Friday, August 30, 2013

I woke up today like someone had woken up from a coma; dazed and hit with reality like a sledgehammer to the face. It had been one of those nights where your mind keeps you up spinning with thoughts and the only thing to do to stop them was to just slowly breathe it away. I'm 21 and am so so so young...when I say I have experience with growing up I do, but I have so much more growing up to do and last night I felt like I had a taste of what some bitter nights might be like when I get older. I'm not on here to complain about how bad I have it please do not take it that way. I just want to let those who are reading this know that you are not alone if you've ever felt like I did! With these stressful emotions came a stressful dream. Yeah, I had the weirdest dream last night. In my dream I was driving on route 66 but it looked like the road I take home to go to Price and it was a full moon. The view was beautiful though-red rock shimmering in the moonlight that radiated the colors to turn blue and purple and the sky was dusk with some sunset eaten over by dazzling stars. While I was driving this car next to me pops my tires and starts attacking my car. I don't remember making a big deal out of it! I just pulled over to this mechanic store to fix it and so did the guy who caused the mess! It turns out the mechanic store was my grandma and grandpa's home in Rexburg, but just the living room. I remember feeling so confused, hungry and just overall, weird. I was in the kitchen when music started playing and the mother offered me food and threw it away. (?) But I won't ever forget that view I had of looking out at that magnificent canyon and embracing it's beauty. Be my guest if you will to interpret that dream! 

Sunday, August 18, 2013

blessed.

If you were to ask me three months ago that I'd be living in Provo I would've called you crazy. But who's the crazy one now? I've got my own kind of crazy going on but you know I'm loving every second of it. 

So let me just give you a nutshell of what's been going on in my world:



Massage therapy at Provo College (I'll get more into that...)
Finding work? Check! Nu Skin here I come!
Feeling my Savior's love & God's hand in thick and thin.
Letting myself be. Nuff said
Gym time
Dating, friendships, relationships, etc etc. So many stunning, diverse people and so many personalities!
Last but not least, the many blessings
I am unbelievably blessed to have a crazy yet beautiful life to love, embrace, and cherish. In one of my classes our teacher made us write out a list as part of our final. The list? 350 gratitude list. Say what? Out of the blue. Yep. Here are some things I put that were unique to me...
Tender Mercies
   My testimony
     Temples
  Healthy moving limbs
    Being born
     Agency
     Peanut butter
       Quinoa
  My childhood best friend Aubry
     The Lord’s patience
Fog
     The way my sister laughs
Dancing
Trampolines
Service
      Rexburg Idaho sunsets
      Having feelings
      Having the ability to read
Breakfast
 Awkward moments that turn into something funny
Swings
These are just the many things I'm grateful for. If you are feeling sad, down, stressed, just blue I highly recommend writing down a gratitude list. Each time I read and soak up this list I feel so empowered and enlightened by what my Heavenly Father has blessed me with. I have hope for the future and what I have to live for. So I challenge you to write down what it is that makes you happy/grateful for in your cray-cray life. You'll be surprised what you can do and the potential you have! 
Massage therapy school is terrific. This I know is true! My life has been greatly influenced by the power of massage! If you've never had a massage before please do your mind & body a favor
and get one! I started in June and already I have learned so much about the body, modalities of massage and the connection with stress. I love practicing and helping people through massage. Best choice ever!
Take the time to be with yourself and love who you are! Enjoy this time of summer...August goes by way too fast! 
I'm in love with this photo of my parents way back!...















Time to get the cam back out!