The Knudsey Family

It's been two weeks since I last posted. I think that I have been lacking an inspirational drive lately, but I'm slowly getting it back. After the weekend at home and the engagement, I kind of lost track of what I was working towards, but I've done well to pull back together these past few days. Many personal goals remain and another goal has been added: to plan a beautiful and memorable wedding and reception- without making myself nuts with stress. That is a big goal because I easily get stressed with such important things, but I am trying really hard to be more lighthearted and easygoing about life- after all, I shouldn't be grumpy about such a beautiful event as a wedding!

So, an important subgoal of the wedding goal has been to find a dress. Last weekend, I'm pretty sure I found it- THE dress! Mom saw it online and thought that it would be the one, and I had seen it online before and liked it a lot, so I made an appointment to try it on. I was alone for the appointment, but as soon as I left the salon I called Mom to tell her I thought I had found my dress! I loved it! It had everything I was looking for and even though I have a few more to try this weekend, I'm pretty sure this one will be the one I return to. I'm not going to share pictures because I'm trying to keep the number of people who see it limited- after all, it is that moment when I walk down the aisle and everyone sees it for the first time that is so special!

Finally, for now, I was reading "The Best Year of Your Life" last night. I read the section on "living your life as an example." It hit home for me, especially because I've been grumpy the past few days, and made me think about living my life in a different way. It said you should find someone to live as an example for, and although there are people I would like to set a good example for, I think I would rather live by someone else's example at this point and hope that it turns into an example for others. That person is my aunt, Dolly. She passed away in May, but she set a great life example for me and for many others. She lived her life with kindness towards EVERYONE, with a purpose of serving and helping others, and she inspired many people- including me. I just hope that from this point on I can remember that Dolly didn't waste life being grumpy and taking for granted the blessings of the world, she changed the world with her kindness and ability to live life to the fullest.