it's a wonderful life.

sometimes,

things don't go as planned.

but i've realized that my "plan" isn't

THE

plan.

sometimes the things i don't plan on happening

are the greatest blessings in disguise.

when i moved up to logan,

i thought i had everything planned out the way it was going to go.

i never thought my mom would get cancer.

that was never a part of
the
my
 plans.

but you know what,

i think there's a very important reason she has it.

i don't necessarily know exactly

why

..right now.

and i may not know what that reason is for a long time.

but i'm confident that there
 IS
 a very important reason.

what i do know

is that my family is the greatest blessing in my entire life.

i know that i am so fortunate to have such a close relationship with all my siblings

and my parents.

i do know that i think there's a reason why i'm here at utah state while this is happening.

i'm grateful to have so many friends.

i know that there are hard things that happen in life,

but that doesn't make life
ITSELF
hard.

i think life is the greatest blessing and journey.

life is wonderful.

sometimes people expect me to be sad

because apparantely my life isn't "ideal"

right now.

it makes me frustrated that
some people
think it's necessary to be living a more sad version of my normal, happy life
because of certain circumstances.

because you know what,

life is incredibly wonderful to me.

i love every single day i have.

and that's no facade.

yeah, there are difficult things.
everyone has them.
EVERYONE.

but i think the key to happiness is recognizing all the wonderful things in life.

i don't have time to be sad.

i don't have time to think "wo is me."

nor do i want to.

why would i waste time doing that?

i am so lucky.

i am so blessed.

i have the most wonderful people in my life.

seriously.

and i think my life is one of the best.

and i'd argue anyone that wants to tell me otherwise :)

think of all the things that make you happy.

xoxo