it is quite wonderful

today i left my apartment at around 3pm and didn't get back until 8:30 or so. and what was i doing? just exploring orlando and being a photographer for the day. i started over by lake eola, which is in the downtown area, and ended up all the way on the other side in eustis, i think. to be honest, i'm not even sure where i was half the time. all i know is it was beautiful outside. it was so nice to...

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more about the 'we'

we { basically the whole population } are so worried about the "i," that we don't realize that what we do and say affects other people too. i am just as guilty of this as everyone else. it is a beautiful thing when someone is truly appreciative of the things we do. a lot of people just expect it, and we should just be willing to do things for others, but it is still nice to be appreciated. we...

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bradentucky

this place will always be home. it's crazy to think that i haven't actually lived here in 5 years. wow..that makes me feel wayyy older than i need to. i've made many memories here. so many good times, and so many bad times. i couldn't have asked for a better place to spend my childhood. i had such great friends and such wonderful role models! i truly wouldn't have had it any other way. bradenton...

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kindness matters

be happy. be kind. be loving. growing up means letting go. it's time to let go of hard feelings, bitterness, and selfishness. i know, it's hard. especially because doing most of those things means letting go of yourself. it means letting go of certain feelings that you have. it means putting other people's feelings before your own, at times. sometimes it feels like you just have to hold on to that grudge, or it just seems totally impossible to let go of something that hurt you. sometimes...

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i have some splainin' to do...

the past few weeks there has been a lot on my mind. i've been trying to get all my mission stuff together, spending time with my family, with my friends, and just trying to do my own thing. i kept praying and studying my scriptures, obviously, just trying to gain a deeper testimony and more knowledge for myself, and for when i go on my mission. and as i would pray, i would lose myself in my prayers and i would start praying for things that i wasn't even thinking about. like being a mom,...

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trust

sometimes, life can get the best of us. it is so hard. i feel like i just can't handle it or do it anymore. it's just so overwhelming. so much is going on, and it is difficult to even think. i don't know. all i know is that Heavenly Father will always be there for us. He is the one person who is always listening. it is hard to receive our answer, sometimes, but if we are able to listen closely, it is possible. we have to read our scriptures to get our answers. even when it feels like...

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oh, hey.

i've been so mia lately..there has just been so much going on. i feel like i've been so busy..yet, somehow, not busy at all. does that make sense? probably not. oh well. so first things first..sonny and i are officially over. we have been for over a month now. we talked everything out and came to a mutual agreement. we need to respect each other and he needs to focus on his mission, while i...

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