Friendship

"If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky."

I've heard that quote so many times in my life, but I've never really stopped to think about what it really meant.  It was more of a passing thought of "well, I guess I'm lucky then" and that was it. 

Tonight I got to catch up with my best friend, Alexis.  It's amazing that no matter what happens in our lives we can pick up right where we left off and there are no hard feelings if we haven't spoken in a quite a while.  We both realize that life happens and we don't hold it against the other if our "phone dates" don't happen for some reason.  But, when we do talk and catch up, an hour passes like minutes. 

After I got off the phone I started making a list of all of the other great people in my life. There are some people I can go to for anything without fear of judgment.  There are those I can go to if I want a specific piece of advice.  Then, there are those that were close to me and now we've drifted apart.  Either way, to have those people in my life has helped shape who I am today. 

So, I would have to say that I am lucky.  When I feel like life is starting to fall apart or something comes up, I know without a doubt I've got people that I can go to.  And, to me, that's what life is all about. 

So lucky

Just wanted to post an updated picture of me and the hubby.  I'm so lucky I'm in love with my best friend. 

Trying to have a new perspective

Do you ever have weeks where it seems that everything has gone wrong?  Well, this week was no exception.  I'm sure we've all had those type of weeks, so there's no point in me explaining every detail on why mine wasn't the greatest.  All I do know is that I can decide to dwell on the bad or decide to move on and hope for the best for this week.

It's taken me a long time to come to the conclusion that I'm the only one who can choose to be happy or sad or stressed or angry.  Yes, my initial reaction to car repair is stress and more stress, but in the end, I know the Lord will help us through this problem just like He promised he would.  I am a firm believer that everything happens for a reason, so we will just deal with this problem and move on. 

So, to sum it all up, I choose to be happy.  I choose to be grateful for the wonderful man that I married.  I choose to just be me.  

I'm not promising that if you talk to me I won't be stressed, upset, angry or sad.  I'm simply stating that I will do my best from here on out to try and be happy.