It's a Giveaway Kind of Day!

So, I'm pretty excited about this guys! I have been eyeing these bracelets for quite sometime now, so I'm looking forward to sending one to one of you beautiful people!

And what girl can't use a set of make-up brushes???

Did you catch that last part? I bet you're wondering how you could get $200 in gift cards. Yeah? Well I'll tell you!

As my followers know, I am a photographer as well as a blogger.

My photography company is called Morgan Leigh Photography.

I photograph people of all ages!

Engagements

Weddings

Birth Stories

Newborns

Portraits...

If you refer someone to my photography business, and they contact me with a serious inquiry, you get 25 entries into the giveaway. If that referral ends up booking a photo shoot or wedding with me, then you get 10% of whatever I am being paid, in the form of giftcards to any store(s) of your choice. If the client you "refer" is yourself then you get 10% off any shoot/wedding you book me for. Ready, set, REFER!

 HOPE for Kirsten

via Youtube   &    via Pinterest

This is my wonderful friend Kirsten, and she needs your help! Watch this video and share it please!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Until next time...       .

2 years, 6 homes, and 5 jobs later...

So much can change in 2 years. In June of 2010, I was living in California at my dad's house, moping in depression, and planning on attending college for photography.

2 years later, I'm living in Salt Lake, on my own, I've just finished my first year of college studying Social Work, and I couldn't be happier. [You can tell I'm super educated, cause I use run on sentences. ;) ] I've been through 5 jobs, and I've moved 6 times. 

When I think back on the amount of changes that can, and have, happened in the past years, it almost frightens me. I'm only 19 years old. How many more dramatic changes are going to take place in the next two years? I guess only time will tell.

Me, 1 1/2 years ago

Randoms from my Day

Word to the wise: If you're going to shake your Naked smoothie, make sure that the cap is on. Otherwise you get laughed at by all of your fabulously kind co-workers.

Also, when a mean killer wasp flies into your car and lands on your back window, he is probably trying to kill you, so it is best to run screaming from your car and sit on the lawn til it flies away. :)

My knee is feeling much better, I never did go to an Urgent Care. I should be back to running next week. WOO!

Because of my knee problem, the stairs were slightly difficult to navigate, so my laundry will be finished, and my closet organized by (hopefully) tomorrow evening.

Stay tuned! It's gonna be good!

Self-Discovery: An Art ♥

"People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself.  But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates. " ~Thomas Szasz

 
I love that quote.
As I've said previously, I have spent the last two years of my life as a single woman, which has been a wonderful thing for me. At 17 years old, I was an emotional mess. I was continuously looking for places to go and people to see. I didn't know how to be alone with myself. Let alone confront my flaws!
There is nothing quite as wonderful as taking time off from finding other people, to take a second to find yourself. 
Too many young women these days are so wrapped up in the idea of finding a beautiful boy, that they forget that they are beautiful women. Instead of looking at themselves and seeing a unique person, they look at their peers and try to become as similar to them as possible. Looking a certain way, talking a certain way... 

How can anyone possibly find the perfect person for them when they are not yet the perfect person for themselves?

The hardest part of molding yourself into the person you want to be is looking at your flaws, and deciding which ones make you, and which ones break you.

Who I Am...

I am... a college student.

I want... a puppy!

I have... the most amazing friends!

I wish... I could travel the world and help the less fortunate.

I hate... feeling alone.

I fear...the unexpected.

I hear... the tick of my clock.

I search... for hope. For love. For knowledge.

I wonder... about death. Of other people, not myself. It's something that worries me.

I regret... nothing. My actions have molded me into who I am. I like who I am.

I love... my family with all my heart.

I ache...when someone I love is hurting.

I always... make my bed at night, right before I crawl in.

I usually... smile at strangers.

I am not... afraid to stand up for myself.

I dance... everywhere. Even at the grocery store.

I sing... in my car, with the windows down.

I never... say never.

I sometimes... procrastinate.

I cry... when it's all too much.

I am not always... responsible.

I lose... myself in my horseback riding.

I am confused... by people who hold grudges.

I need... to keep believing. Faith = ♥

I should... keep singing, laughing, and running. All essential parts of life.

Who Are You?

(Post idea from Our Love Never Fails via Running on Happiness)