in my life, i have learned that love comes in many different ways.
here are a few of those ways...

first off, sam. enough said. i'm spending the rest of my life with this guy, of course i love him!

then there is family. you gotta love them! below i have both my family, as well as my family-to-be, the grables.

best friends. yes, those friends you are blessed with and always want to be with them... yes kelly and bethany are those life-long best friends forever!

then you've got that couple who you wish were your parents, but really they are only a few years older than you, but you still wish you were around them always. the morells are my wanna-be parents.

oh boy! then there are the times you go to india with a group of 16 other people and your heart will never be the same. all 16 of these people make my heart sing and i will never forget any of them! namaste.

and lastly, there are those people you meet only once, maybe even for only a minute or two , and you will never get their faces out of your head. yup, i've had a few of these, one of them being these beautiful indian orphans we only spent a couple hours with... love.

i know there are more ways i have experienced love, but these are the most important. love is powerful and magical and i don't know where i would be had i not experienced any of these loves...

thank you for allowing me to love you. i love you all!

Last night was bad... and by bad, I mean I spent most of the night sitting on the couch trying to convince myself I wasn't crying hysterically because the reason I was crying didn't completely make sense. For now, let's just say I got my hopes up on the upcoming future and last night they fell off a cliff, and they fell hard and fast.

WHY DOES LIFE HAVE TO BE SO TOUGH SOMETIMES?

Now, the morning after, I'm trying to keep myself together and tell myself that everything will be alright and everything will work out, but honestly, I'm not sure I believe that right now... Oh the power of doubt.

Pray for me if you get a chance...