Just Hangin'

As spring break draws nearer and taunts me with every way possible, I have to keep some form of fun in both school and real life. Thankfully fun doesn't have to be extravagant. I'm learning more and more that the most fun I have is doing simple things with people that I care about and care about me. We can be doing anything or nothing and it will become my favorite night of the week. I always come home with funny stories, new inside jokes, and a drive to become a better person. I haven't appreciated the simple things and feels as happy as I am since I was a child. Even though I have the most responsibilities I've ever had, busier than ever, and school is one of the biggest time-snatchers in years I am content. I am finding peace in all the simple steps in becoming closer to Christ. Studying my scriptures, praying with an open heart, and going to church are bringing me joy and peace. I am so thankful for all I have and all that was given to me. Thank you for those who have read my blog and kept with me during my pouting time. I am thankful for all who are there for me and are an example for me. I do notice, I promise. Thank you!!

“Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.”

“A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.”

-Taz

Party People Jump

When a depressing holiday comes your way what do you do? Party with party people!! Who are the best people to party with? Friends, Church Friends!! After finding year after year Valentine's Day stinks , this year I left the normal ways and joined friends to forget the day and have fun. Of course with my luck I learned how clumsy I really am. I epically failed a couple times that night and almost sent myself to the hospital. Luckily I still had quick reflexes that saved me. Apparently I am becoming the new version of Goofy. Let's just say it involved a trampoline and the ground. I sure hope that people think it's cute!! Otherwise it's just plain embarrassing. Well at least I make people laugh when it happens. I love seeing them laugh. It brightens my day just to see others around me, friends and family laugh. As the scriptures say in Proverbs 17 : 22 "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. " Laughter around me for the last couple days has made me almost clumsy with happiness. That might be a reason for the sudden clumsy-ness. Whatever the reason doing random things and hanging out with people who lift me up and want to become more like Christ more have made me more happy than I was in the last couple months. Maybe a depressing holiday turned around might be just what I needed. Laughter and a Mormon Party can make any girls' weekend!!

We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh. --Agnes Repplier

Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on. --Bob Newhart

-Taz

Smile

I dragged myself on my knees through this week. I was dragging my spirits through the mud of sickness and stones of everything that is happening this week. I piled on the events to test myself if I can do it all. I was a little kid at a buffet loading their plate with more food than they can handle. But as soon as I stepped away from loading the plate I was punched in my stomach. I got a cold Sunday night all the way to Tuesday, then Wednesday I was given the 24 hour flu so it wasn't until Thursday morning I could move more than a jog. So through everything I had going on, the illness pulled me to want to quit but I kept pushing, kept moving inch by inch. Then as a blessing I received letters that lifted me up and friends that let me forget everything that was around me.The busy-ness melted away and the excitement, joy, and friendship shined through. The whole way friends supported me and let me crash while hanging out with them. I was reminded that my struggles are nothing NOTHING compared to friends of mine and those around me. So right now I'm sucking it up. I did suck it up!! Life is moving forward and now that I am better let me try and race after it. I won't let it pass me by. There are too many things that are good to let the bad stare me in the face. As one of my friends said you have to have savor the sour to truly enjoy the sweet.

Always remember to be happy because you never know who's falling in love with your smile. ~Unknown

-Taz

P.S. Happy Valentine's Day/S.A.D (Single Awareness Day)