Spread some sunshine...

Post number 2!

This week my family is coming in town! I am so excited to be able to show them where I've lived the past two years on my own, the places I've worked, and the places I've discovered. My mom has only been here once and that was for Preview before freshman year and my dad has only been here to pick me up or drop me off freshman year. My sister has never seen Mobile. So this is going to be an extra special time to kind of showcase what I've accomplished. Is that silly?

On the topic of accomplishments...what would you consider an accomplishment? I kinda sat here and pondered that for a while while listening to some Nelo (if you haven't heard of them I highly suggest you Youtube 'em) and kind of came up with a few different things. One of the lines in the song currently playing went a little somethin like this:

"Well I was thinking that I would touch the sky

And spread the sunshine all around-
I can open up these clouds
I’ve been crazy for a couple days
But with the sunshine all aroundI feel open to a new kind of day"

At another point the lyrics talk about walking "in your own kind of rain." I think one of my biggest accomplishments would be the person I've become, or at least the person I'm becoming because I'm definitely not done yet. It's important to take each day and make it a new day. Set goals or plan crazy trips. Just go for it. Walk your own path and do what you want. Don't follow trends, don't care what everyone else is doing. How did I reach this realization these past two years? Mostly through my friends which is what I would consider another amazing

accomplishment.

The friendships I have made while living here are some forever friendships. Maybe not the kind of idealistic BFFLS!! friendships we all adorned with friendship necklaces in middle school but some much stronger kind of friendships. The ones that are always there for you for encouragement, or to catch you and remind you who you really are and what you are worth. The kind of friends that yeah, you might lose touch for a little while after you take a new road to a new chapter in life, but you could definitely meet up for morning coffee and pick up where you left off. The kind of morning coffee where you'll talk for hours and somehow it turns i

nto evening coffee. I've met some really inspirational women that I'll b

e sure to never forget. I can only hope to be that kind of friend and inspiration right back.

Of course there are those late nights I spent studying my butt off to get good grades, the extra curricular activities I've dedicated a lot of my time to, and the jobs I've taken on along with my 18 hour semesters...these are also some great, yet obvious accomplishments. Things I can put on a resume or list off on a grad school application. But my greatest accomplishments so far would have to be learning to be myself and letting myself be whatever I'm inspired to be and forming those friendships that will last a lifetime. It's nice to feel like I've grown on my own and have embraced what life has thrown at me.

I can't wait to see my family! :)

ps. spread some sunshine.