- 1. Be grateful.- I am so grateful for my family! I had a difficult pregnancy, but I have the most amazing baby in the entire world! Carli is my everything! I don't know what I did without her in my life?? I live for her smile, her laugh even her stinky diapers!
- BJ. oh BJ. He is my rock. I know you are probably thinking that BJ should be my everything, my reason for living like Carli, but I'm being honest here, He is my partner, my equal. I lived 22 years without him just fine but he brings so much more to my life! He rounds my edges, matures me, pushes and challenges me. Without him I wouldn't be the person I am today. (and I wouldn't have my Car Car)
- 2. Be smart.: In my life I haven't always made the best decisions. I have hurt feelings, back stabbed, gossiped and lied. Not necessarily something I'm proud of but I'm getting SMARTER. At least I hope so. From all those awful dramatic situations I have been able to learn valuable lessons on what I should and shouldn't do with certain information.
- I went to hair school back in 2005. Something that I wasn't 100% sure I wanted to do for the rest of my life but after a couple months I caught on really fast and fell in love with it. The art, technique, the chemistry it all intrigued me. Most of all I love the interaction with others, hearing their stories and struggles. I am so grateful for Heavenly Father for guiding me to this profession!
- 3. Be clean. :I try to bathe daily but its really hard!
- 4. Be true. :I have always been a people pleaser, something I don't know if I love or hate about myself. I would love to just not care what people think about me, but I also think that heavenly Father gives us that trait so that we don't deviate too far from the course. I am very excited to go through the temple. That is something that I have not been true to myself about. If I could go back and change anything in my life I wouldn't be so timid about the gospel, about how I feel about the gospel. I have friends (you know who you are) who have always been there for me even though they don't have an interest in the LDS religion. They have watched me be untrue to my faith, I hate that. If there is something that I will continually be working on its being true to myself.
- 5. Be humble. : I've learned that you can never just relax in life. Life is continuing humbling me. I know those close to me are about sick and tired of me whining about how hard my pregnancy was but you know I am extremely grateful for how hard and challenging it was. It was so humbling! I had to rely on others to helps me, mostly my husband and sister Amanda. For those of you who don't know me too well, I like to do things my way and I DON'T need your opinions either! :) I know that's the kind of person you All are looking for in a best friend but sadly/luckly I've toned it down a touch. ;)
- 6. Be prayerful. : I am not going to say much on this because I will never be good enough at this. but I am grateful for the open door!
OK OK so I hope I didn't come across as the holier then thou type but I enjoyed this a lot! It was a nice reminder of all I have to be grateful for. I encourage you all to maybe just think about these six things and remember everything we have to be grateful for.
