Almost 2 years since I picked everything up and moved out of Colorado. I couldn't be happier with my decision to moved. I have grown so much since I moved down here. Have been working for Tyson for what will be 2 years in January and living on my own and making everyday count for the better. As many of my friends from Colorado I know that this time last year I had said goodbye to the blonde hair and had gone to red, well as many of you would be pleased to hear I have gone back to being blonde again. It was a nice change of pace to not be a blonde for a while, but I surely missed it. And this time last year I didn't have any tattoos and now I have three. One, behind my left ear of a butterfly, one on my left forearm of a butterfly with a semicolon for the body and the word Love on my right wrist. The one behind my ear symbolizes the growth I have made and that I need to remember to spread my wings and fly and that no matter what others say I am beautiful. The one on my forearm represents a promise that I not only made to myself, but to my best friend(2nd mom) that no matter how hard things get I will not go back down the road I was on in February of wanting to commit suicide. And the one on my wrist symbolizes not only the love I need to show myself, but the love I have for those who truly care about me, it also symbolizes TWLOHA (To Write Love On Her Arms).
My First tattoo behind my left ear
My Second tattoo on my left forearm
My Third tattoo on my right wrist.
I am grateful for the opportunity that the Lord has given me in my move here from Colorado. I hope to have many more amazing years here with the great friends I have here, including my Best Friend (you know who you are). Love you all.
Never have I thought that I would ever be happy in life then
I am right now. All thanks to those who have entered my life and have made the
biggest difference in the world. I am so glad that I decided to make the move
from Colorado
down here to the Missouri/Arkansas border. The people who have made the biggest
impact on my life and have helped make me the happiest person in the world
right now are all down here. I have finally learned what it is to be apart of a
family who actually loves each other and is willing to do anything for each
other. I finally feel like I am worthy of everything and that I am finally
accepted as a daughter to someone. I can’t thank Chrissy Logue and the entire
family for actually making me feel welcome and loved every single day. You all
have given me so much more than I have ever thought was possible and I couldn’t
be more grateful than I am right now. Every single day with you guys is
PRICELESS and I love it and you all so very much. Rachael, you have even made
the biggest impact on my life and helped me life in a completely different
light. You are a real sister to me and I couldn’t be happier to have you in my
life.
Chrissy and
Rachael, the both of you have done so much for me that I don’t even know how to
even begin thanking you both for it all. There aren’t enough words to describe
the way you both have changed my life and helped me grow as a better person. I
can’t even begin to put into words how much I love the both of you and how much
you both mean to me. Each and everyday that I spend with the both of you is so
extremely priceless and memorable and I will forever cherish it. Thank you both
for being the best sister and 2nd mom to me. I love the both of you
so very much.
WOW!!!!!!!!!! It has been a year since I moved from Denver to Sulphur Springs. It seems like just yesterday that I had moved here. And wow have things changed (for the better of course). Things have been going great and I have grown more as a person and a women of God. I went from living in Colorado and working for Walmart to living in Arkansas and working for Tyson Foods, Inc. I also went from being a blonde to a red head. As all can tell things have changed for me. And I hope things keep changing for the better.
Me when I was a blonde when I first moved to Arkansas
Well it has almost been a year since I moving down here to Sulphur Springs, Arkansas. On the 24th of this month I will have lived here a year. Wow! has time flew by. It seems like just yesterday that I was leaving Colorado to head this way. It doesn't seem possible that it has been a year. I have gone from being a blonde........
Me a year ago
......to me being a red head.
Me now
Nothing has really changed since I updated last except that I am a year older now. Well other then my family and I got a second dog. He is a pit bull and he defiantly is getting big and is still growing. Meet Ugga. He is only 7 months old and is only 55 lbs. Isn't he cute? We also have another dog named Spaz who is 4 years old and is part Terrier, part weenie.
Meet Ugga Short
Meet Spaz Short
I can't explain how much I am happy being down here with my mom and dad. This has always bee a dream of mine to be with my parent. And it happened almost a year ago. I am so blessed to have such great parents who love me and I can say that I am defiantly making friends down here -not that I am saying that I don't miss my friends up in Colorado, because I really do miss all of you so much. You all should keep in contact with me. I love you guys so much.
Well that is all the update I have for now. Love all my Colorado friends. Miss you guys so much. Love you mom and dad.
Wow! It has been a little more than eight months since I picked up roots in Colorado and moved to Arkansas. It definitely has been a change for me. As many of you know that when I moved down here I had to leave my job at Walmart due to no store down here had any openings or had the hours to give me so that I could transfer stores. But in a way that was a good thing due to the fact that one I wasn't happy working for Walmart any more and two like four months after I moved down here all the stores I tried to transfer to closed down and the buildings they were in were sold. Anyway, I had started working for Tyson Food in January and for the most part it hasn't been to bad.
Back in the end of April early part of May I had been bite by a brown recluse spider on my right forearm area and had to miss a week of work so that nothing serious happened to me and my health and also so that I didn't potentially contaminate the raw chicken I have to work with. But lucky enough the spot where I was bite is now healed up and of course I have a "nice" looking scar on my arm from it. Gotta love when you have injuries that leave scars like that.
Also as a lot of you know, I am no longer a blonde- well technically I am still a blonde, naturally, but still. I am now a red head and I can say that I actually like being a red head. It seems to suit me better then being a blonde.
Well I guess you all are up to date on how things have been with me. Hopefully I hear from a lot of you here in the next couple weeks or so. I love you all and miss all my Colorado friends. Keep in contact all of you.
Have you ever questioned if you belong somewhere or with someone or a group of people? I don't know about you, but from time to time I have. I have questioned on if I truly belonged with those who raised me. Questioned if I truly belonged at the schools I have attend (especially high school). I have even questioned if I really belonged here on this earth at all. Sometimes even wondered if it was worth it at all.
Lately, I have seen episodes of a televison seires on the Freeform (formally known as ABC Family) called The Fosters. If you haven't heard of it or seen it, its about a teenager who has been in and out of many different foster homes, has finally found the one foster home that finally becomes her forever family. It talks about not only the foster care system, but helps those who go through the system find where they truly belong. I even love the theme song to the show its called, "Where you belong" by Kari Kimmel. You all should listen to it and comment what you think.
In all the things that have gone through my life and the number of times that I have asked 'Where do I belong?' I can say that the six months I have been living here in Sulphur Springs, Arkansas I can finally say that I have FINALLY found where I belong and the family I truly belong with. I definitely feel loved, protected, happy, and overall feel like I actually belong.
For those of you out there who feel like you don't belong somewhere, just remember this, it might take some time for you to feel like you belong somewhere, but there is a place where you belong. You will find that place, you just have to keep looking and don't give up on it. I know what you are going through and I know how it feels to think that there is no where and that you don't belong anywhere, but it will turn around and you will find that place. Don't stop looking just because it gets hard or it seems impossible because even though it is hard, it's not impossible.
