books

i have always had a deep abiding love for reading and books. i read all the time and have countless favorites. this year one of my goals is to read more uplifting literature. not that i do not know, but i would like to read a lot more gospel oriented books. i would also like to read a lot of the new york times best sellers. i know some are pretty iffy so i will skip out on those.  my goal is 50 books this year.

1. perks of being a wallflower- phenomenal
2. divergent- not technically read in 2013 but soo good
3. insurgent- same as above
4. the fault in our stars
5. the book thief
6. confessions of a murder suspect
7. calling on the powers of heaven
8. gone girl

many many more to come..

a song

since being gone, i have missed a lot of music. and man do i love music. it was not too difficult to be without songs of the world though. it is like christmas everyday when i hear a new song that i haven't before. lately though at the gym i have just been going through all my old playlists (on my super old ipod classic) to see what i used to love. it is incredible how one song can transport you to a different place in time. such as the summer 08, list, full of boys like girls, the maine, and metro station. the songs that played through my first real heartbreak or those that played in the car as 3 very good friends drove to our first concert sans parents. i was completely carried back to the moment when cori and i bonded over aly and aj and to this day i can still text her the words and we just laugh. i scrolled through to when i first went to college and found all those songs that got me through those first nights of being on my own and memories that i made. and now as i hear the beautiful hymns i am reminded of the time we sang them so loud on the way to appointments and members houses and it is so incredible to me that a simple song can completely transport you.

music has and always been a huge part of our culture and i love that each song has a special meaning full of memories. i look forward to each day at the gym that i get to recreate those times in my life and i look forward to the many more that will soon come.