4.13.2013
looking up.
6.27.2012
give me a thousand pages.
Partly because it takes me completely out of my element.
And partly because the possibilities are endless.
An endless amount of experiences to expand my mind in ways and through things I can only imagine.
And even then, what I imagine is so different in the best way than what is real.
Than what is out there.
New York City was wonderful. Different than I imagined, but exciting and loud.
I, naturally, preferred the quiet places we found.
The other side of Brooklyn bridge. The High Line. Central Park. Random places we toured on buses and areas we wandered through.
I like artsy stuff and pretty scenes. Fewer people.
I think that's what is so great about going someplace new.
Finding those quiet spots. In all the chaos.
The moments that make you realize people are just people.
Regardless of where you are.
I really liked those people that talked to us on the subway. And the guy that sang for us at that restaurant. Don't get me started on our tour guides, they were just too much (seriously, so great).
I'm really bad at making decisions and knowing what I want, but one thing I know for sure: I love the uncomfortable feeling I get being somewhere that is just itching to stretch me and begging me to choose and decide. That feeling feels like me growing. And I think I could get used to it.
6.15.2012
I think I'll go to New York.
And while this is on a (much) smaller scale, I kind of can't wait!
And from there on out, I'm happy to just experience the big apple.
I just finished school for the summer
and
Wish me luck!
6.05.2012
a last-minute california road trip is good for:


4.12.2012
let's.
tell each other secrets all the time. even when we feel like we know everything. (especially then).
whisper. and be still. enjoy each other.
dance. even though you hate it.
forgive.
change, be different every day. if different means better.
laugh.
above all, let's laugh.
2.10.2012
11.18.2011
praising the insignificant.
But the sky was half-way covered with clouds.
The thick gray kind.
The thick gray kind that warm the city up.
The thick gray kind that prevent you from any sort of star seeing.
(it was almost like the smell of snow. almost. the snow is coming soon...and the thick gray clouds is how I know).
This morning I woke up really early, before any color was in the sky.
My dreams still close from sleep.
I sat in my living room and from the corner of my eye, that color began to show up.
It started out cool and slowly lit on fire.
"Red skies in morning, sailors fair warning"
repeated in my thoughts
as I sat there. Studying.
Or trying to.
And while sitting there I read something about "praising the insignificant."
How, in being an honest person, you give praise to what is seemingly insignificant.
That lingered in my thoughts (the ones full with red skies).
By praising the significant,
don't you give it significance?
By writing something down, complimenting it, noticing it,
don't you give that
thing
(whatever it may be)
power?
love?
worth?
meaning?
The sky set the leaves on fire. And my window was a picture of all that is significant.
10.10.2011
I dream of this:
7.18.2011
what I love about full moons.
nervous.
confident.
scared.
intrigued.
wonderstruck.
hurt.
I guess that's just the way it is.
PS. thanks for being beautiful.
4.22.2011
because there was sunshine. (and the semester is over)
I love that for me, it starts in April. (Always in time for my birthday)
I love that I can read whatever my heart desires. (I even have an [unfinished] list)
There are certain things about Summertime that I just love.
Sunglasses are probably my favorite accessory, to go along with bare feet and no makeup.
My mom and I like to sit on my driveway on beach chairs (and if we listen hard enough we can hear the waves...or at least we pretend to)
I like the way my skin smells after it has spent too much time in the sun and the way it looks as my freckles begin to pop out.
Being able to see the stars every night and gaze at them (without shivering) is the kind of magic I wait all year for.
Happy Hour at Sonic (Cranberry Limeade).
Bike rides up the canyon.
Reading outside in the sunshine.
Tubing down the ice cold river.
Driving around with the windows down.
Wearing sun dresses and jean shorts.
In the Spring air I can smell Summer.
And even though I love Winter (snow is kind of like family), I can't wait for the heat.
2.26.2011
I change my mind a lot.
I wish I didn't.
But I do.
I wish someone would just tell me exactly what I'm supposed to do.
And
If anyone wanted to take me on a roadtrip to...
California
or
Las Vegas
or
St. George
or
Anywhere, really,
I'd let them.
In fact, I think it would be lovely.
10.10.2010
of every blessing.
7.01.2010
quite odd.

6.23.2010
maybe it's the stardust in my head.



I'm leaving to Louisiana as soon as I get off work.
Which is very exciting in case you were wondering.
It makes me feel all old and awesome-like.
We'll be listening to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows the whole way (thanks to Kara).
And eating cakebites.
pictures 2 and 3 are from etsy
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2.07.2010
hope.
Though we are incomplete, God loves us completely. Though we are imperfect, He loves us perfectly. Though we may feel lost and without compass, God’s love encompasses us completely.
He loves us because He is filled with an infinite measure of holy, pure, and indescribable love. We are important to God not because of our résumé but because we are His children. He loves every one of us, even those who are flawed, rejected, awkward, sorrowful, or broken. God’s love is so great that He loves even the proud, the selfish, the arrogant, and the wicked.
What this means is that, regardless of our current state, there is hope for us. No matter our distress, no matter our sorrow, no matter our mistakes, our infinitely compassionate Heavenly Father desires that we draw near to Him so that He can draw near to us.
[See D&C 88:63.] [President Uchtdorf “The Love of God,” 22–23]
Doesn't that just give you hope?
God loves us. More than we can even imagine.
And He is there.
Regardless of our weaknesses and faults.
love song of the day: lost

because love can overcome anything
2.02.2010
you and I.

1.23.2010
sunshine is warm.
hair in the wind.
top down.
good people.

































