Catching Up

Wow! Here we are....5 years later! About time for another post haha

As the school year has ended and my life has slowed down a bit, I've had time to reflect on a lot of things. Now that I realize I haven't written since 2009, I look back over the last 5 years of my life and see how much I have grown and changed. Since my last post and a rough breakup; I moved back home to Pensacola from San Diego, away to Orlando, and back again. During that time, I have had two serious boyfriends and one of the most difficult heartbreaks since Chris died. I graduated college! (First person in my family!) And I have finally found a career that I love at a school that I adore. I have to say I have struggled, cried, looked to God, fought, screamed, acted a little crazy, made mistakes, broken hearts, talked people's ear off, and prayed my way to the person I am today. I lost myself more than once and had to find myself again. Each time, better than the person I lost previously. My mom always told me that you change every five years...looking over the last 28-29 years- I couldn't agree more. 

Over the last five years I have learned:

•  patience
• self confidence
•  the importance of family & friends
• hard work can get you anywhere you want to be
• trust God and His plans--even when it makes no sense at the time
• sometimes you have to let go and walk away
• you should never settle for anyone or anything; even if it means hurting someone's feelings (they will thank you later)
• honesty is very rare and it's a key component in every type of relationship- always strive to be honest
• you will never please EVERYONE, you don't live for them anyways...you live for God
• you WILL fail, but pick yourself back up and learn from your mistakes. Try again you will be surprised how differently things could turn out.
• laugh! even when you want to cry...
• take chances...a lot of times they are worth it
• people will lie to you; hurt you; cheat on you; use you; but it usually has nothing to do with you and everything to do with themselves
• always try be the bigger person: there aren't that many people who are willing to do that anymore
• Pray...you will be amazed at where it can get you
• find something that you love to do and make time to do it...life can be stressful and its important that we make time for ourselves

I could keep going, but who would want to read it? haha I'm proud of who I have become and the lessons I have learned from my hardships. I know all of them have made me a better person. 

Don't forget to laugh today! :)

~ Heather