Love Like You Were Dying

Inspiration of the Day: "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -Mark Twain

In the past year, I have done some crazy things. Things I thought were wayy out of my comfort zone. What I'm coming to realize is that those things were only out of my "comfort zone" because I wasn't completely being me, I wasn't living life to make myself happy & because I wasn't trusting God or putting things in his hands. I was trying to do everything myself and it just wasn't working. I have now come to realize everything really does happen for a reason and what's meant to be will be. Born and raised in Pennsylvania. I would've never guessed that I would live anywhere other than PA, let alone just pick up and move to the Midwest but it has been the best decision of my life. 

I moved to Minnesota following my heart. Things did not work out. I was heartbroken. Thought what the heck did I move out here for. But then I moved to Iowa because of a job offered to me by my aunt and uncle. I have come to make my relationship with them and their two girls better than I ever could just seeing them at Christmastime.

I also fell in love and found my soulmate. When I first was telling my office mate about this new guy, he asked where he lived. The look I got when I told him Florida, was priceless. He said oh that's too far. My reply was simply no it's not. I realized that I have come to a point that if God wants it to happen and if I'm meant to be somewhere, it's gonna happen and I'm gonna be at that exact place that he wants me. Prime example, me living in Iowa.

I am now in a relationship with Chris, and although I am facing challenges that would've scared me away before, I have never been happier.

Being the truck girl that I am, I always figured my Prince Charming would be behind the wheel of a big Peterbilt and was I right.

The more I got to know Chris, the more I was finding he was everything I had always hoped to find in a man. And boy did the sparks ever fly when we met. I will not see him for another month and a half. The distance and the miles are harder than anything I have had to deal with but we pray together every night and we are both committed completely to each other and are planning a life together. There is a (very very small) possibility that we won't end up together and that I'll be heartbroken. I'm not worried about that.

Because for right now I'm spending time with my Aunt Beth, Uncle Tom, Ruby and Millie, texting and talking on the phone with Chris everyday, and thanking God for not giving up on me and for blessing me more than I could've ever imagined. Who knows where I will be next year (hmmm Florida?) but I know one thing, I'm not putting anything out of the realm of possibility and I'm gonna love like I'm dying.