tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67382414976750189942024-03-12T16:16:32.099-07:00365 Days of MemoriesRachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17378832548853576521noreply@blogger.comBlogger283125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738241497675018994.post-49698623116490642362013-08-10T13:50:00.004-07:002013-08-10T13:50:46.225-07:00365 Days of Memories Take Four - Day 221 (So far behind!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">*I wish I could lay down beside you when the day is done<br />And wake up to your face against the morning sun.<br />But like everything I've ever known,<br />It'd disappear someday...<br />So I spend my whole life hiding my heart away.*</span></em></div>
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I joke around a lot with my friends and family about how I'll probably never get married because I don't have time to even think about meeting someone, or how I'll never have kids because the little ones at work drive me crazy... but the truth is that's really just a defense mechanism. When I look at pictures like this of a couple walking along the beach at a storm rolls by in the distance I see everything that I want and hope to have someday... and I wonder if I'll ever get the chance. </div>
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I've always said I think it's harder to find love the older you get. I remember being 20 and thinking it would be so easy... and having boyfriends and always thinking that would be 'the one' I would marry someday. But none of them were ever the one and I'm not the kind of girl to settle so when I realized this, I let them go... and sometimes they let me go. And now, the older I get the more I realize it IS harder to find love in your late 20's and early 30's. Probably because at my age you aren't looking to just fool around. </div>
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I just want to meet that guy who loves to take walks on the beach and understands the beauty of a sunset or a sunrise or just a blue sky on a clear day.<br />I want to meet that guy who will pull the car over so I can take a picture of an awesome storm coming in.<br />I wanna find someone who likes staying up late on Fridays but knows that you don't have to go out drinking to enjoy it. That sometimes just being at home curled up by the fire with a good book is <em>enough</em>.</div>
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I don't know... sometimes I guess it just seems like it'll never happen.</div>
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<em>So I hate that I sometimes miss what's right in front of my eyes.<br />And I know at the end of my road I'll be wanting more time.<br />Just another sunset, one more kiss from my baby, a smile from a friend...</em></div>
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Back from vacation and I have many photos to share of our wonderful trip. This first one is of sunset over our beach house on our first night. I had an amazing time with my family and definitely did not want to come home! I love our annual Outer Banks trips :)<br />
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<br />Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17378832548853576521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738241497675018994.post-65862157932215087572013-05-10T13:21:00.001-07:002013-05-10T13:21:04.031-07:00365 Days of Memories Take Four -- Day 129<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">There is nothing more fulfilling in life then getting to watch dreams come true, and being a teacher gives me the opportuity to be a part of helping others discover their dreams every single day. I have worked with children for 15 years beginning when I was 13 and started babysitting for my neighbors. I have been a Lead Head Start teacher for 3 years now and before that I worked in a day care in infant, toddler and preschool classrooms. I've worked with every age group from birth-5 and I love it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On March 7th 2011 I was sitting in my bedroom working on sewing a quilt for my nephew and my back itched... that simple itch led to me discovering this;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Long story short, the next day I called a dermatologist office in town, a day later they saw me and less than a week after that my back looked like this;</span></div>
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Tomorrow is a day I dread. It's a day I've dreaded too many times since my diagnosis a little over 2 years ago now. At first it was a follow-up every few weeks to take out stitches and remove other funky moles, and then every 3 months and now it's every 6 months unless something changes. Tomorrow is my first 6 month follow-up, my 2-year (a little late) post-cancer appointment.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of my absolute favorite parts of living in Kentucky is and always has been the horse farms. There is nothing more calming and beautiful than driving through the country on a warm spring day and seeing horses out in the pastures grazing, especially with their babies. Reminds me how much I really do love this place even on the days I wish I could move to the beach!</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I've had this song (that I LOVE) stuck in my head all day long... and you know what they say; If you've got a song stuck in your head, go on and sing it!</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Every little river running through your mind.<br />You give and you take, you come and you go,</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">If you're looking to be somebody's 'just friend'<br />A little life, a little laughin',</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">that's just fine.<br />If you're gonna be somebody's heartbreak,<br />Be mine.*</span></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">-- Hunter Hayes -- </span></i></div>
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<strong>Some of you may remember this little meme from a few years back on facebook -- thought I'd share my "20 Things About Me" here on my blog;</strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">2) I love, love being outside - whether it's lying in my hammock, walking on the beach or taking a hike at Natural Bridge, I always feel best when I'm out in the fresh air!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">3) I'm a firm believer that there's no day that can't be made better with a nap!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">4) I have suffered from classic migraines (aka; migraines with aura) since I was 12-years-old. I hate them. I love Topamax.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">5) I'm addicted to Mountain Dew and Graeter's Bourbon Ball ice cream - both are amazing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">6) I make a mean lasagna.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">7) I have never smoked a cigarette in my life, and I don't feel the need to ever try.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">8) I still love the Backstreet Boys and New Kids... in fact I just saw them in concert when they toured together, and I loved it :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">9) I am terrified of heights.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">10) I absolutely must take at least one shower per day, usually two.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">11) I was diagnosed with Stage I Malignant Melanoma in March 2011 and have since had 7 surgeries... hopefully that's it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">12) I love reading!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">13) If I weren't a teacher I think I would want to be a photographer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">14) I absolutely hated country music until I started college... at which point I started listening to country music and now, it's about all I listen to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">15) I have never been drunk in my life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">16) I am a huge fan of the Kentucky Wildcats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">17) My favorite season is spring because it reminds me that life begins again every single year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">18) I have never traveled outside of the US, nor have I gone west of Illinois... I can't wait to take a trip across the country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">19) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love shows like Ghost Hunters, Paranormal State and A Haunting... but I absolutely cannot watch the movie 6th Sense. It terrifies me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">20) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been blessed to hold a newborn baby in the very beginning of his life... and blessed to hold the hand of a dying loved one at the very end of hers. And though both expriences made me cry - one tears of joy, the other of sorrow - I wouldn't have traded either one for the world. Because those are the experiences that make you realize how wonderful life really is... and how fleeting. And how much we should cherish every moment because every moment is something special.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>*My mom told me once that when you're afraid of something, what you want more than anything else is to make it go away. You want your life back to the way it was before you found out there was something to be afraid of. You want to build a high wall and live your old life behind it. But nothing ever stays the same. That's not our old life at all; that's your new life with a wall around it. Your choice is not about going back to the way things were, your choice is about hiding... or about going right to the heart of the thing that scares you.*</em></span></div>
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