Couldn't wait to get going, but wasnt quite ready to leave...

Its trips like this that remind me why i left home. But its trips like this that also remind me why i come home. Sure, sometimes there are things in families you just can't escape. no matte how many times you leave and come home, things are still the same. 

But tonight i realized that it is those things that bring us to the people we care most about. Without the things each of my friends and I have gone through in our lives, we would not have the connection we have with one another. We would never understand each other the way we do, had we never experienced the hardships we did. We get each other in a way that no one else understands. We've all had to take care of ourselves for a long time, but in that, we take care of each other. We all know what its like to have to fend for yourself. But we also know how it feels to have someone come along beside you and walk with you through the dark times. That is why we are friends. Because we know when to be that person for someone else. We know that we have that person for when we need one for ourselves. 

I am so incredibly blessed to be even a small part of these girls lives. they keep me grounded. i will never have friends like this ever again in my lifetime. and i pray i will never take them for granted.

i am so thankful for the madness. because from it comes my strength and foundation.

title: lyrics from "American Honey" by Lady Antebellum