Living Life Under 5 Foot

In a life of media ridden information, and instant technology so many people have such a strong say in each of our lives. This week I was browsing through Facebook and came across the following articles: 10 types of guys you shouldn't date 10 qualities you should be looking for  7 things tall people have a harder time at  5 ways to tell they are cheating 14 ways to be able to tell they love you 5 types of people in this world 6 ways to get over him 23 things that make a best friend How to tell when you are ready to date again Ways to see that you love him 30 different celebrities doing..... (who knows what I can't remember)  But needless to say I was looking and these and wondering, do we really rely on one person somewhere behind a desk to tell us how we feel? Do we often sit and wait for life to happen, then consult google before reacting? How do we live our lives? They say the best way to power through things is to not "allow" yourself to get...

What is reality? What is your reality? In one of my classes we use a wonderful demonstration for this topic. A magic trick. We simply do a magic trick and then ask the students if this is real. Many have their hands up because it's what they saw, and know to be real, others question a validity of the trick. The thing is.... it's not real. It's an illusion to trick one into believing it's real. It does a good job too. Such in life we are on the reality ride. We must live in a real world. Media encircles and makes it hard to tell the difference, or we fall into a virtual trap. These can be used as escapes, but they aren't real life. Think now of some goals that you have made this year. Think back to your New Year Resolutions. How many have you done? Did you know the year is half over? WOW! That snuck by. I repeat. The year is half over. I know that I have not accomplished as much as I "goaled" myself to accomplish. Have you? The next part of real...

When I was 15 and 16 I was struggling with a bone disease.  One that sometimes was hard to fight, it hurt, and I was in pain. I couldn't live a normal teenage life. In fact I spent more time in hospitals and meeting with doctors than I did with many other things in my life. I had to quit sports, otherwise according to one doctor, "By age 21 I could be in a wheelchair." It was intimidating, to have my whole life change in such a drastic way, therefore in a way I gave up on myself. At the time I remember my dad telling me that after my surgery I would be able to run again, and play sports again, I just had to let my body heal.  FAST FORWARD 4 YEARS.  This year I started playing indoor soccer, nothing super big. But then everything with my internal bleeding happened.  Fast forward through, 1 cancer scare, 2 radiation treatments, 3 months basically on bedrest, and then my hair turning to crap.  This July 20th, on my 20th birthday I ran a 5...

Today I decided that I need to get married.  Not for the normal reasons.  I need to have someone around to kill spiders.  My roommate and I are useless..  So I'm officially taking applications!  Come and get it boys! ;)  I promise I'll try and be normal.. but basically you need to kill spiders. 

Today was one of those days. Everything seemed to pile up on me Life seemed to be against me in fact a semi drove past me and now I have a chip the size of a softball in my BRAND NEW wind shield. Needless to say I could feel myself snapping. and I did something today That I normally don't do. I called my Bishop. Yup that's right. I asked for help. Him and I talked about my recent health, job situation  family stuff, and frankly just how far away my life seems to be from the picture I was planning in my head. Sometimes it's just upsetting. Then he told me, "Find little things that make you smile." Here they are. The Show "Easy A" I am thankful every freakin' day that I'm not in high school.  It's glorious.  My family who gives me a reason to smile.  My dad supports and continues to love me no matter the choices I make.  He inspires me to be a better person to become something.  And he always makes m...

I can't sleep.  Isn't it grand.  It has been happening a ton lately, and well just isn't too good for my health.  Today I thought I would write out some of my thoughts that's been keeping me up today. I saw this poster that said, "The thing that messes us up most in life is the picture of how we thought our life would be." Since January I have learned something profound, something that I feel many people knew and have known for years, but it was my first time experiencing it. My best friend left my life. I have pretended like it didn't hurt, pretended I didn't feel crushed, pretended that I was strong, heartless, and happy, until today.  It hurts.  Still to this day it kills me not having him in my life. He sunk as low as to delete me off Facebook. ( I know that sounds like a teenager thing to say, but honestly if they go through the trouble to delete you off Facebook you know that it just got real.)  This was my best frien...

New Years always brings  New goals  New ideas and sometimes if we are lucky  New perspectives.  We only accept the Love we THINK we deserve. The thing is, we always deserve more than we think we should. Life can sometimes beat us down, and make us feel like we are less than we really are. However, we are worth so much more. Stop settling. It has been said that a place is only as good as the people there. We can find ways to be happy no matter where we are. Life is too short to surround yourself with people who don't make that place good.  This New Year is a time for change, understanding, accepting, and moving on. The future is unknown and anything can happen. But one thing is certain Tomorrow is another day and anything is possible.  Make it a good one.  xoxo Shay Brought the New Year in with my wonderful friend Jess. She makes it worth being here!

Here is my annual sum up of the year! xoxo Shay January- Started my job at the Children's Theatre, got in a pudding fight, created the robot box, moved into a new apartment in Salt Lake. February- chopped 9 inches off my hair, Bridge to Terabithia was finished and performed, Internship started at Utah Trailer Source. March- Keaton hits his year mark in the mission, Jonny comes home from mission, I meet Judith Rasband April- Emery hits 1!!! Jake hits year mark! School is finished I have a 3.9 GPA, Job starts at the LDS Business college May- I visit home, Quit the Children's Theatre, Katy and I had our first fight, Nate moved to UTAH! June- The accident, my jaw surgery, I visit ABQ, Ben leaves, watched Hot Rod 4 times. July- I watched the entire series of Ugly Betty, Found a new love for Mint Chocolate Chip Brownie, Turned 19, drove the mini cooper August- Worked my tail off (60 hours a week), went to 7 peaks, long boarded down the U of U hill, quit all my jobs...

I received the BEST compliment today! Someone came and I smiled and said hello, and they said. "Oh you must be mormon!!" AWE SHUCKS!!! I have been working hard for so long on my testimony, and for the time of my life I was unsure, it sure makes up for it when someone can tell just by looking at me. The man went on to explain how I had this glimmer in my eye and was always happy. Therefore, he concluded, I must be a mormon. I believe I enjoy this. It was just a grand day let me tell you. Things just went well. I helped my good friend plan how he was going to ask his girl to marry him. I had fun! I've also refreshed my love for the 50's and found this ADORABLE dress.. just saying! Well, that's all for now folks! How pretty is this?