rtt: being there

Friendships are truly tested when your friend goes through a traumatic or sad event in their life, whether its a break up or loss of a loved one.

And the truth is, its hard when your friend goes through something that you haven't experienced yet, and can't relate to or even imagine happening to you. It changes people. But that doesn't mean you should change they way you treat them, or act around them, or avoid them all together, and this is especially important when you don't know what you can do for them.

So how can you be there? Like really be there for them?

Marching into April... Courage Continued

I am a nervous, nervous little mess right now. I decided to post up my first ever singing video right here on this blogg... I have been talking about this for years, and I mean 39483 years about posting a video up.. ok maybe not that many years.. buttt for a long while. I finally mustered enough courage, to just sing it and post it, and i really just want to dedicate this song/video to my parents. I think the hardest part about March, is remembering the passing of the love of my life, my daddy. And my mom has supported me through everything and continues to do so. This song has resonated with me throughout the past two years, and I thought I would never be in such a good place. Here's to living courageously and growing up. 

(Pardon my very terrible video editing skills, since there is an awkward spot right in the middle of the video... lol, you'll see it when you watch... buttt I decided to set my perfectionism aside and just do it. Woah.. courage is srsly the word for 2013...)

Besides trying my hand at video making & singing.. I can cross that one off my courage challenge to do list finally!! :D March was also the month I:

• Signed up for the Color Run for September!! I am so pumped!! And cutest of all, we decided to call our team Pandapowaa ( like pandapower,, except with a pow!) CANNOT wait for it!! Anyone else running in the DC Color Run?!
• Entered in my first body transformation challenge. Sayy whaaa?! Lowering my body fat to 15% is my goal right now for this challenge, I'm currently at 24% which is 2% less than I started out 11 days ago. Its super duper crazy... cause I would have never in a million years imagined that I would do a challenge like this.
• Starting going to zumba class, I've only been to two classes. And I have to say,, I love itt, even if I am super uncoordinated and all that. I don't care as long as I sweat it out.
• oh... and I got to ya know go to Paris, one of my favorite cities in the world, despite having no luggage the entire trip. lol!! But who cares, the eiffel tower is gorjess, and just being in Paris makes me swoon. :D

As I'm evolving, I'm trying so many more things that are wayyyy out of my comfort zone. And this is just the beginning of that... I really need to overcome a lot of my other fears too.. but this blog is pushing me beyond that, and I really enjoy sharing my life here.. even though sometimes I have a hard time with knowing what to put on here and what not to... but I'm learning as I go. March was a really exciting month, it just seems like life keeps getting better and better, and I am just so grateful and blessed to have the opportunities that I have.

Have a wonderful, magical, beautiful weekend!! 

With Love,

Kelly

Courage Challenge #1

For the start of 2013, I am determined to take more action in my life. So I decided to start these Courage Challenges, so that I can overcome and face my fears!

{This looks like a stalker picture, but my sister actually managed to snap a pic of this momentous life changing event. I'm the one on the left! I'm seriously proud of this picture though.. cause I am finally learning how to swim!!} 

For my first courage challenge of the year, I... well my sister.. signed me up for swim classes as a Christmas present!! I don't know how to swim, I vaguely remember learning a longgg time ago! But its been something I wanted to learn, cause ya know one day if I ever end up on a ship, and it sinks.. I can save myself?!.. haha I can remember I went on a cruise when I was 12 and they played the titanic movie on board.. um.. maybe that's what traumatized me?.. anywho whatever the reason, I've never learned how to swim.. so I am taking this class!!

I managed to survive my first class on Monday, but it was only in 3 feet of water, so I figured ya know I'm like 2 feet taller, I got this! ;) The class is actually for terrified adults. So.. thats pretty hilarious. But I really was scared to get in the water, like shaken in my boots kind of scurred. haha. But once I got in, it wasn't that bad.

So the first thing we did was practice holding our head under water for 10 sec.. That was effing terrifying... cause I felt like I was guna drown.. So I won't go through the play by play. But I know I can float.. and stuff.. which is pretty cool, because I've tried to float and would end up flailing.. And I actually really enjoyed it, cause playing in water is really fun! haha.

I have to say I've never felt more alive than I do now, I just felt invigorated after my class. And I'm really excited cause I will finally learn how to swim this year!! Making my future goals, like learning how to surf, seem more realistic, and feasible!! Maybe this courage challenge won't be so hard.. but this is only the first one.. so we shall see what other challenges I will post.

Are you doing any acts of courage lately? I would love it if you join in and create a courage challenge of your own!! It would be really fun and supportive to really help each other face our fears!!

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!! <3

<3 Kelly 

Courage Challenges

Lately, I've been obsessed with Eleanor Roosevelt and her quotes. She was one inspiring laday, Especially on the topic of courage! I've been thinking a lot about how I'm going to start taking action NOW! And how I can really make good use of my word of 2013: COURAGE! After thinking, about the things I want to do, and the fact, that I tend to talk more about doing, rather than actually doing it. Cause ya know talking is wayy easier than just doing something sometimes! 

SO for the year of 2013, I'm working on courage challenges, basically that means, that I am doing something that is taking me a lot of courage to do, or that I've been talking about doing, and haven't done out of fear. 2013 is really the year of creating and turning things into reality. And really being fearless!! So as I'm preparing for some challenges... I don't even know which ones (well I kinda do) since I am really scurredd of putting this out in the universe, but its transformation-go time!! <3

I'd love to hear your thoughts on courage challenges, and how your overcoming your fears this year, or whether or not your going to try something that you've wanted with courage and enthusiasm?

<3 Kelly