Digging through a pile of old stuff the other day and I came across a notebook that I titled, “Quotes Kept Close” and instantly starting browsing through the pages. I wrote down quotes from movies, books, friends, love interests, lovies and so on. Here are some of my favorite: 

“Love should be given freely” – Desmond Tutu

“How weightless words are when nothing will do” Philip Levine 

“But he reached for her hand and she reached for his hand and they leaped out the window, holding hands” – Brian Doyle (9/11)

“Me – what do you want to do tonight? Alex – have so much fun!” hehe

“Style alone constitutes a writers biography” – Gail Sher

“Sometimes I like to just sit by myself and think” – Friend, Abby Reid 🙂 

“Once all of your tears dry, let your troubles roll by” – Carbon Leaf song

“City life: millions of people being lonely together” – Thoreau

“When I’m with you the world feels bigger and better” – Mike (bf) I love that my 20 yr old heart wanted to keep this quote close.. 🙂

“Pretty girls shouldn’t have to open doors” – Dave (boy) I’m sure this made my heart swell!

“Should I have slept with him” – L (friend) LOVE this because who else should you have to ask that question to besides yourself!? haha College years, gotta love them.

“Every phase in life is enjoyable because you’re in it” – My Mom! 🙂

“I’ll walk away with you, we can hold hands” – Me to L. Friendship matters when love is failing.

“No matter where the mind goes, the heart always remembers” – Me to myself. Da and Alzheimers.

“I”m grumpy. My computer isn’t working and I’ve got the hiccups.” – Jackie

“I spoke Hebrew to them and they got boners” – Stacy – no idea what this is from but I laughhh. haha

“The sky is the hemline to heaven” – From the novel, “Loving Frank”.

“What Lyndsey was trying to say to me before, while she was trying to flatter me. Well, I could say the same about you, you don’t realize how great you are.” – Michael T. Such a sweet and clear memory for me.

“If you worry about all the what-if’s, you’ll miss all the could-be’s.” – Andy (bf) I forced/pressured this relationship and although it was disastrous, I learned so much from it and from him.

“The most important decision a person will ever make is choosing the right person to spend the rest of their life with.” – Mom

“Wow, look at the waterfalls (on the side of the highway), it’s like we’re in the rain forest!” – Mattie

“To have faith is to believe unconditionally” – The Four Agreements (novel) 

This post has reignited my interest is quote keeping. I think I’ll pull out this little notebook for good.

Happy Saturday!

Last weekend was spent in a car, with my parents and my 5 year old sister – I loved it 🙂

I mean, sure there were a few moments of despair, frustration, whiplash and tension but besides all that it really was so much fun! haha The trip was long overdue.

It is truly unbelievable how strong and, as my mom put it, “resilient” my Grandmother is. She thanks God for her good fortunes and feels so “blessed”, and although it warms all our hearts to hear this, we also are astounded by these words. This is a woman who has lost so much in her life, has felt so much pain and sorrow; there are not many people I know that would feel this way after losing a child to drowning or another to a life of mishap and drugs. Then there is Grandmas daughter, Kelly, who has a daughter with severe autism (Grandma is actually a “step-grandmother” and we don’t see her family all that often), and it was truly eyeopening to watch this family not only function but actually thrive to an extent that I cannot imagine being able to do. As I watched Kelly’s husband carry his 9 year old daughter up to bed I was literally dumbfounded by the pettiness of some of the things I became upset with earlier that week. Life has such a way of putting things into perspective when you need it to.

The trip was so good for my parents and I – WE are the ones who are “blessed”. So blessed to have Grandma Anne in our lives.

In other news, George and I have seriously started to look into apartment have are having some great luck so far! Exciting and “blessed” times 🙂

There’s nothing like getting off the phone with a friend and thinking, “I’m so happy she’s still in my life”, which is exactly how I felt today. 

You realize you’ve forgotten to pack a bra in your gym bag and are forced to wear your stinky, sweaty sports bra all day.

Gross.

Happy Tuesday!

Happiness comes when you are at peace with all aspects of your life.

(At least thats what I believe happiness is).

And I am.

(Right now, anyways).

SO I thought it was time to say Hello and work at making this stick. “This” as in, this blog.

The thing is, I love blogging and when I don’t blog, I feel guilty. Yes, I literally feel guilty about not keeping this blog alive. I’m not doing it for anyone but myself but I still feel guilty – crazy!

So I’m back because life is good and I want to remember all the good times (and even the not so good times).

‘Til tomorrow….

GO PATS!

That enthusiastic cheer is for my boyfriend 😉

Wow, it has certainly been a while huh?! 

YUM.

“I have only done this once before”… what the hell?