"It is not the load that breaks you down,

it is the way you carry it."

-Lena Horne

New Obsession

Meet my Dad.

This is my Dad

John Dalrymple

He is the best person I know, seriously.

There is so much that I admire about him.

He works harder than anyone I know, He is so patient and kind. He always encourages me to do my best & chase after my dreams.

Anyways, when I went home this weekend towards the end of my trip my Mom said she needed to talk to me. Not really the words anyone wants to hear, right??

She proceeded to tell me how my Dad has regular doctor appointments once a year, like usual, I knew that. But at his last doctor appointment they found a radical spike in one of his tests for Prostate cancer. They told him that yes, he has it. He can either do nothing & in a year it'll be WAY worse & they will have to take care of it (I don't know why that would make sense but whatever) or He can go through 8 weeks of radiation now & according to my Mom it will be COMPLETELY gone and He will be fine.

My biggest fear is something horrible happening to my family while I'm away at College & this really freaked me out. I'm glad that it is not severe enough to be fatal but it made me realize that my parents are not always gonna be here.

In that moment I realized how fragile life is.

I really don't tell everyone around me how much I appreciate & LOVE them.

I'm so grateful that my family will last forever, even beyond this life.

I love them more than anything!

♥

Newish.

I've been a horrible blogger lately.

And I'll be honest, it was because I hated the look of my blog.

I've been changing EVERYTHING, constantly... & I think I've figured out a look I like. Haha, silly I know. Well let's see, what have I missed? I signed & put down a deposit for a condo and I'm VERY excited. My roomie will be none other than

Cori Fox

SHOCKER! I know... Ha :] There was also the True Wolverine at UVU. Surprisingly I had never been before but I had fun dancing around the courtyard before anyone had shown up. It was... funny watching people become "true wolverines" & I have yet to become one!

Valentine's Day was such a GOOD day! I decided that I really enjoy Valentine's day. I mean it's a holiday to celebrate everyone you love & who doesn't love an excuse to party??? I was surprised by flowers from my parents at work :] Made my day. At night Cori, Staci, Ashley, & I went to Costa Vida for dinner then Sammy's for shakes. It was YUMMMMY! Then I went home because I had to clean for cleaning checks the next day, whoever planned that was a genius!

Anyways, this weekend I'm going home for President's Day weekend. I'm quite excited because I don't get work off that much. And there is nothing I love more than my family :] I'm about to go running with my brother so I got to go. If you never hear from me again it's because I died running. Which is definitely. possible.

Pictures from my weekend will follow!!!

SWIM

This got me through today

"you gotta swim, swim when it hurts.

the whole world is watching, you haven't come this far to fall off the Earth"