Glamour...

Grace Kelly

Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.

~Coco Chanel

Home again...

I'm back!

I'm home again after spending almost a week at my Aunt and Uncle's house. It was nice to visit and help them, but it's so nice to be back at home! I have so many things to catch up on, and I can't wait to start putting up more posts!

Goodnight for now...

Shine...

Always be

a first-rate version of yourself,

instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

~Judy Garland

Daydream Believer...

It may be those that do most, dream most.

~Stephen Leacock

I don't want to settle for anything less than the best, in anything for my life. I'm not talking about possessions, or money, or anything like that...I just don't want to ever forget about all of the dreams that I have...

Sometimes when life becomes hard and there are more struggles than good times, it seems like it would be so easy to just settle for something simpler, than to have to keep fighting each day for your dreams. I have to remember to cling to the hope that somehow everything will work out; that although my life will not always be perfect, though my life will not always turn out the way I want it to, if I can remember to stay true to myself and remember to keep reaching towards my dreams, someday, somehow, they will come true!

Hard work and struggles make you stronger....and I'm thankful for my own set of them. I really mean that. So...I'm going to keep on dreaming big. I have so much of my life left to live - I can see it stretched out before me with unlimited possibilities and potential.

I can't help myself...I'm a dreamer!

The Important Thing...

"The important thing is to enjoy your life--to be happy--it's all that matters."

~Audrey Hepburn

Beauty...

Sometimes life is so beautiful it takes my breath away. Even in moments when it seems like nothing will ever be right again, there is always some small part of me that knows that life will always be worth living, even just for the hope of seeing a glimpse of that same beauty in another day.

I want to always live my life in such a way, that in many years from now, when I'm old and gray, I will be able to close my eyes and look back over my life, and have no regrets. Be assured that I will make many mistakes, but I don't want to ever miss out on life because I have been afraid, or because I've been too proud to say what is in my heart, or to proud to admit that I was wrong.

I'm obsessed with beautiful things, no matter how small or insignificant they may seem at first glance. Whether it's watching the sun go down beneath the big hill out back, or doing something to surprise someone that I love just for that one moment that I can see their eyes light up from within, or listening to the soft, steady breathing of my sweet sister Elizabeth from her own small bed across the room; for me...it's small moments like these that would make me choose to live my life, mistakes and all, all over again in a heartbeat.

Laughter...

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely, or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.

~Anne Frank