Having The Fam in my corner

I definitely do not love and appreciate my family enough. Today my mom started something new with my brother and me: Encouragement emails. My mom and brother decided that this way we can be there for each other in a better way than just my mom and I texting or my brother and I texting. It's brilliant and actually made me cry a little bit. The written word is so powerful and it was wonderful to see how supportive they are. It's hard to remember your family and who they are when you're so far away from them. It's especially difficult right now because my brother just got married and he's stressed about being married and being a real adult. Crazy stuff. My mom's struggling with both of us being gone for reals and I of course am in the middle of the U.S. questioning my life decisions. All in all, we could ALL use some encouragement. It's just nice to know and be reminded of the fact that they're there. I love them to pieces. There's even talk of all of them coming out in March to see the opera.

Anyways, tonight is my last night as the First Lady which is exciting and sad all at the same time.

And so I'm grateful for:

• My family.
• The ability to perform.
  
• Planting musical seeds in children. There's a program at CSU where third graders come to the arts building and experience theater, art, dance, and music. We taught them about recit today and it was the best. They're so eager and willing to learn and by the end of our two hour sessions with different groups they had a good grasp of recit and didn't want to leave. It was the best.
  
• Not completely sucking at French. I had an oral exam today and was super nervous about it but it wasn't that bad at all. (Le sigh!)
  
• TV. It's my biggest escape and I love it. It's always on--I just love the noise.
  

Have a lovely weekend ladies!