Sunday, July 25, 2010

Letting Go...

Thank you. That isn't meant as anything mean or sarcastic, I really do mean thank you. For everything that went wrong there was a lot that ended up going right in the parallel universe of our lives and somehow I came out of our demise a much better and happier person than I ever knew I could be. What we had helped to make me strong enough to take care of whatever life may throw at me and to find a path where I can finally ask what I want out of this life and actually go and get it for myself. I have seen places this year that I never thought I would visit and I saw them completely, not from some half shelled view, that is how I saw things before, now everything is new and more exciting and I feel like I am living for the first time in 26 years...there will always be a little bit of sorrow for you in my heart which is probably why I am writing you this. I blocked you from calling and texting me because I can't hear your voice, I like being able to pretend that you are happy wherever you and whatever you may be doing. So, for every tear cried, thank you. For every kiss, thank you. For helping me realize that what I thought I wanted wasn't at all what I wanted, thank you. I doubt we'll ever talk again, we were not meant to be in each others lives forever, so I just want to send this so that you know that whatever residual hurt feelings had remained,on my end anyway, are gone and I truly wish you the best. Goodbye and good luck, don't settle and when you find the real right person treat her better than anything you could ever imagine because that is what real love is about. Maybe you have already figured that out though. May you have happiness in whatever life has in store for you next. Goodbye and from the bottom of my heart, thank you. Maybe you won't understand why I am sending this to you now, but maybe some day you'll understand.

-Heidi

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Trips in 2010

Once I figure out how to actually post a photo here I will :) I am a little slow when it comes to this technologicalness. Here are a few of my photos from Yellowstone, Chicago and Indiana.

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Well...not perfect but at least they are on here :) It was really hard to figure out that if you click on the photo icon it lets you upload an actual photo....go figure!

Friday, July 9, 2010

Epiphany

It's funny the way that things change, ain't it? The fact that one day you wake up and it is just different, life is different, things are more clear and the things that were once toxic to you are just gone. But, in reality they are still there, you have just left them behind. There is a massive amount of strength required to achieve this but it is necessary to be able to move forward and live for your own life rather than anything else. What will make you happy? Is it really that double cheeseburger, or one last fling with your ex? No. In reality you know that both things are terrible for you and your moment of clarity was so powerful that the epiphany of the damage they can do will cause you to avoid them like the plague. And in the end you will be beyond thankful that you did.

It's weird to look back on my life seven years ago, that girl that was in college and on the dean's list and making all of these plans for greatness. Then along came what I thought was love and I devoted everything to it. I quit school, I quit my job all so that I could spend as much time as possible with this person...a mistake? I don't know, I guess I could look at it that way but in the end if all of that hadn't happened I wouldn't be where I am now, and I like where I am and the places I am going. I have a wonderful, great paying job, I am going to go back to school and decide what I really want to do when I "grow up" and I am able to support myself. I feel pretty empowered and not so scared of what the future holds for me. I have loved someone with my whole heart but that is gone now because that person was not who I thought they were. I am cutting the toxicity from my life and I am going to enjoy it to the fullest. I am going to travel as much as possible and love every moment that I can. That is where the joy in life is. I am so thankful to be able to be where I am at this point even if the road to get here was incredibly rough and at times I was not able to see the sun through the clouds. Now I know that the sun is always there but sometimes you have to look a little harder to see it or even seek it out for yourself.