Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes..

Change.  Depending on the occassion this one little word can be the best of beautiful, or it can be the worst of  ugly. Spring coming and ending this dreary winter we have had... Beautiful!  Utah Jazz changes as of lately.. Ugly! "Be the change you you want to see in the world." "Change brings opportunity." "If we don't change we aren't living, if we don't live we won't grow." "Change is inevitable."  These are all quotes that we hear quite often.  Maybe it's because spring is just around the corner but lately I have thought a lot about this funny little word called change.

The other day I was talking with a girl that I went to high school with but didn't know very well.  I learned so much about her and how much she had changed.  In high school she became addicted to meth, got pregnant,  and had been arrested several times.  She told me how much she hated her life in high school.  Now she is majoring in Nursing, is married, raising two cute little boys, has a job, and just got sealed to her cute little family she has a few weeks ago in the Logan temple.  How amazing is she?!  We got into a deep conversation and I asked her how she did it.  How in the world did this girl seem to go from the ugliest of circumstances to the beaautiful position she is in right now, and all in only three years?  She told me that she just wanted to change the guys she was dating.  She said she dated guys that weren't into great things, but that the worst part was that they didn't respect her in any aspect.  So she wanted to date guys that were better for her. She then said that she realized that if she wanted to date guys that had all these great qualities that she herself would have to try to be better.  She went on with her story making it clear that she just changed little things here and there.



Ever since speaking with this amazing girl, I have reflected on my own life.  There seems to be so many things that I want to change.  I want to be a better daughter, a better friend, a better sister,a better student, a better employee, I want to be more positive, I want to help others more, I want to be more friendly, I want to be a better missionary, I want to be a better example.  I'm sure that we all have things that we want to change in our lives.  Today is the day that I hope to make one small change for the better.  I hope that I can always 'Be Myself"  but I hope to change a little every day.  I hope I can become the kind of person that I hope to become through these small, but ever so important changes.

Taylor Swift- Change

Working as a CNA, I have had many opportunities to talk with a lot of elderly people.  I love being able to get to know them.  But I tell you what, one thing that most every single one of my patients have wanted the most is someone to listen to them.  Let's face it, most elderly long stories that they could tell all day.. Some of them are pretty interesting and others are....well, just long! 


I have learned so much from listening to all of these stories and experiences that my patients have had. One thing thatI have learned is that I will end up regretting more of the things that I didn't do, than the things that I did.  Therefore, I have added to my bucket list.  There are so many things that I want to do in life.  Some of the things on my bucket list currently are:


Have a message to me on the Terrace Depot gas station sign (all those that live around it understand what I'm talking about!)


Go to an NFL game (preferrably the Cowboys!)


Learn another language



Kiss in the rain



To see my name on the Jimmy's Floral sign and get a free rose (too bad I have one of THE most common names in America!)



Go to China


Have a Lady and the Tramp moment while eating spaghetti



Meet an apostle


Sit in one of the first three rows at a Jazz game( and look all cool with one of those amazing lanyards on)



Learn how to play the piano and the guitar



Attend an authentic Luau



Kick an actual bucket





Attend a session of General Conference



Solve a Rubix cube

Become all Martha Stewartish(minus the jail time) and be crafty/cooky/homemakerish



Have a temple marriage


There is quite a bit more to my list and yes, some of them may seem a tad bit strange but you have probably figured out by now that I can myself can be a little strange.  Life is pretty darn amazing!  These are just a few things that I think will make it even better!