A lot has happened since last post.
I had a wonderful Christmas break with my family.
I started my last semester at BYU. Yeah, I know, weird.
I went on a cruise to Cabo. A week of 80 degree sunshine and endless amounts of food? I think yes.
Annnnnnddddd...
I got engaged!
Ben proposed on a beach at sunset in San Diego. It was perfect. He's perfect.
Life has never been better! I'm so in love and content with where my life is going.
Don't get me wrong, everything hasn't been handed to me on a silver platter.
(especially when it comes to love)
Don't you worry.
It's been a long and dramatic path for Heather Neeley.
As I look back on the road I've traveled so far, I've realized a few things. Life is not perfect, people make mistakes, crap happens for no reason, and decisions will be made that will be regretted. And though I am in no way embracing these bad things that happen, the black holes, the sleepless nights, the tears that seem like they'll never end, and the cloudy days have made me a better person.
I've also learned that life is beautiful.
Just when it seems like you can't take anymore, that ray of sunshine peaks out just when you need it to.
It's cliche, I know.
But there's a reason why so many songs talk about "the broken road that lead me straight to you" or "the light at the end of the tunnel." It's true. Happiness WILL be obtained. These little gems in life will make you feel like a giddy school girl. You'll feel happiness that you will never forget. You just gotta bear through the storm. Then after a refreshing day in the sunshine, it may rain again. But that's life. Would you have it any other way?
Ben is the sunshine that I need (sorry to be so gushy). I know that getting a ring on my finger is in no way a "happily ever after" and I will never say that it is but my goodness it is certainly the biggest freaking gem (ha, no pun intended) that I've ever experienced. A milestone is coming in my life. I'm graduating and ready to face the big bad real world. I'm getting married. MARRIED. That's so crazy to say. I'm moving out of Utah and across the country. I have no idea where I'll be in a year and that's scary and beautiful all at once. Utah has been good to me but I am oh so ready for this. In fact, I have never felt so ready to embrace a new phase of life. Though I feel like I've learned a lot so far, I'm just beginning. I'm just a pee wee player in this game of life and I have so much more to learn and face.
So here's to you, future,
bring it on.
