Inspiration

I was driving home today with my parents and Melissa. My parents brought up a story about a woman from Provo who was in a plane crash in 2008. She was burned on 80% of her body and was in a coma for 2 months! But she SURVIVED! She's a wife and a mother of four. And she wakes up each morning in pain but she gets up and leads an incredible life!

She was on a Oprah about a month ago. I looked it up on Oprah.com. And found this amazing video. Please, please watch it! It's so inspiring to me. Incredible. I want to be a person with that much determination, love, and faith. I've never met her, but she has inspired me to be a better person! I wish I could tell her that. I wish I could tell her how much her story touched me and how incredible she is! I'm sure people tell her that all time. But it really hit me. I'm inspired to enjoy EVERYTHING!! Even getting out of bed without a hassle! I really am so blessed. It's nice to be reminded of that.

I also found her blog. And I can't stop reading it. It is so inspiring I can hardly stand it! She makes me want to inspires others.

So thank you Stephanie! Thank you for sharing your story and for making me want to be a little better. To wake up tomorrow and do something good. To help someone. To make someone feel my love. To speak kinder. To walk taller. To share God's love with his children. Thank you!

You have inspired me.

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I miss these two boys. A lot.

I'd send a postcard to you, dear
'Cause I wish you were here

I'll find repose in new ways
Though I haven't slept in two days
'Cause cold nostalgia
Chills me to the bone

But drenched in vanilla twilight
I'll sit on the front porch all night
Waist-deep in thought because
When I think of you I don't feel so alone

I don't feel so alone, I don't feel so alone

I can't believe they will both be home SO soon! But I sure do miss them. And it seems in just the past few days I've been missing them more and more. I just miss them.

And Emily just left. And I miss her SO much already.

Do you ever just miss someone?

I miss people a lot. I kind of get really attached to people and it's really hard for me to let them go. So I end up missing people a lot. It's nice to know that I'll get to spend eternity not only with my family but also with all the friends that I make here. I'll get to see them again and play with them again! How wonderful!

Princess

I went to this tonight! And it was so fun. I loved it! It was a great time. :)

Nostalgic

Because of facebook I have been able to read and hear and see about my alma mater's band tour this past weekend. They went to California and I'm pretty sure competed in the same two competitions I competed in when we went there when I was junior.

As I looked at some of the pictures, read some of the statuses, and watched some of the videos, I realized how much I absolutely miss it. I really do. It's probably the only thing about high school that I miss. I miss practicing for 8 hours in the hot sun. I miss running Quail. I miss marching in blizzards. I miss DF yelling at us from the ladder. I miss the long bus rides. I miss the thrill of a "perfect" show. I miss memorizing my music. I miss doing stupid skits. I miss listening to Dr. Fullmer's wise words. I miss spending 40 hours in the band room making pep band folders. I miss being called Flut. I miss hearing "1st place Timpview High School". I miss making fun of ROTing. I miss ROTing. I miss call times and show times. I miss pep band. I miss band council. I miss the band room. I miss the music library. I miss the DM room. I miss eating lucky charm's in the DM room after tour. I miss DF's office at lunch time. I miss presidency romance. I miss playing in an awesome concert and then going to Wendy's after. I miss sitting on the front row and hearing DF's jokes. I miss giving him a hard time. I miss being a secretary with my favorite secretary. I even miss the curtain. But most of all I miss the amazing quantity and quality of friends I had in band. As cheesy as it sounds we were a family. And. I. Miss. It.

A couple of weeks ago, some girls in my ward and I were complaining about how much longer we have until we graduate. Another girl who is graduated said "Enjoy it. There are a lot of things I miss about being in school." I've really been thinking about what she said. I wished high school away. All through high school I couldn't wait to graduate and then my senior year came along and I was having the time of my life and I didn't want to graduate. I don't want to do the same thing with college. I've really been trying hard to really enjoy it. I was thinking about it the other day as I was walking across campus and I thought "I really am going to miss this campus!" And as think about more and more, I love learning and I love what I'm learning right now. I am so blessed. I get to study nursing at BYU!! I am so in love with my life right now!

I knew I would miss it. I never knew I would miss it this much though. I guess it just goes to show you that you have to love your life now. Live life to fullest. Enjoy what you have cause once it's gone you'll probably miss it.