stand together

12 years ago our nation was brought together by an act of terror. i remember sitting in my 7th grade learning experiments class and hearing the news. i had no idea what this meant. i remember my teacher turning on the tv as we watched the second plane hit the tower. it is a day i will never forger and i am still speechless at this tragedy and am so humbled to be an american. what a great nation we live in. we are meant to stand together, not divided. i love that this special day brings a country together to remember all that we have been through, fought for, and conquered. 

although i am not a new yorker...i very much wish i was and will one day be. i was fortunate enough to have visited this great site twice this summer. what a humbling experience it was. this incredible place holds a great spirit. you can feel the greatness of it. 

i don't know about you...

but i am still feeling 22...

even though for the past 15 days i have been 24. i used to think getting older was the absolute worst thing in life. ever since i hit 20, as august begun the anxiety set in that i would be another year older. i think it was because of all that i still had not accomplished in life, or all of the things that i wanted to do but still had not and time was running out. however, that is no longer my thought process. life is an incredible journey. i love mortality. i love that i get to experience it in all its greatness. sure, there are rough patches thrown at us constantly, but there is so much more to learn from it. at my ripe young age of 24, i am grateful that i am still in school...do i wish to be done, yes, however i love it. i love life. i love college. i love my job.

i read this article recently and i loved it.

especially #19 and #23. a lot of my fears came from the unknown. be fearless and be brave. i also have realized as of late, that my faith is lacking. i tend to doubt the things i do not know. however i do know what i believe and will allow that to carry me. when everything else fails, there will be something to fall back on. i love that.

the birthday however was nice, a low key night with great friends. plus we lit off paper lanterns which is something i have been longing to try ever since i saw tangled.

here is to 24..