Love the Life You Live

I’m all about quotes—quotes from movies, songs, poets, philosophers…you name it. So here is my quote for today:  

“Love the life you live. Live the life you love.” 

Thank you, Bob Marley. It sounds so simple, right? But I am just now putting this into practice in my own life.

For a while, I thought I had my entire life figured out. To make a long story short, I got engaged at the age of 17, graduated high school, got married at the age of 18, studied Music Education at Boise State University for three years, and then got divorced at the age of 20, which required me (financially) to take a break from school. This, obviously, is not how I planned things to go. I have no regrets though, because I always learn from my experiences. And now more than ever before, I believe that everything happens for a reason.

It is in difficult times that we learn who our true friends are. I know who mine are and I will never take them for granted. Then, I reconnected with someone I met five years ago, and I fell in love with him. So in August, I packed up and moved from Boise to Moscow to be with him and his daughter. I like to think of my life here as a fresh start. I’m taking a break from school (only taking online classes) and working full time at Hastings, and I am being 150% honest when I say that I have already met some truly amazing people in just the 3 months I have worked there. 

I don’t know what my next move is, and for the first time in my life, that doesn’t bother me. I am content right where I am...because this is exactly where I am supposed to be right now. For the first time in a long time, I feel at peace. This isn't to say I didn't leave anything behind. I left a great deal in Boise. The majority of my family is there, and so are my closest friends. I miss them Every.Single.Day., but it makes the time I get with them now so very, very valuable.

I promise all of my posts will not be this lengthy, but I had to get you caught up on the recent happenings of my life somehow. ;) All of this to say...meet my new-found happiness: