A New Year

The ball, dropped in Time Square in New York City, is suspended there to remind us before we pop the champagne, or sparkling cider and celebrate the new year, to stop and reflect on the year that has gone by. To remember both our triumphs and our missteps, our promises made and broken. The times we opened ourselves up to great adventures or closed ourselves down for fear of getting hurt cause that is what New Years is all about- getting another chance. A chance to forgive, to do better, to do more, to give more, to love more. And stop worrying about what if and start embracing what would be. So when that ball drops at midnight, let's remember to be nice to each other, kind to each other. And not just this one night, but all year long.

I think that this just about sums it up. We are about to enter a new year. The year of 2012. It's a new start. We have had a whole year to do some amazing things. This past year has been one of my biggest. I graduated from high school, went off to college, got a job, lived on my own. This past year for me was a year of first and a year of last. THIS, has been a big year. But your year and your life is only as big as you make it. As we enter into this new year, try and make this one bigger then the last. Make it a year that you will never forget. Don't focus and obsess so much on the little things, yet enjoy them while you can. Make resolutions that you can keep, and actually do them. Live a life full of love and happiness, with the people more important to you by your side. Let this year surprise you.

Happy New Years everyone! May this be a year that you never forget. ♥

So This is Love

I grew up living off of Disney movies. My mom worked in the local Disney store in our mall, and I was that little girl who was sitting in the huge arrangement of stuffed animals watching the movies they played on the the big screen TV. Put any Disney movie in, and I can pretty much recite every word, every line, every song and every sound throughout the whole entire movie. I am a Disney kid.
Growing up with those movies, I grew up wanting to be a princess, specifically Snow White. I even had a Snow White doll that I carried around with me everywhere and at one point in my childhood I would never put her down or go anywhere without her. Snow White just had something special and unique about her. She was beautiful, had all the friends she could ever ask for like the dwarfs and all the animals, she had that love at first sight thing going for her, and minus the evil step-mother, she had the perfect life that any little 4 year old would want.

Every princess has her prince. Snow White had Prince Ferdinand, Cinderella had Prince Charming, Aurora had Phillip, Ariel had Eric, Belle had Adam, Jasmine had Aladdin, Pocahontas had John....and well you get the picture. I looked at the Disney princesses as a little girl, and imagined the moment when my Ferdinand would come riding in on his white horse, my Charming would search high and low for me, my Phillip would slay my dragons for me, my Eric would make me want more in life, my Adam would show me how to love the unexpected, my Aladdin would show me everything the world has to offer, and my John would never give up on me no matter what. I wanted that prince to come to my rescue more then anything as a little girl. I grew up waiting for that prince, hoping that he would come. But as I grew older, I began to realize that stuff like that doesn't happen in the world we live in. That guy you think is cute most likely won't be your Prince Charming, you won't fall in love at first sight and he won't be riding a white horse. I've had my heart broken and at times I've given up on that theory that I put together as a little girl.

On this day 20 years ago, my dad became my mom's prince for the rest of her life. My mom wore a pretty dress, looked like a princess, and they showed all their friends and family in front of God just how much they loved each other. She was Snow White and he was Ferdinand. When I look at them, the marriage that they've created and the love that they have for each other, I continue to have confidence in that theory that I've placed in the back of my head. I have faith in that prince that's out there for me somewhere, and I've realized that I just haven't met him yet. Too many people now days give up so easily, and I think that it's important to not give up on things like love. It's too special, rare and valuable to just throw away like a used napkin. So don't give up hope and stop searching, because you may just miss that person who is searching for you.

We've made it?

HOLY CRAP.

Have you looked at your calender lately? Did you notice that it now says December? DECEMBER?? Where did 2011 go? It feels like only yesterday that I was getting off work, and having all my friends come over for a party on New Years Eve, and now it's December 8th. I guess as you get older, time flies by a whole lot faster.

A lot has happened since the last time I wrote on here. I am officially on the list and making/collecting money for my trip to Guatemala over spring break. I'm so excited! Passport came in and everything. :) Thanksgiving has come and gone, giving me an amazing week to hangout with the family, visit people and reconnect with old friends. We just had a small, quite little Thanksgiving with just our family and my uncle. Besides watching the gazillion football games on TV, we spent most of the day watching the amazing movie, Lonesome Dove. (I now understand why all the boys at church love it)

And now, it's December and it's dead week and finals. Where does time go? I feel like I started school last week, but now I only have a week left. BAH. It's been stressful the past few weeks due to projects, papers and tests, but it will be all worth it when it's over.

Only 8 more days, 3 tests, and 1 portfolio until I can be home for a month, for Christmas, New Years, my birthday, to be with friends and family, and to just be home.