Thoughts by Hannah Michelle

As I am sitting here in our new hammock, I am just thinking over these last few weeks and months...probably doing too much thinking honestly, but that's what happens some days. The last few months have been so strange for me. It's nothing really that has happened in the world around me, but it is definitely different about me.  I am doing so many things I would never have pictured myself to do, but I am so happy with this person I am becoming.  For one thing, I handle things way better than I used to.  When stressful things happened to me, I used to completely break down over every tiny thing.  Now I just basically laugh everything off.  I don't let things bother me as much as I used to, and that has made me so much happier. So while I'm never sure how qualified I am to give advice, for whatever it is worth, here is my advice for life right now: Don't let other people decide how you feel.  (I know, you just rolled your eyes a bit, right?)  I actually mean this t

Happy June and happy summer everyone! It has been a crazy summer so far for me, but it has probably been the best summer I have had in quite awhile so far! I started my summer with a week in Ohio.  It was a tough trip, because we spent the week cleaning out my grandmother's home and also visiting her in the nursing home she is in.  For such a stubborn lady who claimed she'd never leave her house, I had never prepared myself to see her anywhere outside of that home for a long time. I love her dearly and every time we leave her, I have to leave knowing it might be the last time we see her.  We got to see the whole cousin gang however, so that was of course wonderful but as always over too quickly.  We also stopped over at "grandpa" Bob's to watch PLL that week! While in Ohio, my phone had completely died, but it was great to come home and upgrade to the iPhone 7 plus!  It is so fancy I don't fully understand everything about it, but I love it.  PLEASE if I