers" just upsets me.  It says..."well I'm sorry your not a A-lister, we don't even know you?!"  Basically famous people patting each other on the back one more time and setting themselves above the rest of us.  I don't think all of them feel this way but I think it says so much about our society.  If your not "somebody" then your "nobody". 

Ryan and I will never be "A listers" 

 We will never consider ourselves better than anybody else, because truthfully we are just as broken as everyone else. 

So consider yourselves OUR A-LISTERS :)  Because you really are :)

xox

Megan

So as Ryan and I have been traveling about for the past couple of weeks, I've been having this tremendous feeling that we must not lose site of our ulitmate passion, to inspire change in the way humanity functions in this present day.

I have been scratching my head for the past couple of days wondering how we could do just that....  So today, I would just like to encourage everyone who reads this to Live Change....  No matter what you do, do something to change the world around you for the better.  Smile at someone, clean out your closet and take it to good will (or, buy new cloths to take...that is a amazing thing ), just take time to REALLY listen to someone even its a random stranger, OR when you go to starbucks for the Venti Java chip frappaccino with extra whip lathered in Caramel and chocolate drizzle, give the barista a extra 5 and tell them you want to get the next persons drink....They'll look at you strange but I promise you someone will be smiling :) 

These are just small things, that can be the beginning of big things. :)  Lets do this together. :)   And then hit us up with a email or a comment and let us know what you did today, not as bragging but to maybe influence others to get on board. 

Big things are coming. :)  And we're excited. :)

p.s. enjoy that frappaccino ;) hehe

Hey Friends

First blog.

Lots of pressure. lol

Normally I would love to serve ya'll up something funny, a little playful, with a hit of motivation of some sort...but seeing as this is the first..pretty much the

EVERYTHING.

As myspace impressions go, I'm going to serve it up

REAL.

Let ya'll

(please excuse the ya'lls, its the texan still lingering in me lol)

hear our hearts right from the start, what makes us your friends and not just a band you listen to.

1. We have NO DESIRE. (keep reading)

No desire to treat you like a number on our myspace list, we will do our best to talk with as many of you as possible, PERSONALLY.  No body will ever answer our emails for us, and that is a PROMISE.  Now or ever.

If we add you, we've read your profile. 

 And you'll hear from us. 

We have NO DESIRE (part 2)

To treat you like a customer.  Nothing we say or do is just to get you to buy something of ours, we're talking to you because we genuinly care.  Sounds like a line huh?  Well its really not.  We take our position as entertainers to the highest level of importance, honestly...We love playing and writing music, but we love meeting and hearing from all of you more! If you buy something great!

 but we know who provides for us...and we'd just like to be a part of you life.

2.  We want Change.

To play music is great, to be on the radio is fun, to do interviews, travel and live out of your car is priceless.  But if we do all of this, and accomplish great things in the music industry it will be

POINTLESS

If we ourselves are not remembering our purpose,

getting our hands dirty,

Doing our best to change the darkness that surrounds this present day.

And encourage others to stand beside us in our pursuit.

Then we will have failed....

LOVE is the MOVEMENT,

not a fashion statement for us.

Well there you have it, your first Jox blog. lol I promise we're a lot more light hearted, you'll see...we like to laugh...

 we will live with purpose...