I smell luck

I know I'm one of the lucky souls in this world because I can go to my best friends and ask them anything. They'll give me an honest answer. It won't always feel good and sometimes tears will jump to my eyes because the truth hurts, but at least they didn't lie to soften the blow. They'll give me advice when I ask for it, but they won't overstep their boundaries either. 


I know I'm one of the lucky ones because I have a sister who will fight with me hard and who I will fight just as hard with. We'll spit names at each other and if looks could physically injure we would both be in rough shape, but we can turn around in the same day and patch things right up. We fight hard but love harder, and I've found that makes a really strong relationship. 


I know I'm one of the lucky ones because I've found a boyfriend who will let me be ridiculous in public and just laugh. He won't ask me to stop. He'll argue with me when I'm being stubborn or rude though, and I think that's a really good thing too because theirs nothing good about repressed emotions. I feel pretty lucky to be caught up on a good one for once. 


I know I'm one of the lucky ones because I get to travel with my family this weekend to northern Minnesota and just relax. I'm lucky enough to take a couple days off and just breathe for a couple days.  


I know I'm lucky because I have slowly taken this summer to find out that I can live in the moment more easily than ever before. Oh, it will get harder when school starts. It's always harder when life is more challenging, but I think that since I've made a conscious effort to improve it will be easier. 


I also have a job....which is pretty cool too, and I know I'm lucky to have a job in this economy. Speaking of--time to get ready. 

over and out