heres to my most favorite week of the year

Oh my gosh. I planned and tried to blog and be normal and put together and thoughtful and inspirational and to make words of my thoughts that help me make sense of the world and that I will pass onto my kiddos this week. I planned to feel here in this little blog where i open my soul and learn more then i could learn out there in the real world.. but I JUST CANT DO IT! I AM SO DANG EXCITED I CANT EVEN CONTAIN MYSELF! I am off on my way to camp tomorrow afternoon. And boy do I have so much packing and planning and organizing and thinking and seeing to do before I even get to camp mode but boy am i on my way there. I have been doing little things, planning presentations, thinking about things that matter to me.. and I will continue to plan but to make the magic really happen you just gotta be there and fully immerse yourself in the camp and the kiddos who make your heart soar and suck the juice out of every minute and live it. Cause thats how the magic becomes so real and alive, when you feel it and spread it and see it in the smiles and tears and excitement and nerves of these amazing out of these world kiddos who just want a little fun and guidance and time to learn about themselves without the whole big scary world buggin em. 


Remind me again how I got so freakin lucky?!?! I cant even begin to put into words the amazing feelings that come out of this week.  8th graders are really really awesome and smart and cool and out of this world and have SO much to teach you. And i learn more this week then most of the rest of my life combined.  And feel more. And love more and just have my passion ignited so much and I absolutely love it. I love watching them succeed and watching them fail and then talk about it and come up with creative ways to be better and probably more than anything else I love watching them bond and learn about each other and realize they are not alone. Cause 8th grade.. just like the rest of life is scary and boy do you need that support group. Thats the best part about RYLA! :) Oh man am I so so so out of this world excited. I seriously cant contain myself. I dont think Im going to be able to sleep tonight.. or work tomorrow. Oh boy.. I'm gonna have to call in excited! 


Also.. I get to talk about passion.  And tell my story of passion and why the word passion is important to me. And I am so excited about that. Passionate about passion and all that it does for your life. And how I learned about passion and how it became so important to my life and how it fuels my soul. And boy does it fuel my soul :) Faith and passion.  I feel like those are what make life go for me when there isnt much to hold onto.  And they came in that order too. Just faith in life and passion for life. I love it :)


And in the spirit of all this I just read a blog about this
"What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"


I plan to...
~go to Young RYLA and have my life changed and spread this love for life
~ continue the RYLA journey for the rest of my life
~ spend quality time with my best friends
~ never loose my love for adventuring and learning and growing
~ laugh til my stomach hurts
~ cry when I need to cry
~ take in the views
~ breathe
~ have a family
~ learn so much
~ help people
~ love with everything I have
~ suck every last bit of juice out of life
~ study abroad
~ take risks
~ get hurt and find my way back to life
~ get to know myself better than anyone else
~ play
~ hang out with kiddos forever.. they see life how it should be
~ explore
~ live abroad
~ smile oh so much


there is so much more. but i like that. and i have so many things i wanna do. and so many thoughts going absolutely insane in my head. but i need to go to bed. hopefully ill write once more before camp but i kinda doubt it. so enjoy the week.  i know i will be. ill send ryla vibes and be back soon with sooo much to write about. and no energy or time to do it. but ill try real hard :) 


heres to my most favorite week of the year. to changing lives and having mine changed. to sharing love and passion and life. to learning to playing to feeling. heres to life... man its good! <3