To Live: My Adventure: Why The Wait?

I promised myself I would never do a cheesy post like this..

but here I am.

Christmas is in 4 days.

And I've always thought it was super lame when people complained about not having a significant other to kiss under the mistletoe, to go sledding with, to go to temple square with, etc.

That's what you hear being a white Mormon girl on any social networking site.

And that's not a bad thing.

Just the norm.

Aaaaaaand I miss my best friend.

THERE

I said it.

I miss him like crazy.

I think it's making me crazy, actually, because I've suddenly become capable of relating to that annoying Mariah Carey song, All I Want For Christmas is You..yeah it's a little sad. But I'm not here to tell a sob story, I just thought I'd clarify a few things.

For those of you who don't know, I'm waiting for a missionary.

I've had people ask me, since I haven't come out and said it officially or anything, but there it is!

His name is Adam, and he's my very best friend.

He's been gone for a little over 8 months now, which seriously feels so great.

But I won't lie to you, it's not easy.

I do get a lot of crap from friends and family that think I need to be "having fun" and going on adventures and living the college life, etc. (I'm not even waiting and not dating anyways, though..) "People can change a lot in 2 years", yeah I know. That's the beauty of it all though, isn't it?

Change is a necessity to life, and sometimes it's good, and other times it's not. Everybody says that you never know what could happen, which is 100% true. I've accepted that, and I know that things might not turn out exactly how I expect them to.

Does that sound familiar?

That's life.

We don't quit living life just because we don't know how things are going to turn out, we keep going, and keep the faith that things will work out the way they are meant to in the right time, as long as we are on the Lord's side.
There's not that big of a difference, really, when it comes down to it.

Most people don't quite understand how it is to experience this, but that's not a bad thing.
I know why I'm doing it, and the Lord knows why; and that's all that matters.

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Anyways, I miss him. A lot. Especially during this Holiday season.
But I've grown immensely in the past 8 months and I wouldn't trade this experience of growth in the both of us for anything. This is the right thing, and I'm so proud of the work he is doing, and the man he is becoming.