My 2nd Blogoversary

I started this blog 2 years ago in an effort to feel connected.

To anyone. 

I was sick. I was lonely. I felt stuck.

I am in such a different place today. In this moment. 

I'm working hard to accomplish a goal, no longer feeling stuck I know exactly what I need to do to get where I want to go. 

Not nearly as sick, I can leave on a quick trip somewhere without needing to carry 6 bottles of medication with me everywhere. I can just grab my keys and go.

And the reason I've not been blogging as often?

I'm no longer as lonely. Not feeling like my blog was my attempt grasping for anything I could get. A simple connection to the outside world. 

I am surrounded at all hours by people. And more than that, people who care. 

I walk across campus and get hugs from 25 different people on the average day. 

I laugh. A lot. 

And I love it.

So again, it's my blogoversary. 

And I am so glad to have the last two years documented so I can look back and truly see just how far I've come.

(My best friend here at school (right) and I took this yesterday.)

Happy One Year Blogoversary to Me!

Hard to imagine but it's my blog's one year blogoversary!! 

I never could have dreamed about how many new friends I would make within a year of blogging! 

I started this blog as a way to make connections and record some of the ramblings of my everyday life and come away having not only accomplished those things but also with a mindset that has me walking through life with optimism and appreciative of so many things I had ever previously thought twice about!

I also never imagined that I'd make it to a third post let alone an entire year of posts!

In the past year, here's  three of my favorite posts!

1. Thirteen Quotes on Laughter

2. Thirteen Mantra's I Strive to Live My Life By

3. The 3 Cents of Happiness

And of course the post that started it all!

The Butterfly and the Cocoon

I for one think this momentous occasion deserves a virtual toast!

Here's to another year (and beyond!) of bloggy friends and happiness!!

Okay, okay, my toasting skills are not the greatest! Haha! But in all honesty, I love you guys and hope that you all have enjoyed reading my blog as much as I've enjoyed writing it!

Great, big, gigantic virtual bloggy blogoversary hugs!!

(Do you see my name!?! Proof! :] )