If I Believed In Reincarnation...

Do you think in another life I could've been a bird?

:)

Beach Babe

I'M GOING TO THE BEACH TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AH!

Florida

Living here has been an amazing experience. I still have 3 weeks left, but...I can't even believe how much happens in 3 months. Yesterday, I had a photo shoot at the Polynesian Resort with my roommate Natalie.

This is her at her most beautiful...

But this is her at her best...

And this is what I do when I'm with her...

I laugh and laugh and laugh :) It's incredible how much love I have for my roommates. They have stuck through everything with me here. ALL of them.

The thing I have learned more than anything else while I have been here is how to love. Satan is real. Confusion is real. The world can be such a dark and dreary place. But, it's not. Because of my Savior. He has blessed me with a small portion of His love for the people here in Florida. I have been able to see people in a different light. People of all religions and races. Though they may be lost, they are God's children and when you show them that love you can see the desire in their eyes for more. After all, we are spiritual beings. Every day the adversary throws things in our path and we make a decision: Am I going to let Satan, The Father of All Lies, The Devil, The Whore of All the Earth; am I going to let him win? Or, am I going to choose the winning team, Choose to follow The Savior? We are here on earth in war. It is raging. No matter what continent you are on, or what experiences you've faced, the fact that the earth is at war will NOT change. We are the soldiers. But, we get to choose if we will win or loose. There is no luck. There is no chance. There is no circumstance. Truth and Righteousness will prevail. Apathy means destruction. Choose to fight. Choose to win. Choose Him. Wonderful. Counselor. The Mighty God. The Everlasting Father. The Prince of Peace.

This may be passionate and this may be bold. But it is truth. I know that God loves His children. He loves every person I've met here in Florida and back home and the vast majority of people I will never meet. He knows them and loves them and His way is Happiness. I know it and God knows it and I cannot deny it.

Choose to win. Choose Him.

The Kitchen Sink

8 scoops of ice cream, all the toppings offered in the house, and an entire can of whipped cream.

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Goodbye

A day. Sometimes, a day is a lifetime away. Or, at least, it seems a lifetime away. But then comes that moment when you realize today is that day. And you've been dreading/looking forward to it for years. So much time has passed and memories created that you never really expected it would feel like this. Well, you probably didn't expect it to feel like anything because it was too far in the future to even comprehend. But then it happens. Distance and time has changed and the day is like a far off pulse that is irregular and slightly painful.  It's short. Quick. Lifeless. Empty.

Nighttime falls and sleep takes away that day; life goes on, and everything is basically the same. Basically.

Expect; that day came and went. And you didn't know what to do with it. So you did nothing. Hoping, maybe nothing was right.

Maybe, something will eventually come of that nothing. But, maybe not. So you continue to wait and wonder. But now there isn't that day anymore. Sitting in that time warp seemed completely un-monumental except that it was definitely that day you thought would never come. The only feeling you can put into words about it is that it finally happened.

I'd rather Dance than Sit.


It's time to move on.

Life By Way of Disney

For the first time in history, Walt Disney World stayed open for 24 hours in honor of Leap Day. It was insane. I was riding Pirates at 3 o' clock in the morning. They had tons of special events and I spent about an hour doing the Macarena in front of the castle. How cool? Actually, I kind of wish I didn't go because I still haven't recovered from lack of sleep. But now I have this sweet pin! (see below). I'm hoping in fifty years that night was all worth it because some crazy Disney fanatic will buy this pin from me for a million bucks. 

On a different note, I received the most wonderful compliment today. I was going about my business, selling water bottles and spinny R2-D2's; when a woman came up to buy something from me and said, as I was taking her money, "You have beautiful eyes". I smiled and said "Thank You", obviously. But she went on! She proceeds to tell me she works for Disney too, in Character Auditions. I am intrigued and sit and listen to her and she states that I would be the PERFECT Cinderella and she has no idea why I am working Merchandise and should go audition RIGHT NOW. What?! How crazy cool is that! She then analyzed my eyes, complexion, and smile while I stared dumb-founded and didn't return her change. My heart basically melted in that moment. I mean, at Disney World calling someone "princess", isn't so much of a pet name but another term for any girl you come in contact with. But being told by a Cast Member who works in Character Auditions I have the perfect Cinderella face; what could be better?! So she left and I looked at my R2D2 spinny toy and realized the truly glamorous Disney life I had chosen. "R2D2, or Cinderella?" I kept asking myself. Dang.

 At least when I play with my R2D2 toy I can look at Harrison Ford.....right?

Life By Way of Letter Correspondence

My favorite thing happened today. I opened my mailbox...and received 7 letters.

I love writing. It's a lost art. Through letters you see someone in a different way. The thoughts of their heart. The way their mind works. The essence of their existence. Cell phones, Facebook, Skype: these things are amazing. But, they are immediate. They require no patience or time, just the click of a button. But; a letter. A letter requires you to sit. To think. To ponder. To write. Perhaps, to revise. To walk it to the mail box. To buy a postage stamp. To check every day for a response. To have faith one is coming. To know each letter is special, even if it doesn't contain much. It means: I care enough about you to keep in touch through this simple piece of paper. Where-ever you are in the world, you are loved by me.