and it all begins....

After months of wanting to start a blog, I have finally created Toes in the Water and with posting my first entry, committed to the fact that I may never have a movie made about me like Julie and Julia, or have anyone other than my loved ones read this but at least I finally have a space to share my adventures. Life thus far has been filled with many unforgettable moments, sometimes fabulous and sometimes so sad that my heart aches just to begin to remember. Even at 23, I have learned so much about myself and with each event that has happened, another piece of me is shaped and created, much like the volcanic lava that spills out into the ocean even at this very moment creating new Earth.

I can't guarantee to be as imaginative or enchanting as J.K. Rowling or the characters in her novels, (I could only dream) but I can guarantee to write it as it is and hopefully leave you with the emotions that I feel as I type each word. Life is raw and I plan on feeling every emotion it brings me, even when it hurts. I say this only because I have learned the hard way that the hurt allows you to remember what you were afraid you would forget as time slips past.

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
Eleanor Roosevelt

A toast to a new adventure and to the ones I'll never forget :)

-Grace Elizabeth

Toes-Zac Brown Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21OfqlL_hyE