Snow

Yesterday we had our first real snowfall of the year. The first to leave a blanket of beautiful, fluffy, white snow on the ground. As I watched it fall yesterday it got me thinking about how out of the trillions of snowflakes that have fallen in my lifetime no two have been found that are exactly alike. Beautiful little things that even when they are clumped together are still individual and unique. I started looking at pictures of snowflakes and out of the hundred or so that I found each one was different. Some were similar, but not an exact copy. Each snowflake is perfect even in it's imperfection.

Now what does this have to do with anything? Well, it also got me thinking that we are like that. There are no two people on this earth that are exactly alike. We are all individual and unique. Some of us may look similar, but there are no exact copies. Some of us are simple. No bells and whistles. Nothing entirely spectacular. Not as pretty as some of the others. Some of us are grand and beautiful with many amazing details.

If we have a Heavenly Father who is detail oriented enough to make it so that no two snowflakes are alike, doesn't it make sense that we, who are His children are just as special. He made us in his image and he wants us to be happy. Being happy is easier said than done, I'm afraid. But those moments of unhappiness are what I like to call make or break moment. We are forced to either turn over all of our worries and fears and have faith or give up and try to do it alone. I have tried both routes and still find myself fighting to do the first. Having faith is hard sometimes when things are hard to handle. Case in point, I am 27 and single. I never thought that I would be one who was single for this long. Most of the time the optimist I thought I would find someone who could look past my plain outside and see the beauty within. That hasn't happened yet. Sometimes my faith waivers and I left in a make it or break it moment.

And so, even thought I feel like the snowflake above, kind of simple but possessing a beauty all of it's own, I wait. Knowing that I have a Father in Heaven who loves me. Who made me to be like Him. A precious and unique queen in my own right. Born to stand out.

And some day, maybe there will be someone who sees me like the snowflake above. Beautiful and grand.

Harry Potter Rocks

Professors Trelawney, Sprout, Flitwick, Lockhart, Umbridge, and Moody.

Okay so you have to forgive me while I geek out a bit. Last night was the beginning of the end of Harry Potter. I love Harry Potter and going to the midnight premire is tradition for my sister and I. It is so much fun to go and dress up and see all of the other Harry Potter fans. This year we decided to do something different with our costumes. We decided that we were going to be the Hogwarts professors. These were by far our best costumes to date.

All night long we were told that we had the best costumes of the night and random groups of people kept asking if they could get their pictures with us. It was so funny to see peoples reactions as they realized who we were. We were a hit.

This group was my favorite. They were so fun and they were so excited to see us. Then as we walked into our theatre to watch our show we were applauded. BY THE WHOLE THEATRE!!!! It was so totallt awesome. I loved the movie. Seperating it from the book like you have to with these movies wasn't bad at all this time. Not gonna lie I got teary eyed a couple of times during the movie. But on the upside, the Weasley boys have all grown up to be good looking boys. :)

Second Best....

WARNING: THE FOLLOWING POST IS EXTREMELY PESSIMISTIC. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO READ SOMETHING LIKE THIS QUIT NOW. If, however, I have peeked your interest keep reading.

Ever have those moments when you feel like you are second best to everyone and everything... That is how I have been feeling lately. Now I am not blogging this to get sympathy or pity from any one. I am blogging so that I can get it off my chest and hopefully feel better about it. I have been having issues with certain people who have it all. They are better looking, smarter, quicker to learn things, make friends quicker, and are over all more than I am. These are the type of people that everyone is drawn to. The ones that can have friends and people love them all without any effort on their part. It is a natural talent that they have and it makes me so darn mad sometimes. How is it that one person can have it all? Have the friendships that everyone wants? The personality that makes them irresitable? The ones that can seemlessly integrate themselves into any situation? Are the types of people can just bat their eyes and have whatever they want? It makes me doubt just about everything about myself. It makes me doubt whether my friends really like me or if they just feel sorry for me. It makes me doubt whether I am of any worth in job situations. It makes me feel like I am invisible. After all, if they are better than me at everything, why wouldn't everyone like them more and have more use for them. These are the kind of people that it would be far easier if I could hate them, but I can't because I want to friends with them too. I am drawn to them like everyone else and if I could hate them I wouldn't have these issues. But I can't hate them... Looks like there is one more thing I am second best at...