Just Being Myself

Life is such a precious gift that we have been given. Many of us take it for granted and we often forget that life is not a "forever" gift and one day we will breathe our last breath and leave this world behind. I am constantly being reminded how short life is lately. My friend Sh'Kell is such a funny girl, even though she knows I am happily in a relationship she is ALWAYS trying to set me up with her friends. I usually tell her no, but I've been debating over whether or not my current relationship is worth it because he's leaving in August for Basic Training and has made it very clear that we may not make it after that (I am willing to fight though, I REALLY like this one, he makes me happy but what do I know? I'm only 17). Anyways getting back to the point... because I've been debating when Sh'Kell told me yesterday that she had gotten her friend Zac to come down with her boyfriend tomorrow (so today), I didn't say no I mean what's the harm i

This post is going to be a little bit religious, you are forewarned... Don't like it don't keep reading but you'll be missing out :)      So in my school we have this program called advocacy which just means our schedule gets horribly messed up and for twenty minutes we go to a teacher who for most of us we've never had and chill and talk about whatever the lesson plan is. Today the lesson was on suicide. Suicide rates apparently have been really high these past few years this year alone the state of Utah has had 18 teen suicides (yes I'm talking about 2013). That is something that deeply saddens my heart. I understand that sometimes it is so hard to see that light at the end of the tunnel and remain hopeful that this bump in the road will iron out to bigger and better things. If people could just see that and keep pushing on that'd be awesome. I also understand sometimes the person isn't screaming for help on the outside and it appears as if nothing is wr