Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Busier than ever!

Well, summer is pretty much over and I start school tomorrow. This next year is going to be so crazy busy, but I'm very excited about it. I am just finalizing different things today, like my work schedule, and so it's on my mind. Wanna hear my schedule?

Mondays, I'll work in the mornings. In the afternoon, I'll be teaching my little cousins and a few neighborhood kids dance, just for fun (so that my cousin will do it; I very much want her to dance but she needs inexpensive lessons. She's the reason I'm doing it, actually). In between that and my own dance class I'll eat, have family night with my family, and then go to FHE with the singles ward. Then, I'll finish the night off with dance, the best way to end a day. I'm so excited for dance this year; it gives me that little excited bubble in my stomach thinking about it.

Tuesdays I'll have class in the morning, starting with institute at seven and continuing with a class every hour until two thirty. After class, I'll work closing at the deli.

Wednesdays, I'll work in the mornings. Hopefully a few of my Wednesday evenings will include going and talking to youth groups about dating and such. It would be very fun for me to be able to do that and a few people have asked me to already.

Thursdays, it's the same as Tuesdays.

Fridays I'll work mornings so that in the evening, I can have fun or get homework done, whatever my plans are for the week.

Saturdays I'll teach dance in the mornings and then work in the evenings.

Jon also is still planning on getting me up early to run. We'll see how that goes, I'm still not much of a runner. Jon loves it, though, and I love being with him. It'll be a great blessing,  know. I also have a lot of writing to work on, plus homework and housework. I have no doubt I'll be busier than ever. The good thing is, everything I'm busy with, I'm excited about. I love all the different things in my life right now. I feel so blessed.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

WHO am I?

I am many things. It's weird to think about who you are, what you are, and who you aren't, in life. Some things, I wish deeply I was, but I'm not.

Like a concert pianist. I'm not. I'm not very good at piano.
But, I AM a piano player. Even if I don't play well, I'm learning to play and I love that.

I'm not a famous author.
But I AM a published author. And I think that's great. I'm really excited. I don't want to be famous. I just want to write, and to make a difference. The thing I want most in life is just a simple get-married-have-kids-stay-home-with-them-life. I don't want to be a famous author. Is that bad? Maybe. But not for me. I DO want to keep writing though, all my life. It's a talent I really need to improve on; I think it's a talent Heavenly Father blessed me with to help others. I feel very deeply about this, and so I feel that it is very important for me to work on it.
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I am not a champion dancer or anything like that.
But I AM a dancer. And will be for all my life. I miss dance, I can't wait for it to start again.

I am not a very good runner. I don't even like running.
 But I AM a runner. I run with Jon. I'm not sure why. I am not one of those people who just enjoys running. I'd much rather be dancing or doing core or reading or eating or pretty much anything in the world. But, almost everyday, I go out with Jon. We don't go too far or very fast, but we do go out and do it. And I cherish those moments with Jon. I think THAT'S why I go. Actually, I know it is. Because of Jon.

I am not perfect, or even close to.
But, I'm working on it. It's going to take a LONG time. Every day I think that I have to be better tomorrow. That's hard sometimes, but I know it's okay with Heavenly Father, because I'm trying and that's what counts. I also have a lot of examples, the biggest right now being Jon.

And so, I am a lot. I am a piano player, a runner, and writer, an author, a dancer, trying. But, more than that, I am loved. I am blessed and for that, I am grateful. I am a daughter, a sister, a granddaughter, a cousin, a niece, a friend. I am able to help others in my own ways, in ways no one else can. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. All of my accomplishments and the things I'm working on right now, well, they're good. But they're not my best blessings in my life, and I know that I wouldn't have gotten anywhere with any of them if it weren't for my family and friends and especially my Heavenly Father.

Because, the most important thing I could ever be, and the one thing that I will always, always be is His daughter. A daughter of my Heavenly Father, who loves me.
How wonderful a thought!