I love my life.

Do ever think sun showers are funny? If not funny, at least fun. I don't what it is about them, but they make me smile.

My friend Kate used to say that there is a difference between liking something and loving it? For example, you might not like your younger brother or sister when they pull your hair and pinch your arm, but when it comes down to it, you still love them- because they're family. Can it work the same way with life in general? Can I not like my life sometimes, but still love it? I agree with my friend Kelly who always says: I love my life.

A couple mornings this week, I have not liked my life. I have woken up with pain, that I had thought had resolved itself a while back. I didn't like having to wake up, pop Advil, and then continue to suffer until the Advil started to work. The pain eventually subsided and I went about my day.

I think it was Wednesday, when the winds were really strong that forgot about wearing your favorite hat or using your sun umbrella. I was walking to school as I do everyone morning and I thought to myself- I love my life.

I love that I live somewhere where the season's change, the leaves on the trees starting to transform.

I love that I am still a student. and therefore can enjoy things only students can enjoy: mid-afternoon naps, mid-morning naps, mid-evening naps.

I love that I have an amazing family. Who still want to visit me, even if only for a few hours.

I love that I get to play scrabble, almost everyday. Even if I lose, almost everyday. It keeps my mind sharp!


I love that I can come home from school and skype mom, watching her cook dinner on the other end, and hearing about how she is such a social butterfly.

I love that I work at Trader Joe's- stocking shelves, searching the stock room for a customer's favorite product only to tell them we ran out, packing groceries, blowing up balloons for the kids in the store. Yea, it's a good job.

Finally, I love my life, because it's life. Real. Sometimes messy. Sometimes frustrating. But it's still life. And it teaches me something new everyday. Like the saying goes, "life is like a box of chocolates, you never know which one you're gonna get."