Often Times...

Often times I find myself in wonder about other's life's, and question myself why someone might be the way they are. A lesson I learned years ago is that you may miss out on a fantastic friendship if you judge someone by appearance, or even before getting to know a little bit about their story. A huge misconception people have about me is that I don't really care about them, or that I am "cold hearted". I will be the first to admit that it is pretty hard to get a real deep connection with me, but it is not impossible. This is a direct effect to various people hurting me, and a direct effect of me allowing them to do so. As much as I don't really want to admit it, here I am ten years down the road, and the effects of knowing that I lived with and befriended someone that took my boyfriend's life has had a profound effect on me. It makes it very hard for me to trust people, and even harder for me to want to connect closely with others. After enduring a controlling and physically abusive relationship, followed by a verbally abusive relationship it just makes it that much harder. So until you know someones story, don't judge them. Don't pin point them as a certain type of person, and if you really want to get to know them spend the time to do so. I love everyone of my friends, you all know who you are, and I love my family. Thanks for the mini-therapy session!!!!

Cade and I have had a busy week. I am pretty excited that it is Friday tomorrow!!! We don't have much planned for the weekend. Maybe a walk to the Grower's Market on Saturday morning (weather permitted) and then some company for dinner. Church on Sunday, and that is about it. It should be a nice relaxing weekend. Work is still busy, and we are still putting in overtime. I guess I will be happy about that when the paycheck comes! Cade is also counting down the days until she is a 4th grader! I am not sure if I should rejoice in this or cry. She is growing far too fast, and with life being so busy sometimes I feel like I am missing it! She also is getting ready to level up in Karate.