There are two ways to live: You can either live as if nothing's a miracle or live as if everything's a miracle.

summertime

Stampede with my sister and bil

OLP!

Fireworks from the grandstand show

Look at all em cowboy hats :)

Show in the Corral - apparently this was from Cavalia?

Not pleased with my 'Japanese' dog.. nothing like Japadog but then again I wasn't too impressed with japadog in Van

Blue's Club!!

AMAZING sweet potato pie with icing and roasted pecans and a po boy (sp?) - spicy catfish. Delicious.

Inglewood love.

Downtown Calgary at night.. this is our updated ctrain stations.

Cascade mountain.. we made it to the second peak (right in the middle).. longest ten(?) hours of my life..

LOOK AT THE ANIMAL!

Gorgeous, gorgeous view. Worth all the sweat and fear.

That is Banff down there... all photos unedited.

I'm smiling but scared sh*tless.. those rocks were killer to climb.

I believe this was the peak we just climbed.. from the previous photo..

HI MOLLY! First time at an off lease dog park :). That white bag has chicken feet in it.

My battle scars from the hike.. this does not need to be enlarged.

This summer is coming to an end.. I am a lot sadder than I normally am about returning back to school. 

I am having an amazing summer, Calgary you have been very good to me.

family

 

For those that know me, family is very important to me. I have always been close to my entire family, we have deep conversations over the dinner table, provide relationship/life/career/fashion/any advice whether or not the other party wants it, we are extremely blunt with one another, and we care for each other unconditional (it doesn't always seem that way though).

This summer has been an amazing period of time for me to reconnect with family, sure I talk to them regularly but those little daily moments are missed. I miss our late night Mickey D runs and conversations with everyone cuddled up under the covers. However, there have been a lot of big fights which isn't too surprising. There are always good and bad moments. Moments where I want to cry and just get out of here as soon as possible and moment where I want to cry because I'm missing out on THIS life. This version of my life.

It's been a bit difficult to figure out where I want to be, I'm realizing people have their own lives and are starting their new lives and families, and whether or not I'm here.

I guess the point of this post is that, at the end of the day, when it comes down to it, your family will always be there. I can go around the world and pursue whatever dream I want, and I can always come back to family. However, I can't expect to always come back to what I left and pick up from there.

“Our most basic instinct is not for survival but for family. Most of us would give our own life for the survival of a family member, yet we lead our daily life too often as if we take our family for granted.” -Paul Pearshall

Just look up, we are both under the same sky.

Reached the half way point to being over this.. it's taking a long time. Clubbing isn't so fun, meals don't taste so great, bodies of water aren't so beautiful, the worst part is feeling more lonely than I was before. Every time I'm in a bad mood or having a not so good day, I think of how I could just pack my bags and fly across the ocean.

I'm stuck in limbo, between the past and future.