as you grow . . .

hello lovely friends of mine,

i can't entirely remember if it was britney coleman or maria dinney who introduced me to the following quotation, so i will thank you both to be safe.  i remember reading it back in high school and thinking about how much relevance it held to my life at that point in time.  and still, looking at it four years later, it has never been more true or applicable to everything that is going on around me.  i think you may find the same.  enjoy, friends.  

as you grow...
when the broken hearts are mended and the many tears are dried, you learn. when you're over the old boyfriends and realize you can live without your first love, you learn. you see the world doesn't end just because you think it will, and that sometimes growing up means letting go. you learn what real love is, and you begin to see that one friend who really cares about you is better than a hundred friends who don't. you learn that you can be strong, take each day step-by-step, and survive every sad moment. so feel the pain and cry the tears, go out and experience life. but when you're at the end of your rope, and you're ready to jump off that ledge, remember that heartache fades, pain subsides, and though life seems at times too tough to handle, it is also too precious a gift to waste.
keep on living, never give up, and remember: 

as you grow,
...you learn

- carrie ann bakley

be kind, okay?

- m