My
blogging consistency needs some serious work. Hello friends and family members!
Want to know something glorious? The sound of laughter! And I am here to inform
you, now that the sunshine and warmth has chosen to make an appearance in good
ole Cedar City, I hear a lot more of it, which makes this Haley happy. :)
So last week was spring break!
(Insert the throwing of confetti and children cheering yaaay here) I did a
whole lot of...absolutely nothing. And it was fantastic. I have always loved
spending time with my family because while growing up, we didn't really have an
option. AND I have the coolest family in the world. But since moving away I
have come to appreciate living with them in ways that I didn't before. Examples
are as follows (but are not limited to)... 1. Free Laundry. Like oh my gosh,
how glorious is that? SO GLORIOUS. 2. My parental figure's cooking. It's like
eating a 5 star meal every single night. AND IT'S FREE! (for me..) and I don't
have to cook it! 3. A walk in closet. I know this has nothing to do with my
parents but it has everything to do with their house. I MISS MY CLOSET. 4.
Being able to set the AC to whatever my little heart desires without it causing
issues with roommates. 5. Recording shows on my lovely and quite large TV. 5.
Always having somebody to talk to about anything and everything, and knowing
that the best advice possible was being offered my way. That’s probably what I
miss the most...talking with my mom and dad about everything. Don't get me
wrong, I LOVE college and the people who I hold dear to my heart, my friends,
but there is nothing like talking to somebody whose love for you knows no
bounds and who wants the best in life for you and more. And, since I have the
best parents out there, their advice and guidance to me is generally spot on. I
seriously count myself so lucky to have such an open and great relationship
with my parents. I really miss that. I just miss my parents, which is why
coming back to school following spring break has been really hard. I was home
for a week and was getting used to having my mommy there all the time, not
doing homework or going to classes, and being constantly surrounded by my
family. And now that I am back here at school I have to be a responsible adult
again and that is not as fun as I was hoping it was going to be.
To kind of shift gears a little bit,
I want to take a minute to be super cheesy. I know, me cheesy? Who would have
ever thought! Just bear with me for a second. Even though my family is 4 hours
away from me, I have a family here at SUU. I sit in bed and just think about
how truly lucky I am to be surrounded by the most incredible people. I have
slowly come to the beautiful realization that the people who I surround myself
with should lift me up, make me want to be better, and be good examples to me.
They should share my standards and help me when im down. And as I have thought
about this…all of my friends here in Cedar do just that. I don’t think I need
to go into specifics, because you know who you are, but somebody somewhere is
really watching out for me. I am so blessed to know you and have your light
contribute to my everyday life. Being away from home is hard, this part of our
lives is difficult and trying…but that’s why we have friends, isn’t it? The
family you get to pick, the people who will be there to lift you up when your
family isn’t there, or can’t. So thank you, I love you more than words can express.
I hope that I contribute to your life in the same way you contribute to mine,
but those are some pretty big shoes to fill.
Now I am about to get a bit churchy…so
if you’re not into that…skip this paragraph. :) This weekend I spent a lot of
time with my really close friends Jade and Kelsie. First off, they are the cutest
people in existence. Second of all, they are amazing, wonderful and incredible people.
And while we were spending our glorious time together, we went to a devotional
given by the temple President in St. George and his wife. They spoke to us
about gross stuff like love and marriage that doesn’t pertain to me at this
point in time even relatively, but I did learn some really valuable and
incredible things that can be applied to my everyday life. They gave us 8
suggestions on how to build a healthy relationship and while most of them are
strictly for romantic relationships (gross, right?) but the last thing
President Hafen said really struck a chord inside me. He said, “everything
worth having is worth waiting and preparing for.” I will be the first to admit,
I have very little patience. I want everything right now. The fact that I have
to get a phd to do what I want in life genuinely stresses me out, considering I
have only done not even a whole semester of college so far. And while I was
sitting there, thinking about this statement, I realized how genuinely true
that is. I don’t have to have everything I want right now…I feel like that
would A) teach me absolutely nothing and B) I will come to appreciate the small
and finer things in life when I have to wait and prepare for the monumental and
mile stone things in life. Granted, I am only 18 years old and the most I
should be waiting and preparing for is my long awaited summer vacation, but it
really makes one ponder. Everything happens in the Lord’s time, and while I
have heard that since I was little, it didn’t become real to me until today.
Everything in life that is worth something is worth waiting for, and during the
wait you can prepare yourself to be your best self, so when the time comes, you
can take it on full throttle and not hold a single thing back. This rant
probably means nothing to any of you…but it makes sense to me. And it was one
of those little life lessons I have been needing to learn. I am just so
grateful for the gospel and the blessing it is in my life, and the aid it has
given to help me learn the little lessons in life. I am a pretty lucky girl,
and I have a lot to wait and prepare for.
Sorry this post is so fetching long,
I had to make up for the long period of time I said nothing on here. But hey…this
was worth waiting for, wasn’t it? ;) I love you, person reading this, and I am
grateful for you in my life. I hope you have a marvelous week, and until next
time! :)
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