The Boyfriend

I know this boy named Will. He has been one of my dearest friends since the beginning of high school, as in we're going on seven years now. That's a long time to know somebody. 

Will is very funny and always says the most clever things. He is so creative and thinks about things in a way that I've never found in anyone else. We have the most interesting conversations. Sometimes our conversations are silly but they're some of the most real conversations I've ever had.

Will is very smart, even if he doesn't admit it. He has so many talents and can probably do whatever he wants to do with his life. A writer, a philosopher, an engineer, a businessman, an adventurer extraordinaire, you name it. He's very passionate about the things that he loves and he can go on about some topic with so much excitement that it makes you excited about it as well. 

Will has good taste in music. For some reason that's a thing for me, good music taste. I also find him to be very attractive in an understated way (Do I want to put that on the Internet? Maybe not. Oh well). 

So many great attributes, right? 

So sweet, so charming, so fun. 

In high school I had the biggest crush on him, and now that crush has finally paid off. Here we are seven years later and I guess you could say we're a thing. 

Or dating. 

Or whatever. 

Either way, it's good.

For Sarah

I have this friend named Sarah. She studies Therapeutic Recreation. If you ever need any life advice, you should go to her because she always knows what to say and how to say it.

It's amazing.

 There are some days when I feel like my life is falling apart, but after talking to Sarah for 10 minutes I feel perfectly calm and collected. 

She has so much room in her heart. 

She has so much love to give and she gives that love to anyone and everyone no matter who they are or what their story is. She accepts you for who you are, taking the good along with the bad.

 She has so much light and she let's it shine so brightly. Her light spreads to others, allowing them to let their own light shine.

I've never seen anything like it.

She lights up an entire room when she walks in and she has so much confidence. She isn't afraid to be exactly who she is. She is so happy and alive, and she makes me happy as well. 

She is one of my dearest friends and I am so grateful to her. She has helped me get through so many things, mostly just by being who she is. 

I don't know what I would do without her, I love her so. 

Stay gold, Sarah, and let your light shine.

Picnics

Right now is my favorite time of year. 

The leaves are changing color, 

the air is crisp and cool, 

and the sweater weather season is in full swing. 

Yesterday we drove up the canyon and had a picnic in the leaves. Heather and I have made it a tradition (Two years in the making now) and it could possibly be the most picturesque thing we have ever done. 

We spread out blankets next to the river on a pile of leaves and ate delicious food like pumpkin bars and apples with caramel dip.

 And, of course, 

we shared it with our favorite boys. 

It felt like autumn in every single way. 

I love going up into the mountains. The air is so pure and smells so fresh. Breathing it in makes you feel more alive than you were before, it makes you feel like you don't have a care in the world. 

And for a moment, 

every worry and stress is wiped away and you feel that nothing in the world could make you more content than you are in that moment, sitting under the leaves somewhere in the mountains. 

Well, that was my experience anyways. 

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Sometimes You Just Need to Get Away

So this weekend I went up to Park City. 

I love it there. 

It is so peaceful and so relaxing and so beautiful. I fall deeper  and deeper in love every time I go up. There's just something about those mountains that speak to me. 

All of the leaves have changed colors and the air is so crisp and clean. You can see all of the stars at night. 

That's something that you don't get down here in Provo, 

stars. 

Not real stars. 

Just the ones that somehow break through all of 

the bustle and haze. 

Park City is an escape and all of the stars are free and shining. 

This weekend was also conference weekend. 

And some of you may know what that is, and others maybe not so much. But it's always uplifting and it always comes when I need it the most. Now I feel like I can take on the world, along with whatever else I may come across. 

I also have realized where I can be better, what I can work on. 

And that's really the whole point, 

becoming the best you you can be. 

It's a process and it might take an entire lifetime, but we can do it. And maybe it starts with getting away from it all and having time to be with yourself.