yaaay birthday

September 10, 2012 Whitney Saxon

Whoeee. What a happy week last week was. Thank you so (so, so, sssoo) much to everyone who made my birthday amazing. I felt so overwhelmingly loved. It makes my heart full just thinking about it.

I don't want to call any individual activity out, for fear of making one seem less special to me - because I really just loved everything that has transpired during the last week.

So I will just leave it at that. That I can't even really explain how grateful I am, but I am 100 percent positive that birthdays have to be one of the happiest days ever.

I hope you had a wonderful September Five, too. Thank you again for the sweet loving. I love you all :)

all the love in the world

September 6, 2012 Whitney Saxon

My love language is words of affirmation.

I love words. I love compliments. I love giving them. To my friends - to strangers. They make me happy. Like. Really happy.

I recently stumbled upon The World Needs More Love Letters and, needless to say, I am in love. It's a site dedicated to writing and distributing love letters to strangers. You can request that a friend in need be sent one, or you can love letter your world by leaving them anonymously in random places.

I want to be part of this project, stat. I want to write and drop letters all over Atlanta. And someday, I seriously hope I am in a coffee shop and find a letter someone else has dropped.

Get inspired along with me: check out the video about how it got started.

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this life is pretty amazing

September 4, 2012 Whitney Saxon

Last year I was very scared to turn 25.

It sounded so old and big and like I was supposed to know things and have stuff figured out.

But 26. Whewee.

26 is a lot less scary.

Sure, it is closer to 30 than 20, but it's still pretty far away from it. And also, 25 turned out to be pretty amazing, and I didn't experience any sort of memory loss or effects of aging as I feared I would just one year ago.

I'm not one of those people who tells college kids: these are the best days of your life. You better enjoy it now because it's all over after this.

Yes. College was amazing and fun.

But every year it seems like life just keeps getting happier, and I think: welp. There's no way next year will be able to top this one! Of course each year has its own trials and tribulations, but I just feel so lucky to be living and learning with such amazing people by my side (both literally and across America) as they unfold.

So on the eve of the start of my 26th year of life, I am not scared, but excited. I can't wait to see what this year brings!

PS: For my birthday I just have one tiny request for all of the people I previously mentioned that are far away make a quick trip to Atlanta, so you can all literally be by my side. Not so much to ask, right?

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friday find

August 31, 2012 Whitney Saxon

I recently stumbled on Thought Questions and am hooked. A big question asker myself, I'm wondering if I can somehow incorporate these into my life outside the blogosphere.

Here are my favorites...