gratitude.13&.14&.15

it's not that i forgot to be grateful,

i have been keeping track

i just haven't had time to post.

{13}

on the 13th i was grateful for many things...

1. modern medicine (excedrine) which allowed me to feel

like a normal person again! 

{and a little caffein to put a pep back in my step}

2. embarrassing moments, because they add color to life.

{like walking into the mens bathroom in a crowded testing center, realizing, turning around and having a boy walk in and tell you you walked into the wrong bathroom and then being unable to find the girls bathroom when you really needed it because you were so flustered from walking into the boys, taking your test and other variables on your mind.}

3. deep purple lipstick, because on a day like this day, 

you need something to make you feel all dolled up.

{or fabulous}

{14}

yesterday i was grateful for the temple

i hadn't been in 2 or 3 weeks, and you forget so easily

how grand the peace is that you feel.

it also helped that i went with my mission friends

they are just good kids. i freaking love them. 

we went to dinner after and completely lost track of time just conversing

and loving life. 

living life.

{15}

today i am grateful, strangely, that i didn't take a nap.

more often than not, i use my Sundays to recharge as much physically

as i do spiritually. but today, i recharged in other ways

church was beautiful

i made so many realizations of realistic things that i need to/CAN improve.

and that recharged me, so much so that i didn't need a nap i guess. or even want one.

i am grateful for the literal POWER of the spirit. 

not just that the spirit is a power, but that it gives you power to DO. ACT. 

¡si se puede!

{gotta kick it up}

anyway...

it's been a beautiful weekend.

xoxo

mandy