This little heart of mine

There are so many moments when I am overcome with how GOOD life can be. Just sitting in class laughing at a joke a professor slides in is enough to make my heart want to burst sometimes. All at once I get so anxious and content all at the same time. I am so ridiculously happy in that moment but at the same time I want to drink everything in that is on it's way all at once: Christmas, lunch with a friend, a day off, inspiring lectures, a good movie, finding a new music obsession, a mission, my wedding day, growing old and sitting on a porch somewhere, the next meaningful kiss, being a teacher, traveling, getting a pet, babysitting, quiet moments while the snow falls, basking in the sun when summer comes back. I just feel like there is so much to offer along every step of the road. I want it all, but at the same time I want every second to slow down to let me enjoy it while it's here.

I've never longed to go back to any moment in the past. I truly haven't. I guess I've never seen the sense in back-tracking when what's ahead promises to be so beautiful. Even when everything seemed dark, I never wanted to go back because it meant the dark times would only be ahead of me again. Once the dark times are over, they're really over and it's on to the next beautiful moment.

Do yourself a favor for me: Go listen to Carla Bruni. Drink a super huge glass of chocolate milk. Look at some pictures from elementary school. Hold hands with someone. Wear red lipstick or spike your hair up as weird as possible and then set up Skype and talk to someone you haven't seen in awhile.
Let me know how it goes.