ALICIA WOOD: In the Last Year...

I had a conversation the other day my amazing mom.
I've been having a pretty emotional time lately.
When my mom told me she's proud of how far I've come in the last year.
And I realized... she's right.

So I decided to make a list of the things I've done in the last year.

Moved out on my own

Learned to deal with hard roommates

Set foot on a college campus and attended classes

Made friends from all over the world

Wrote so many missionaries I lost count

Moved to a different state

Completely changed because of BYUI

Made lifetime long best friends (Lisa Miller)

Dated so many different kinds of guys...

Learned to budget

Held 3 different callings in the church

Become comfortable with myself

Went inside two different temples

Traveled to California on my own

Got out of my comfort zone.. a lot

Realized how much I LOVE science

cut out tanning and getting my nails done :) BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT haha

Said no to shopping... Another big accomplishment

Learned how to cook.. kind of :)

Got not only one.. but two jobs

Fallen in love, had my heart broken, and have broken hearts

Became closer than I ever thougt possible with my brother Austin

Forgiven like crazy...

Faced my deepest fears..

Realized that no matter how much I didn't want to admit it... I love the gospel and can't live without it.

Cried like I never have before

Smiled like I never have before

I'm sure there's more. The point is: I'm finally discovering who I am. And who I want to be.

No matter what anyone tells me... I'm beautiful, smart, hard working, loving, caring, passionate, stubborn, crazy, emotional, and a total mess most of the time. But ya know what? I wouldn't change one single thing about me. I love who I am. And if others don't... well then, they just don't know what they're missing out on :)