Roots Grow Deeper

I finally feel like my roots are growing into my new homeland. I finally feel a little more settled, a little more weightless. I don't think that moving itself was hard on me. It actually came pretty easy. What was hard for me was the reality of things versus my expectations. When I moved here, I knew that what I expected to happen right away would more than likely not happen for quite a while, but it still made me pretty upset sometimes. I don't get out a lot, and I like to go out a lot. I don't go around downtown to all the hip cool places, listening to music and drinking coffee or grabbing a bite with new friends. I don't really have any exciting stories or adventures.

Yet.

Can you spot the owl?

God has something going on in the works for me right now. I can feel it. I know that eventually, I won't feel so unsure. Eventually, I won't feel like I don't know which way is up and which way is down. Slowly but surely, I am growing my roots here. I was intended to be here. I don't know for how long, but the present is enough for me to think about right now. I know eventually I'll make friends, and I'll have adventures and stories to tell of! I thank God for my wonderful family I have here and the people I have been meeting lately. I am so thankful to have such amazing cousins that I call my friends.

Something I've learned from starting a blog while not having a whole lot going on is that I need to appreciate the smaller things. I need to become excited by the everyday things in life in order to write. Not just for this blog, but for simply my enjoyment in writing from my stories, poetry, lyrics. I need it for my art, for my photography, for my happiness.These past six months were hard to cope with at times, and I'm sure there will be more time like this. But that's the sweet stuff. That's the stuff you look back on that makes you so happy and appreciative... the stuff that makes you think, "Man, I made it out of that fire. I made it out of the desert. Look how far I've come!"

Have a blessed weekend! Cheers!! xo.