Well it's New Years Eve. As I reflect back on 2011, I'm amazed at how far I've come in life, and how much I've changed. I'm thankful for both the good and the bad things that happened this past year, because they helped mold me into who I am right now!
Lets take a little look back on some of the more memorable events shall we:
Lets see, In February I turned 22 years old.
In March Nathan and I made the best decision we could for our future and became independent business owners, and with that our lives started to and would forever be changed.
April brought a whole new experience of being around people who are positive and on fire for this business. We got to spend a whole weekend with amazing people, and even got to meet some millionaires! Pretty AWESOME!!!
Then May came and brought the bad you could say. May 22, 2011 was suppose to be a wonderful day. It marked Nathan and I's 1 year anniversary. Then the tornado hit and many peoples lives would be forever altered, including ours. We lost a friend, who is probably the bravest person I know. He sacrificed himself to save the people he loved. With this happening it threw us off and we didn't want to do anything really. We stopped going to business meetings, and even stopped talking to our business family. I guess you could say we just needed time to morn.
June started a four long period where I had to cut my side of the family off completely. Things were fine up until that point. And then because I wouldn't come and see my mom in the hospital because I didn't have gas to. She threw a fit and wanted all the Christmas presents she'd given Nathan and I from the previous Christmas. But anyways I'm not going into all the details.
Summer months came and I got a job working at the Y in Carthage with the Summer program. It was a lot of fun. I also had the honor of doing the photography for my aunt Cathy's wedding. It was a beautiful and I had a lot of fun doing it. We also had the opportunity to go to the new water park in KC called Schlitterbahn. It was AMAZING!!!!!! At the end of the summer I got offered to stay on at the Y and work the Kids In Motion program, which is just a fancy name for after school program. haha!!
I can't remember if anything happened in August or September. In October I started talking to my mom again. She got really sick again and I went and saw her in St. Louis. We also got a house in Carthage again! Which is definitely a step in the more positive direction for us. We got the house the first week in October, yet we weren't able to move in until the last week. Which kind of sucked, but it's ok. In October Nathan and I got to be in a haunted yard on Halloween and it was A LOT of fun!!
November brought Thanksgiving which wasn't that fun. I mean we had a great time at our little Thanksgiving, but going to Nathan's family's thanksgiving proved to not be a good idea. Then we went to my aunt Cathy's Thanksgiving and it was soooo much fun!
December yet again. A not so good part. This year, Nathan and I decided to not get each other Christmas presents unless it was under $50. Then when income tax season comes around we're going to do Christmas. But Our Christmas plans were to go up to my grandparents house in KC on Christmas Day and then stay until Tuesday morning. But on Christmas Eve while we were taking my sister back to home we got in a wreck on the highway and no longer have a car. We found out Thursday that the car was totaled. On Wednesday my grandparents and aunt and cousin came down and celebrated Christmas with us. Then we celebrated Christmas with Nathan's parents that night.
So this past year I've learned a lot about myself. I've learned that if I just stay positive and pray and give things to God, I can accomplish a lot! I've learned it's ok to stand up for myself and what I believe in. I've learned that my husband is my best friend and will go through hell and back with me. I've learned that family is important, but if you're trying to change them it's not going to happen. They have to want to change. I've learned that if someone will talk to you about other people, they will more than likely talk about you behind your back. I've learned that I now hold myself and live on a different level than I use to. I've learned that no matter how much I get down on myself I will always be looked at beautiful by my amazing husband and more importantly my father God.
This past year brought fourth a lot of difficutly challenges but none I couldn't get through with the help of loved ones. It also brought lots of blessings, that I'm thankful for. I am ready for 2012 and say "BRING IT ON" this is my year, no this is Our year. Mine and Nathan's. We're going places we've only been able to dream about and I'm very excited for it! I pray everyone has a blessed year!
much love,
T
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