The grass is not always greener.

I wanted to write this to help remind some of you that sometimes life may not always be perfect. But its still a gift, and we should always be thankful. Something happened to me yesterday that I cant stop thinking about.

Yesterday at work, I knew that going in that day, that we were letting go our receptionist. And the story with her is we hired her to give her a chance. She had only worked at a couple places and she was young. She is the sweetest most positive girl that I have ever met. But, she wasn't the most polished person that our bosses were looking for. But over the short months that she was with us, I really got to know her. Like I said she was really young, just gotten into a relationship, and a month into her working for us, she found out she was pregnant. My heart ached, because her boyfriend was into some very hard drugs, and shortly after finding out, he ended up in jail. During that time, I saw her come alive, her belly grow, deal with money and family problems, and I could just tell that she was such a strong person, because no matter what she never ever complained. Some unfortunate events happened where we did have to let her go. Yesterday came, and she turns to me and tells me that just three days after her boyfriend had gotten out of jail, he stole her car, wrecked it, and wont be out of jail until after the baby is born, she's lost her apartment, and is now trying to live with her boyfriends parents. And I don't know about you, but I think if that had happened to me, I think I would of taken a darn personal day. And then to find out that we let her go. Now I know that each and every person has gone through their own hardships, god knows I have, and no matter how perfect of a life you may have, everyone has breakdowns every once and awhile. There's something that i've heard that I really try and live by and I remind myself ALOT

"if we each through all our problems in a pile, we'd probably grab ours right back"

And this is such an important thing. No matter what happens in life, take it with a smile, and walk away knowing that you are alive, and whatever hardships your going through are so worth it for that one fact.

I had to share that story, cause I cant really get it out of my head.  I hope this can open some minds about how to deal with hard times.

XOXO
sweet dreams

McKenzie

A few things I cant live without

My Puppies, Taylor on the left Moose on the right. 

My Cat who things she's a dog but probably The best cat that you can imagine. Whenever anyone comes in the house upset she is in their lap and making sure they are all better :)

My Godson He is a lot bigger now. (unfortunately my old computer got fried and i lost ALL my photos. :( i had so many wonderful memories so im going to be taking a lot of pictures to make up for losing years and years of memories. Although nothing can replace those)

My Boyfriend Benjamin, Four years together and don't never been happier. we'll talk more about him later.

And last but not least my best friend , Also a very very old picture and am so sad that i've lost a lot of them. She is the friend that would drop everything no matter what and bring you chicken noodle soup at 3 in the morning. :)

One Seemingly normal girl who is trying to find her voice

     Let me start off by saying I am a horrible writer. I probably have let my grandmother down with how much she drilled into my head how important grammar,spelling, and punctuating where to her. But frankly I just never understood the point. I write exactly how I talk, and im okay with that. I've decided to start this blog. I think its because I go day to day with so many ideas going through my head. I have just recently started getting into reading blogs, and watching vlogs, so hey! why not try it out myself right? My only problem is finding a topic. But I think for right now im just going to stick to my life as i know it for now. Recently i've come to the realization that I am pretty dang boring. Im 21 years old, a boyfriend of four years (off and on... yes one of those) , a small handful of good friends, and just settled in to a pretty decent job... Yup pretty boring. But this is my chance to change that. Im young and have come to the cold hard realization that i am settling. Settling with the way things are going, happy somedays, not so happy with the world other day. But now im focusing on changing that. And i think by documenting these things, it will force me to think outside the box and get out and do more things. 






I think i'll end every posting with a quote that has inspired me. 


"Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, Taste it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it"
Mother Teresa




Also, I am always up for opinions. I am completely aware that probably no one will read this. But feel free if you feel so obliged to comment and tell me what kind of things you'd like to read about! As time goes by and I get more acquainted with the whole "blogging" thing I will gladly fill you in more about my life. This was just more of a mini intro. Another thing if you have nothing nice to say, all i gotta say is, your opinion is none of my business, and you are 100% entitled to your own opinion :) 


Until next post!


xoxo
McKenzie