thank you trevi

2 months ago I made a wish in rome at the trevi fountain.

the wish was

for someone to come into my life and help me open my heart up again.

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think it's okay for me to share that with people now

(mary wished for our luggage back, thank goodness one of us did)

he makes me smile.

a lot (: 

i am so..

h a p p y

august has by far been the best month of 2011.

26 years.

h a p p y  a n n i v e r s a r y--
to my parents,
who taught me how to love

august, 1985

thank you for all that you've sacrificed in your life 

to make ours better. thank you for being so loving, so affectionate, 

and consistent throughout our entire lives. as i grow older, 

i only find more reasons to be thankful, 

and there's still so much i have yet to learn.

i'm always grateful that God gave me parents like you.

you are the inspirations in my life, and i will always love you.

sincerely, 

your oldest daughter

when i count my blessings, i count you twice

it really was the best weekend ever.

& i really do have the sweetest friends (:

BLESSED.

back to the daily grind..

wishing it were my birthday every weekend x_x 

feeling loved

today's my 25th birthday.

(:

i've been looking forward to this day for the last couple of weeks now for the following reasons:
-i'm genuinely EXCITED to be 25.  and it feels really good. to feel this way.
-one of my best friends is coming up from maryland to spend the weekend in the city together.  so touched that she'd make the trip up to celebrate with me.  this is the first time i won't be home in maryland to celebrate my birthday, so her coming up is my piece of home this year <3
-am having dinner with a group of girls that help me count my blessings, that have a lot of reasons to celebrate anything, in addition to it being my birthday tonight
-will be having a party afterwards downtown in LES with friends that i haven't seen in a while, and i feel blessed that they're coming out tonight to celebrate my birthday.  feeling really special, and so loved.
-wearing heels tonight for the first time this summer.  twisted my ankle back in may and have been wearing flats since.  was planning on going shoe shopping right when a girlfriend said that her birthday gift to me would be a pair of heels knowing how much i've been looking forward to wearing them.  <3

thanks everyone for making me feel the way i feel today.
will be smiling about this one for quite a while
xmon