writing prompt: 4

"what material object do you cherish most?"

every letter bryan has ever written me. plus 105 he wrote to me pre-mission. one a week for every week he's gone. so it's like i get 2 letters a week. when i'm sad and miss him, i've got (literally) hundreds of letters to re-read.

my beloved camera. i don't consider myself a 'photographer' as many girls do these days but i love to capture memories. bryan used to give me a hard time cause i would ALWAYS take photos of EVERYTHING. and i've never regretted any photo i've ever taken, i usually regret more the times i didn't have my camera on me. i love going through and seeing old photos and remembering everything else that goes along with that particular photo.

my computer/ blog. i love sharing. and netflix. and my computer lets me do both. sometimes at the same time.

my journal, 'random thoughts' notebook and book of mormon. the above things let me bare my soul and also mend my soul. 

chubby cheech

i got my wisdom teeth out yesterday. holy ouch! i think the worst part was hearing them break my teeth out... well. that was the worst part until i looked in the mirror this morning. my face looks like it gained 50 pounds overnight!! and i can't open my mouth all the way... and that bothers me for some reason. you may ask why my title is "chubby cheech" well, here at the stevens' residence, i am known as "cheech" i know it sounds nothing like mia but here's how it came along. our family went through a phase where we said everything starting with a ch. so i was "chia" then it was shortened to "chi-chi" then to "ch-ch" then just down to the ch sound. then it somehow moved up to cheech. and it just kind of stuck. anyways.... i had a baby face my 9th and 10th grade years as in, chubby baby face. so my family refers to that time as "chubby cheech". now that my face is all swollen from said wisdom teeth extraction, they are calling me chubby cheech again. lovely.

sidenote: look at what i got yesterday!:)