{Home Sweet Home}

Yes. I FINALLY had a chance to go back to sweet old Las Vegas!! I was SOOO happy and I seriously couldn't have asked for a better weekend.  I didn't do anything super crazy or out of the ordinary, but seeing my family and my two best friends was enough for me!! (And tonight I get to see my other best friend) YAYY life is great!  

So my trip made me contemplate a lot about my current life.  I miss home like crazy...I felt so loved while I was there and on the last night as I packed my bags I just cried and cried (Yeah, I'm a big baby haha).  The second I walked into my house I was overcome by this incredible smell...the smell of my house! Yes, I'm a firm believer that each and every home has a unique smell!  

One day I took my little sisters to the park and all four of us lay side by side in the grass.  I even teared up. Yeah yeah I know...I'm a SUCH a cry baby, but I wished that I could just lay there holding my little sisters in my arms forever.  The thought of leaving again was nauseating.

Then I realized that I just have to endure this crazy part of my life and enjoy it.  Families are Forever and soon enough I will be able to be with my little sisters and parents forever but for this short, microscopic time in my existence I have to leave.

Someone at church told me that I seemed so happy.  I thought it was quite unusual because I thought I had always seemed happy, but then it hit me...

I am happy.

I'm 396 miles {Thank you Google Maps} away from the people I love most, but I'm happy. 

Being away from everyone I love has made me realize that everyone may be far, but my Savior and Heavenly Father are still there and will always be there.

Trust me, I am sick of studying, sick of having tests every other day, and sick of having to be careful with money, but oh my heavens have I learned to rely on my Savior.

My Savior and Heavenly Father have become my closest friends.  I have friends here...I know I make it seem like I'm a total loner, but Christ and my Heavenly Father have become my strength. I can't even begin to tell you about the miracles that I have seen in my life.

Today was an average day.  Sleeping in too late, rushing to class, cramming for my test, tests, and volunteering at the TRC. I LOVED IT!

This is my new life and I love it.  Hard things happen, but haven't they always?

There are a million and one reasons for me to hate this change in my life, but there are a billion reasons for me to love it.  And I have decided that loving it is just going to make me a tinge more satisfied with my life. 

And I guess Utah isn't as ugly as I thought it was...

I love my life.  I have the gospel, I have a family, I have friends, I have my Savior, I have my loving Heavenly Father, what more could I possibly ask for?