The little things...

There is a reason I titled my blog "The Blessings in Life" , those reasons were made so clear in the past few months. Everything seems to have just fallen into place. I feel so fortunate to have met the people I have, and to have gotten the jobs I have. I grew up in the church and was very involved, but I never saw my religion as something I had to lean on everyday. I saw it more of something that helped me find myself through this craziness we call life. I saw the people who came in and out of my life as the burdens and stepping stones. I saw my hardships as my breaking points.

So many times in life I feel as though I have been so misunderstood and finally have found the people who understand me. I hear the stories of my parents youth and compare it to my siblings. So many things match up, then I look at myself and feel so much like that ugly duckling. Don't get me wrong I love my family and would never trade them for anything in life, but I just never understood how I could be so different from them.

As I think back to October, that is when everything truly changed. I met everyone I know considered to be the greatest friends on earth. I don't have to compete to get attention, they understand my craziness, and we are such a unique diverse group of people. Getting to spend the time I have with these girls has showed me how much I feel I have missed in life. I don't have to go out to the bar every night to have a great time, I don't have to shelter myself in my room wallowing in my misery trying to find where I went wrong with my life. I can smile every day knowing I have such great people in my life. So bring on 2010, I can conquer whatever you want to throw at me.

xoxo
Ashlee