Real Life- Graduation day!

Congratulations Haley!

(back row second from the left)

Today my cousin Haley who is two years younger than me is graduating from high school. Hooray! I love times like this because the whole family comes together to celebrate, I get to play with the cuties in the front in the picture and we laugh alot because sarcasm is through the roof. Love it and love Haley! Let the celebration begin 

Real Life-Pompano Beach

Welcome to Pompano Beach, Florida everyone! Well I'm excited about this summer already because I get to spend a good bit of it in the Sunshine State, cant get any better right? 


Pompano Beach is near Fort Lauderdale if you've heard of either of these and is on the East Coast, which to me only means that I get to see some pretty awesome sunrises, depending on if I can get up that early. I prefer sunsets any other day but I'll take what I can get.

Anyways Florida, sunrises, what else does this summer have in store for me. Everything has been so far so good, the weather has been just right obviously it is hot in FL but where I am from in NC it has been hotter there than here. Around 7 o clock the sun isnt as crazy and there starts to be a nice breeze from the ocean, which did I mention I'm a hop skip and a jump from it, not far at all-even more exciting! 


Love it here! Cant wait to see what fun I can get into while I'm here! So far grandma or Mama B as I call her has me doing yard work, so if you have nothing to this summer, come on down.

Real Life-ELIZABETH HUFF

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

ELIZABETH!

once upon a time, we became best friends....and the story is neverending. love you so so so much! BAM!

Real Life- Needtobreathe and Friendships

I feel like during times in our lives music can be exactly the thing that expresses how we feel, whether it's when we are excited and need to crank up some Space Jam or when we are going through some hard times and for me, Needtobreathe knows how to say what's on my heart. 


Needtobreathe is literally my favorite band, my best friend and I discovered them watching the movie P.S. I Love You, funny right? I have to give her more the credit because you actually can barely hear what is playing during that scene. Anyways, so basically this our band, this past year we both were off to college far enough apart that is hasn't been the easiest to see each other, and through Needtobreathe we have been able to still celebrate together which has been cool.


Being apart from someone you love dearly is a major challenge, many people experience this through boyfriend/girlfriend relationships or husband/wife but love is something that surrounds all of us and when you love someone so dearly it can be just as difficult. We've experienced highs together this year, we have definitely experienced lows together, and we definitely have been close to losing to each other, scary stuff. 


I think the song that spoke to me most during all this has to be "These Hard Times" by Needtobreathe. It has just brought about a sense of hope in all of it, 'the faith to believe in these hard times.' I have learned through it all what real love looks like at its best and its worst, and I have seen two people grow separately but still unite in the end, even when it has looked like the light in it all wouldn't or couldn't be there again. Of course, if everything was better then that would mean it is perfect but in reality nothing is perfect and therefore there will always be hard times but with a little hope and a lot of love, you can get through it. 


I am still learning, still hoping, still loving, and still believing, 


Love you Elizabeth