marriage

I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to

 annoy for the rest of your life. - Rita Rudner

I laughed for a good ten minutes over this quote. I absolutely love it and it is SO true! I love Dillon to death, but I love to annoy him even more. He is my bestfriend and I can tell you that he would say the same thing about me. 

Our love is wonderful. It is not blind; we see every flaw, yet we love each other anyways.

Our love is not always kind. We fight, we bicker, we whine, yet we love each other anyways.

Our love is everything, yet it is nothing compared to a fairy tale.

I cannot believe that I am twenty-one, graduating college with a Bachelors in English, and am marrying my best friend. Our time flies by in this universe, yet we waste so much of it on what doesn't matter.

I plan on spending the short time I have here with the love of my life, my friends, and my family.

What is life without all of these things?

Light Vs. Dark

Sir Francis Bacon once said, "In order for the light to shine so brightly, 

the darkness must be present."

My light has been dulled. What once had shone so brightly has now been extinguished, diminished into darkness. That little voice in the back of my head reminds me of all that I fear most; I fear the darkness. Even when my light has been ignited once more, the darkness creeps back in. The darkness will always be there, ready for my light to dim, just as my fear will never cease. If only my light could just sparkle, shimmer, and glitter like the sun, perhaps then the my light could overcome.

I watch Criminal Minds, Law and Order: SVU, CSI: Miami, and all of these other brutal shows that depict rape, murder, incest, yet I am still interested to watch. Why is this?

Criminal Minds, though graphic and sometimes disturbing, never ceases to inspire me. Though the show is full of darkness, 90% of the time it proves that there are bits of "light" in the world worth living for.

Faith in Humanity Restored

I had my faith in humanity restored this weekend.
Lately, my facebook has been filled with constant bickering, bitching, and cruel slander against those of all different types. Issues like same-sex marriage, obama as president (and everything that has happened since), gun laws, cancer posts, etc. always arise. And I am absolutely sick of it.
People are crazy. And I'm tired of having such rude, closed-minded views come across my profile.

But anyway back to FAITH IN HUMANITY.

This last Saturday, I attended the Red and White Husker Spring Game.
Not only does Red and White have a whole new meaning for me as that my skin has gone from a nice pale, snow white to a flaming cherry red, but I also witnessed the Huskers remind me why I love Nebraska.

Jack, a young boy, was able to score a 69 yard touch down in the last half of the game. It was beautiful. fun. and absolutely restored my faith in humanity. The Huskers, a very important team in the state of Nebraska, took the time out of their first Big 10 Network live game, to show love and consideration for a boy fighting cancer.

Every time I see it, I am truly moved.

May God bless Jack.