Communication, Vulnerability, + Bricks in the Face.

"Write your troubles in the sand, carve your blessings in stone."

There are times when life needs a pause button. Because sometimes, I need a little break. After going to Minnesota at the beginning of this month, I was feeling so ready to take on the world. Visiting one of my best friends, Liz, was something that my heart needed. But after coming back, life continued to happen. I was overwhelmed with the things I wanted to be doing, the things I couldn't do, and the things I couldn't change. I basically felt like I got hit in the face...with a brick. 

Keeping in touch with people who you love is seriously the best thing. I have noticed lately how much I love the phone. I LOVE being able to talk to the people who I don't get to see everyday, or even every week. I love talking to people in Minnesota, California, Wisconsin, and Oregon and feeling like they are sitting in the same room as me. How lucky are we to have the phone? But really, the people in my life need to be told all of the good things about them. We all have a tendency to forget. To dwell only on the negative, on our imperfections, and our failures. But that is why we need each other. To remind us of the reasons why we are loved, why we are capable, why we are beautiful. 

I have been realizing that communication is one of the most important things to me. The people I am closest to are the people who I am able to communicate the most openly with. Because vulnerability is a place where relationships thrive. It is where they grow, are tested, and are made to last. I read once that "A relationship is only as deep as it is open, and as strong as it is broken." So so true. It is hard sometimes to be vulnerable, and even scary. But it is so necessary, and will always benefit your relationship in the end. 

So, I want to challenge you. To pick up your phone and call someone who you love, and remind them why. And when they ask you, "How are you?", be honest. Be vulnerable. 

And me? I'm doing alright. Life is good. I have a family who makes me laugh and who laughs at my ridiculous stories, I have a best friend who lives with me and reminds me always why everything will be okay, and I have even more best friends who call me to remind me that I can do it. They remind me to dream bigger, and to throw my fears away. So internet, that's what I am doing. 

Here are some pictures of my life these days...My crazy, beautiful life. 

Life is best surrounded by people who love us. 

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