Quotes

I LOVE quotes. They sum up a lot in a short amount of words.

Some have changed my life and some of mine have changed the life of others. I urge you to pick up a pencil and write down your thought the next time it pops into your head...you never know who you could be helping :)

If you quote me please put my name with it. I treasure my quotes and have made them up for different people and/or different times in my life. I would appreciate it. Thank you for being respectful :)

Technology

I just got one of the new "cool" touch screen phones and got rid of my dinosaur. Pretty amazing the things technology allows you to do...like post this blog. I would really love one of those ipads. It would be great for classes. They are really expensive though

Its the trials and tribulations that we despise each day but its nothing short of character it builds along the way. -Terri Rohda

Times get tough and it feels that you are never going to get through it but there is a lesson in everything...you just have to find it. Once found it adds to your character and makes you a better humble & empathetic person. Dont be mad you had to go through it...be proud that you got through it :)

The courage we've earned to face our future comes from the frailties that we've overcome in our past. -Terri Rohda

Who we are today is a direct correlation of where you have been in your past. Take a look back to those people who have influenced you one way or another even if they were in your life for 5 minutes. Once sentence said at the right time can change a person's life forever. Who helped develop your character?

Knowing that we have gotten through our struggles helps us to believe that we can get through more. It helps when there are people around that care about you...even if it is for 5 minutes (refer to above paragraph) :)

My dreams of the future include my dreams of your future. -Terri Rohda

This was a quote that means something to me because of my sister whom I love more then anything in this world. Who has seen a world of struggle. Who has overcome moutains and is now in college and doing amazing. Anyone can do anything if they put their mind to it. The dreams of my future include her having a wonderful stable life. One with more smiles then tears. You go girl...you can do it

Inspiration was found in many things. Mine was found in you. -Terri Rohda

This quote was for my mom who was a young parent. Who was a single mom of 2. Who went to college for 8 years while working full time in order to give us a better life. An amazing woman with willpower few will ever meet. I wish I would have realized at a younger age the sacrifice and dedication she had.

Families are the foundation of our lives. -Terri Rohda

Arent they? They are the ones there when we were young...they will be there when we are old. Sometimes our foundations has cracks...some bigger then others. I growing up had the role of the glue that held those cracks together so the entire foundation wouldnt fall apart. For many years I dealt with it because it was my family yet secretly resented it and wanted to fly away to my own life. Finally got to a point in my life where the cracks were still there yet the foundation was finally settled enough to where it wouldnt crumble at the moment of my absense...and I flew. I moved across the country. The hardest decision of my life. A double edged sword. It hurt so much yet it felt so good. Felt as I was disappointing them but finally respecting myself. Ive never cried so hard or smiled so big. I appreciate them so much more being 1500 miles away. Im finally free and able to take care of myself and my goals. I had to figure out who I was, what my goals even were, what I liked and disliked...I didnt know any of it. When my family finally was at a stable level of disfunction I felt as though my job was done and noone needed me yet I found myself more lost then I had ever been in my life. Who was I? I had to figure that out. When you spend your entire life taking care of other people that becomes your identity and you loose your sense of your own. It was an amazing sense of loss and of being lost. I learned about my self that I am codependent on helping people. That my life wont be satisfying if I am not but I needed to do it for an occupation and keep it out of my personal life so in 2007 I started college at 27 years old. I am now 30. I am majoring in psychology because it is something that I am great at and I am pre-med for psychiatry so that I can help everyone without limits. It has been a long road and college as an adult is a struggle but this time the struggle is mine and mine alone. Ill keep truckin