How did I get so lucky

Today has been one of those days that I have looked at my life and said, "How did I get so lucky?" I have the most amazing people in my life! What did I do to be so blessed!?!? I mean really I am one lucky girl! I have great friends, an amazing family, and church leaders who are very dear to my heart. I have learned that i need to be more careful of how i treat these people, and that I make sure and let them know on a constant basis how much they mean to me. Today I was reminded of just how lucky I am. There are many who come and go but the ones that matter most are the ones who will stick around. I have been so blessed with amazing people who care about me and my well-being. People who go out of their way to make sure i am okay, and those who will drop what they are doing to listen to me, give me advice, and provide a shoulder to cry on. I love these people very much! So, this is a shout out to all of my friends, family, and other loved ones who have touched my life for the better. You all know who you are :) I wouldn't be the girl I am today if it weren't for you and your loving influence. Thank you for all you do! You are indeed making a difference in the lives of others, or at least in the life of Brianna Brough.

Thankful to be me!!

Today I am thankful to be me!! I can't imagine wanting to be anyone else! I am proud of who I am now and who I am becoming! I have always struggled with my self-esteem, but lately I have found confidence in who I am. I am no longer afraid to be me. I may not be a size two model, a star in a movie, or the girl on the cover of a popular magazine, BUT I am ME, plain and simple and that is all that matters!! I am comfortable in my skin! I am finally happy with who I am. After struggling most of my life with self-esteem issues, I cannot tell you how liberating it is to finally be free from it! Don't get me wrong, I am sure I will have my struggles along the way, but not like I have had in the past, because I now I am beginning to see myself the way my Father in Heaven sees me. I am a daughter of a king, a princess, a child of God, and no one can take that from me!! I was born to do great things, and no one can stop me, because knowing who I am and where I come from gives me power that I cannot find anywhere else!


I maybe a girl who is crazy, out of control and full of emotion, but I am ME!!!

Marilyn Monroe says it best "Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it is better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring!"

Today is an UP day!

So, today was a typical monday...

From the minute I woke up I knew it was going to be one of those days... My day started with me waking up ten minutes before I had to be to my work meeting. After my meeting I remembered that today was the last day I could take my accounting test, so I went home to study, then when I was all ready for work, I looked outside and it was SNOWING!!! I was not really dressed for the weather, but I was running late, so.. I wore what I had on. Work wasn't too bad( other than I had to take down our stupid sign in the pouring rain) I studied for my test and got a lot of things done. Then after work I went to take my test feeling very confident that I knew the material and that I would do well, even during the test I felt good. But when the test was over and I saw my score, I wanted to cry!! I BOMBED it!! After all that work and all that effort, I felt like nothing had paid off and that studying wasn't worth it. I came home feeling very down on myself, hoping that my family would help cheer me up...

... and that they did. After a day that I was so ready to be done with, I thought I was just gonna go to bed feeling sorry for myself. But then my little sister changed my whole perspective. If you know my sister you know how positive and enthusiastic she is. We have a joke in my family that based on her mood she is either having an "up day" or a "down day," and when I got home from work she was off the wall hyper, laughing and giggling at nothing, definately having an "up day." It was her that made me realize that no matter what our day is like, or how things turn out, we are the ones who determine whether or not it will be an "up day." My little sister is not afraid to show how she really feels, and so you always know what kind of day she is having, but it is amazing to me that regardless of all the stress she has in her life, she can still have amazingly good days, and that she doesn't let things get her down. She is an amazing example to me of staying positive through stressful times. She reminds me every single day, that life is short and that we need to live it to the fullest!

So, today I start blogging about things I am thankful for, I start with my little sister Courtney... As you can tell, she means a lot to me and I don't know what I would do without her!! She really is one of my best friends. She knows best how to make me smile, and make me mad. She knows how to make me feel like a pretty cool older sister! She makes me look up to her more and more everyday!! She knows how to love more purely than a lot of people I know! She is so quick to forgive, and let people know that they are loved! She is such a good example to me, and I am SOOOOO very grateful for such an amazing little sister! She truly is a blessing to me!!