A love letter...

Dear Grant,

A million words race through my head as I think of how you make me feel.

Loved, safe, warm, proud, elated...

When we met over 5 years ago now, I could not have imagined where our lives have ended up and I couldnt think of anyone else to have shared all these amazing times with.

You have taken me to a place where I am in complete peace.

You have travelled with me, cried with me, laughed with me, been mad with me, just held me, laid with me, married me, created a son with me, given yourself to me completely.

You, my husband, my best friend, a wonderful father, have such a joyful and caring soul. 

You know how to help me when im in need, you can read me like no one else, you support me in everything I choose to do and help me lift my chin up in times when I fall.

You work hard to support our little family and we will always be grateful for the life you provide for us. 

You have entered my family like a breath of fresh air, everyone just loves you and appreciates the man you are.

There is much I want to say to you but its hard to find all the right words.

So, I will just hold you close and love you deeply.

If the first 5 years have been this amazing, im sure the rest of our lives together will be pure bliss.

I look forward to all our future holds and want nothing more to travel the rest of this long road with you.

I love you with all that I am, all of my heart, all of my soul, all of my being.

For our future...

Well, this week I have been so behind in my studies since moving. Last night I stayed up quite late catching up on last weeks work, all 40 pages and 5 Case Study questions. Now onto this weeks work, blah. Im currently studying a Bachelor of Business in Hospitality Management. Since graduating school 6 years ago, I havent done any studying and boy oh boy does my brain know it!
Grant and I made this decision after I would continuously research courses decide that was my destiny, talk about it for weeks and then fail to ever go through with it. So when I read about this course I just did it. And then came the doubts, how could we afford it? How could I work, take care of Myles and the house? Am I smart enough? But luckily Grant slapped me out of it. ( I mean snapped ;) lol ) He has been motivating me this whole time and helping me be ambitious and think about our future and how wonderful it is that I am doing this for myself and for Myles. Some days I still question whether I made the right decision. I still question whether Ive gotten myself in too deep. But you know what Im just going to have to persevere and put my head down and ass up and get it done, because only I can get me to my future!
Is there something that you finally achieved even though you thought you never would or could? If you could leave me some of your stories of achievement to help me stay motivated and conquer my goals

 ~ you are your future ~

It takes a village...

SO....it has been about 2 weeks since my last post and ALOT has happened since then....
For starters we moved house and man did this feel like the above picture! We practically had to move everything from the old house, throw it in the new one and go back and clean until late, since we had to have the keys back that day. After all this I realised how awesome my Husband and Family are. As I mainly had to tend to Myles most of the time and still work, Grant did majority of the work, including clean the previous house until 1:30AM! Also my Father, a past Removalist, lets just say we would be screwed if it wasnt for him. He did so much for us including pack half our house, moving all of it with a thousand trailer loads and then helping us unpack for the next couple of days. My gratitude cannot be expressed. He has such a kind soul and would help out anyone in need.
After this hectic time I am now 2 weeks behind in Uni work and still digging for clothes from bags and boxes , whilst still doing my motherly duties and working my tooshie off. I think we will definitely not be making another move until it is into our OWN house...

Now I must end this here as I have quite a bit of study to do *gulp* so I leave you with this thought- When has your family been there for you and it has meant the world to you? Its moments like this, although we appreciate them everyday, that it brings forth this unity and connection that will exist for eternity. Hold the ones you love dearly close and be grateful for the all the things they bring to our life...

Love & Family

missed. missed us. missed you.

So, my first official post.

 Im writing this after i have cooked dinner, bathed Myles, put him to bed, studied for an hour and now typing whilst watching Greys Anatomy. 

Before all of these fun shenanigans i caught up with a friend this afternoon. This friendship began in highschool, we have been through so much together. So much fun. Formals, fights, parties, boys. She has always been that one friend that has always been there. I watched as we grew into adults, seeing her have her first baby, then the second, being there when she had her low moments and helping celebrate the good times. After many years our friendship took a downward spiral into nothingness. A black hole. While i was planning my wedding things went pear shaped and to cut along story short our friendship ended. She never ended up attending my wedding. This hurt me deeply, and i never thought we could regain what we had lost. With the birth of my son brought a breath of fresh air. She visited me in hospital, and as shocked as i was to see her i was also relieved to know she still cared. It had still been many months before i made the first steps to contact her and after many butterflies and if and buts i finally asked her to meet me for coffee. 

So, that was today and can i say how happy i am we got back in touch. After years of not speaking i thought there would be some awkwardness, some tension, but no! It was if nothing had happened. We talked liked we always had, laughed like we used to and enjoyed each others company. She played with Myles and made me realise what a great friend she actually was and how much i missed her friendship. Now she is getting married in 5 weeks and i only found this out today. This makes me so excited for her, but sad at the same time. That we will have both missed out on each others weddings. One day that is so important and something you will only do once, (we hope lol).

But i am not going to dwell on that one small fact, we may have missed out on the last couple of years but we have so many more to look forward to. It makes me understand why people say not to sweat the little things in life, because yes they are only little but one day you will realise that they add up to big things that matter.

I hope you have enjoyed my first blog and i hope to post something interesting every couple of days. Feel free to leave comments, feedback and tell me stories about your life, if you have had similar experiences and what you have gained from them. 

Peace.

~aspire to inspire before you expire~

Welcome!
For my first post I would like to share a bunch of photos that inspire me and make me realize beauty comes in so many forms, enjoy!