year of love

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"love, its a special day - we should celebrate, and appreciate that you & me found something pretty neat"

fdjaklfdjal;dkfjdslafjdaslfdjsafl;dja; HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO US!

I am the luckiest girl in the world, I know that's easily the most cliche thing I could say but I cannot even begin to express how lucky I am. I couldn't have asked for a better man in my life, and I'm reminded just how lucky I am every single day.

I never would have thought at the age of 14 that I could have loved him more, but here I am finding myself laugh at the young girl that I was because the love I felt then wouldn't even compete with the love that I feel now.

I can't believe how fast this last year has gone by, and all of the things that we've done in the last 12 months. I can't even remember what life was like NOT being married to Mitch, because even before we had sealed the deal, we acted as if we were married.

Our anniversary was on Sunday, this being one of the craziest weeks thus far, I had a blog post written and saved from the airport, but was swallowed up by the love of my husband the second I reached the East Coast. So here I am FINALLY posting it.

I could easily go on and on (even further than I already have) about how incredible and loved I feel, but there's honestly no need. I feel that in my heart, and I feel it every minute of every day. I just catch myself smiling over the littlest of things, and I just still to this day don't know how I got so lucky.

So thank you Mitch, thank you for being everything I ever needed and more, thank you for being the most genuine and loving person. Most importantly, thank you for the best year of my life! Through everything in this life, you're all I need to get by. I love you for that.

summer plans

last year we moved to New Orleans, a place where i never, in a million years thought i would actually enjoy or have a good time. of course i was wrong. 

i loved NOLA, and think about it often but i'm excited for a change in scenery, i'm excited to experience something a little different (in a less trashy, scary way ;) 

and that's why i'm so, so happy to say that this year we'll be heading even further across the country. we're driving 34 hours yeah, i know.... but trust me when i say that i'm more than excited about it because this time we're going to North Carolina - if you know me, you know that i've always, always, wanted to not only go there, but live there. 

Mitch heads out on Sunday, and i'll be flying out after my best friend's wedding on May 3rd. i'm SO sad to be apart from him for those two weeks, but i'll be more than excited to spend our one year anniversary in such a beautiful place. 

yeah, you heard me ONE YEAR! i'll be doing a bigger and better post closer to then, but i can't believe how fast this last year has gone by, and i can't believe that we're packing up and moving across the country again. i wouldn't change anything for the world, i mean who can complain about practically living on the beach all summer?

i'm convinced that my heart lives and belongs in NC, and my plan is to do everything i can to enjoy every single moment out there. maybe even convince the hubs that we don't ever have to come back ;) 

celebrate

"I remember those two letters, it will be OK"

i don't understand why its SO easy to get down on yourself, or to look at the negatives in life when looking at the positive not only feels better, but it brings out the best part of you. things are rough at times, you'll find that sometimes it seems like you won't be able to make it through but i can promise you that, that isn't entirely true. life is too short to waste it on looking at the negative in everything. so you had a bad day... so what? the person to your left will have one tomorrow, move forward and enjoy life. you'll miss those that aren't in your life as much anymore, you'll regret things you've done in the past, and you'll waste time crying about something that can't and won't ever change. but dwelling on those things won't make a difference. nothing will change unless YOU change. 'see the positive through the negative' because although that may seem impossible at times, there's always opportunity and there's always a lesson learned brought out of any situation. smile, move on and depend on the good things in life, they are what make it worth while, be positive and CELEBRATE. 

xoxo -- D