"honey you can always come home."

so thankful for this family of mine.

love, j.

dancing.

"tonight i'm gonna dance for all that we've been through.
but i don't wanna dance if i'm not dancing with you.
tonight i'm gonna dance like you were in the next room.
but i don't wanna dance if i'm not dancing with you."
- taylor swift

love, j.

half of my heart.

"half of my heart's got a grip on the situation.
half of my heart takes time.
half of my heart's got a right mind to tell you
that i can't keep loving you.
oh, with half of my heart"
- john mayer and taylor swift

so maybe half of our hearts are still somewhere else.
with someone else.
and maybe we decided that that's okay.
for the time being at least.

love, j.

is it my fault.

we've been missing each other?
- imagine dragons

love, j.

just not today.

"one of these days

we're gonna have to grow up

have to get real jobs and be adults, someday.

just not today.

have to worry about things out of our control

like kids, love and money and gettin' old, someday

just not today.

just not today."

- kenny chesney

"young, wild and free."

love, j.

we are glass.

"we may shine.
we may shatter.
we may be picking put the pieces here on after.
we are fragile.
we are human.
we are shaped by the light we let through us.
we break fast.
we are glass."

love, j.

near.

"life keeps on changing.
tell it to stay still but it won't listen.
i just want you near me..."
-rocky votolato

so what do you do when you want him near you
more than he wants you near him.

love, j.

someday.

"and maybe someday we'll figure all this out."

-rob thomas

love, j.

i'm obsessed.

via

soo great.

love, j.

dancing away with my heart.

"for me you'll always be 18 and beautiful and dancing away with my heart."

here's to that night one year ago.

one of the best of my life.

love, j.

valentine.

here's a little love for you after valentines day.

i quite enjoy this song.
and although i only found it yesterday
and it's no longer valentines day today.
i'll still be listening to it on repeat.

enjoy.

love, j.

do i.

"Do I just need to give up and get on with my life?"

-Luke Bryan

love, j.

thank you kelly clarkson.

for putting my feelings into words.

i honestly believe this is true.

love, j.

when this song comes on my ipod.

it makes me really happy.

mainly because we can all do the dance to it.

even without the help of the just dance 3 dancers now.

maybe we're obsessed?

i'm fine with it.

happy friday.
i already got to see my mama today.
it's going to be a good one :)
love, j.

think of me.

i'm in this crazy love for the long haul.
love, j.

wanted.

i'm in love with this song.

love, j.

love.trust.lessons.

My mom and I had a little talk about love over the break.
and I know that I really have no idea about some kinds of love
because I haven't gone through them. but I feel like through
everything that I'm going through right now, if nothing else,
I'm learning a little more about what love really is.
the kinds that are in my life at least.

-the love of my parents.
and my brothers and sister.
-the love of the support from others who I never expected it from.
-the love of him. that's helping us get through this.
-the love of friends.
-the love of his family.
-the love of my Savior.
-the love of not judging others.

it's a complicated thing, love.
and sometimes I put my whole heart in too fast.
but now I know more than ever that
being honest is important.
and gaining trust back is hard.
that more than anything
i want a temple marriage.
and that it's okay to let others
know what i'm going through.
because sometimes they know
a lot more than I do.
and they'll help me through.

the lessons that I'm learning
are worth more than anything.
and I'm reminded each day that I'm
where I'm at right now for a reason.
even when I don't know what those
reasons are.

be honest.
love with all of your heart.
and learn from everything and everyone in your life.

love, j.

"and i know i'm not that perfect, but at least i know what love is." - five times august

i won't let go.

He wanted this to be one our songs.

and I wasn't quite sure why.

The other day it came on shuffle on my ipod.

and I really listened to the words.

I don't know that there's a better song for our situation right now.

and I'm extremely grateful that he wanted it to be ours so many months ago.

because it's helping me more than ever right now.

thanks, you.

you do things everyday that get me through these hard times.

even the little things like this song.

i love you.

love, j.

love is hard.

"And it kicks so hard, it breaks your bones

cuts so deep, it hits your soul

tears your skin, and makes your blood flow

it's better that you know

that love is hard . . .

if it was easy it wouldn't mean nothing, no."

- James Morrison

Love, J.

i love the way you hold me.

"I know I should be working but I'm thinking of you."

"You take each and every day and make it special in some way."

"It's crazy how I think about you all of the time."

"I'm so grateful and thankful for all you've done."

"I love you more than the words in my brain can express."

-Jamie Grace

I love you.

Love, J.