april 9, 1993 an angel was born

my best friend. 

sophie rose barton. 

happy birthday soph!!

i honestly am so so lucky to have you in my life. 

thank you for always being a part of my life! 

you are the most beautiful person in the world. 

inside and out. 

thank you for being the most amazing example to me and teaching me that life is about being happy and crazy and loud.

about loving each moment and living to the fullest. 

thanks for going after your dreams and teaching me that its okay to dream unrealistically big. 

to fly free.

thanks for being you and for being my best friend.

i hope you had the best birthday ever! 

i cannot wait to see you!! 

stay with me always. 

xoxo 

"will you take a moment promise me this, that you'll stand by me forever but if God forbid fate should step in and force us into a goodbye, if you have children someday when they point to the pictures.. please tell them my name. tell them how the crowds went wild, tell them how i hope they shine. LONG LIVE the walls we crashed through.. i had the time of my life with you" 

-t.swift 

<3 <3 <3 

APRIL 4TH.

DAY OF BIRTH

i didn't used to love birthdays.

all the attention. 

the hype. the letdown. 

...but this year was different. 

i absolutely LOVED my birthday. 

i woke up happy and excited and energetic. 

the entire day continued like that. 

so i decided why not wake up like that everyday! 

granted it's not easy when you have a test later in the day and you've been up all night studying or when you are dreading work later ..

but it's worth it!! 

it's always worth it

for the last 3 days of my 19th year i have woken up with with a smile on my face and thought 

"this is going to be a great day!" 

and guess what? it is.

these last 3 days have been some of the best all year. 

attitude is everything. 

last year one of my best friends wrote me a letter. 

she said

"on birthdays it's not about the actual day. it's about how far you've come." 

This changed my perception.  

this year i decided to look back at the last year of my life and see what i've accomplished and set goals of what i need to improve for my 19th year.

and the last thing that i loved this year was the letters and texts and cards and facebook notifications and emails and tweets.  

it's nice to have a day to remember that you are loved. 

to see that people are thinking about you. 

and that people care. 

it's fun to get those random "happy birthdays" from people you haven't talked to in years. 

to know that people notice the small things you do like smiling. 

birthdays are great. 

a day to reflect.

to rejoice. 

to be thankful. 

to set goals. 

to laugh. 

to share with the ones you love. 

and of course to eat eat eat.

<3