Blossoming

I recently received a really pretty flower necklace from my Aunt. I like it a lot. It reminds me of the flower on Mulan. I am reminded of her conversation with her father and him comparing her to a blossom flower. He makes the comment: “My, what beautiful blossoms we have this year. But look, this one is late. But I bet that when it blooms, it will be the most beautiful of all” :)

This comment takes place after Mulan meets with the matchmakers and fails miserably. She is told that she will never marry. Which is how I’ve felt a lot this year. Being 25, and still single, aka a menace to society, at times I feel really hopeless. It’s hard when practically all my friends from High School are married.

I like Mulan. She’s so brave and courageous. So comparing myself to her.. well that’s fun. :) I want to be brave like her. I may be a late bloomer to some, but like Mulan’s father says, “I’ll bet that when it blooms, it will be the most beautiful of all.” :)

So for my new year’s resolution, I’m going to work on blossoming into the flower Heavenly Father knows I can become. :)

Love,
Sarah

Ultimate Fantasy

“Love just doesn't happen to girls like me; girls who build their hopes on an intricate web of day dreams. The truth is that everyone has issues and maybe building up a fake, perfect man in my mind was my biggest issue of all. I've been walking around with the ghost of my magic man. He's been haunting me, keeping me from a world of opportunities that were right in front of me.
There's no such thing as perfection. Love is for people who are realistic and smart enough to open up their heart and minds and to realize that a real relationship is the ultimate fantasy."
-Lane from Beauty and the Briefcase

Now, I’m not as extreme as Hillary Duff’s character Lane in this movie “Beauty and the Briefcase” with her crazy list for her “magic man” but I do agree I need to be a bit more realistic. Maybe then I’ll actually find this Love that all these chick flicks talk about. lol- maybe.

Sincerely,
Sarah

Freddy the Frog

[I wrote this story based of the popular story “Princess and the Frog” when I was playing a story game with my friend Julee. We tell each other a random noun and challenge each other to tell a story. She told me to tell her a story about a frog, and this is what I came up with. Enjoy.]

Once upon a time there was this beautiful princess name Julee. One day she was about playing and she meet this frog name Freddy. He like her and wanted to be her friend. However secretly he wanted to be more than friends, but didn’t dare tell her that. He was scared if he told her that she would run away. So he thought if they started out friends she would grow to care for him in the same way he cared about her.

What he didn’t know, is that she had a hunch about his little crush. She didn’t tell him that because she wasn’t sure what she thought of him. Plus he only asked for friendship, so that’s what she was. A friend. He was nice frog, a good friend that she comes to care about, but she wasn’t sure if she could ever grow to like him in that way. She was grateful to be friends and hoped she would be able to make up her mind about how much she like him before he asked her to be more than friends. He was cute.. for a frog that is. but she didn’t want to marry a frog. She wanted to marry a prince. She was a nice girl, and was very good at looking past a person’s outside appearance and seeing the beauty within. Or in some causes the ugly within.

In her time growing to know the frog, she could tell he was really great friend, one she could talk to easily, and never once made her feel stupid. He actually made her feel the complete opposite! When she was with him she felt so special. So after a while of being friends, she decided to give him a chance. He finally got the courage to ask her out to the theater, as friends of course- he was worried if he called it a date she would freak out! They went and had a good time.

After a few weeks of going out and having fun doing all sort of fun activities, she grew to care for the frog and he grew to care for her even more than he had already did. One night after one of their outings, as he was leaving she told him to wait, and he stopped, paused waiting for what she had to say, and she kissed him! It was quite the pleasant surprise for him, and for her! Because after she kissed him, he magically turned into a prince! A very handsome prince at that! They were so happy and so in love that they decided to get married and lived happily ever after.

The end. :)

Attitude

Today I was talking to my Aunt who is unfortunately going through a divorce. She gave my brother and me some advice, about finding out who we are, learn to stand on our own, and be true to who we are. Also that happiness doesn’t come from another person.

“You can’t find happiness in another person, it’s already there within you. Sometimes we think others can make us happy but that happiness comes from within. Our own happiness can influence others to perhaps feel it inside themselves.” And then she shared a really neat quote that goes along with this: “Attitude is more influential than action. Attitude is a very powerful form of action. Faith is the most powerful form of attitude”

Which reminds me of another quote: “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” Our attitudes matter a lot in regards to our own personal happiness. We always have a choice on what attitude to have and how to react to another person’s attitude. We can choose to take offence when someone is in a bad mood and says something rude, or does something mean, OR we can try to understand where they are coming from. Try to see things from their point of view. Gain a new perspective. We can’t possible know exactly what a person is going through, or what they may be thinking, but we can at least try and understand where they are coming from.

So, the moral of this post.. Happiness won’t magically appear when I get married. It’s already there within me. I am for the most part a happy person. however there are those days when I am not so happy. It’s all about attitude and staying in control of it. I can choice to be happy by the way I act. A little thing.. that makes a big difference.

Sincerely,
Sarah

Cook Book

For Christmas today I received a cook book. I asked for one and Daddy provided. ;) “52 Weeks of Recipes” by Clark and Kathryn Kidd. A beginner cook book for nervous cooks- like me. Perfect. :) I’ve been wanted to try and be more adventurous with my cooking ability/ skills. There is just only so much pasta, frozen foods, box foods (you know, hamburger helper and mac and cheese) and fast food one can take. lol! So I’m super excited for my cooking adventure to go further. I thought it would be fun to read the introduction and man was I right! I laugh when I read- and I quote: “And when the time comes for you to think of finding the right person to marry, your prospective spouse will be a lot more impressed if you can put together a good meal than if you simply know the best place in town to get pizza.” LOL! SO very funny! I’ve been told that if I knew how to cook I’d probably be married by now. Bahaha! I just thought that was really funny. (I doubt that’s my only problem. haha) I mostly want to learn how to cook for survival reasons. Don’t you just hate it when you look in the fridge and/ or in the pantry and there’s nothing to eat? Really there is, I’m just sick of eating the same old stuff all the time. I need variety. One this new book of mine will help me gain. :) Yay for Christmas! Yay for Dads! Let the learning begin! ;)

Sincerely,
Sarah

Worst Things

There are worst things in life than being single. I’ve been told my stepmom that is better to be alone than with the wrong person. I defiantly don’t want to settle. Be with the wrong person- someone who won’t treat me right. My standers may be considered too high to some, but to me they are just right. I’m not looking for perfect, there’s no such thing. Some days the single blues hit hard and it feels like the end of the world, but then I have to remember.. there are worst things in life than being single. :)

Sincerely,
Sarah

Least Expect it

I’ve been told that it, meaning my happily-ever-after, when-my-prince-will–show-up-out-of-no-where- and-into-my-life, will happen when I “least expect it” So I try to do that. Try to go on my daily life not expecting “it” to happen. But deep down inside, I am expecting it, so of course it’s not happening. Make sense? Yeah.. I don’t understand it either.. ;) lol

It’s just.. wouldn’t it seem that the more logical thing to think would be that if you are expecting nothing to happen then nothing will happen? And that if you are expecting something to happen then something will happen.. right? So, I’m told I shouldn’t be trying so hard or worrying to much about it, but how can I not? Just something to think about..

Love,
Sarah