Rainbows

"Life is like a rainbow- you needs both the sun and the rain to make its colors appear."

I come across this quote today, and it made me smile. It is a good thought to have in my head- and is something I truly believe in the depths of my soul. (This is due to my mother telling me my whole life that things will always work out, and even the bad things happen for a reason.)

So, once again- my list of rain and the rainbows it brought into my life...

Leaving Arizona, August 11, 1996 = cross-country, FCCLA, mock trial, Odyssey Worlds, YCC, Key Club, and wonderful people.

Forgetting my speech, July 1999 = five years of touring the country promoting a cause I believe in, while getting paid

Getting kicked out college required classes twice after a change in prereq's = postponing student teaching a semester = my job at Oak Canyon as a yearbook advisor, debate teacher, track coach = my job at Vista Heights teaching GT, yearbook, debate, and being department chair and data specialist!

CJK, Spring 2006 = giving up depression inducing medication and being much happier

PABM, Spring 2010 = my Mustang, San Fransisco, Mt. Rushmore, the Redwoods, Houston, sunrises, cooking, self-sufficiency, & amazing friends = finding my soul.

It has been a week where all the great things in my life are shining through brightly- and I know the rain had as much to do with it as the sun.