Days Like These

When your weekend includes organizing messes you've had for months, long drives in the mountains, Swiss Days, dinner in Park City, a new outfit, hanging out with your brother, a BBQ with some of the best people you know, seeing Batman (and falling asleep on your friends lap), going to an outdoor theater with your family, picnic at Wheeler Farm, pizza with 4 of the cutest boys I know, etc etc etc...

You realize how GOOD life is.

There are so many bad things around me. So much anxiety. So many things to manage. So much heartache. But when you look back on a weekend like this last one - you can see the light through the darkness, feel the warmth through the cold and realize that you are BLESSED.

I am amazed at the love, the friendship, the peace I have at times in my life. And those are the things that push me through the ugly, bad and stressful.

So my goal is to remember those little things that truly make my entire heart and soul smile. I'll close my eyes and remember the sound of children's laughter. I'll take a few deep breaths and smell the movie popcorn or the crisp mountain air. I'll think back and remember the taste of slow smoked BBQ. Listening to someone's voice singing as we dance in the parking lot. A random text or message that makes your day.. .. ..

I challenge my friends and family who may read this to do the same -- Find those things that always light you up and keep them in your back pocket for a day you may need a little pick me up -- remember how many reasons you have to smile.

Xoxo