a little bit sad.

no matter what, this cheesy grin gets me every time.

One of my best friends moved away last week and well, my heart is a little sad.  This year has played out completely different than what I expected.  It has been full of many a twist and turn that I wasn't quite ready for.  Sometimes being a grown up is hard.

The winds are stirring up lots of change.  I'm stretching and growing, learning to embrace all that I can't control and learning to ease into the sometimes scary falls that come from living.

But there is a peace that settles in at the close of each day.  The feeling that this is where I need to be, whether I can see it for myself or not.  And so I will run with it.  Laugh a bit more.  And love so deeply.  And be grateful for this life.

p.s. today is the beginning of my favorite month.  that makes me happy :)