As I sit on the couch tonight with tears running down my face all I can think about are the good times with my best friend.

The friend that I begged my parents for years to have. But it didn’t happen until I was 10. The day when we went to a breeder and picked out our new puppy. I was so excited to finally have a dog. All my friends had a dog and all I had ever had we’re outside cats and a hamster named hippity.

We brought him home a week later after we went on our annual spring break. It was all new for me, but I knew he would become my best friend. We named him Woody, just like Toy Story.

I enjoyed the times that I could take him for walks and even on roller blades. The moments when he would let me dress …

TEN things all about me…

one. My favorite travel snack is beef jerky. But only original, my mouths watering.

two. I’ve discovered that all my dreams of wanting a puppy have been smashed by the newest Wegmiller-gang, Wyatt. I’m thankful he taught me this until I discovered it out way too soon. I also never wanted a dog until after we were married, and now I wouldn’t trade mine for any amount of money.

three. I’m beginning to be this person full of stress with wedding preparations and real life big decisions that I let every {little} comment hurt and confuse me. I want to find the old Jillian that just brushed everything off and never was self-couscous or thought too hard into what people had to say. It’s stress, and it’s my perfection shining through, and trying to be the best to everyone is super hard sometimes. I hope …

Moments like today make my whole career worth while, even on the days when I question it the most. After doing a new client she was not out the door but a few minutes after cutting and coloring her I got a phone call from her and I always expect the worst, it’s my nightmare although its never happened. Just imagining that she hated it or wanted something fixed. But she began to tell me that she just had to call me because she loved her hair so much and can’t wait to come back. I was truly taken back after a week that was sparse (which happens every now and then) ending with a week almost booked solid. My God never ceases to amaze me and remind me that he will always provide even when it seems impossible at times and the stress of the real world is coming …

I’ve grown up in Nappanee all my life and went to an elementary close to my house. I was the girl who was always homesick and always wanted my mom, even when I started first grade. I cried on my first day of first grade when it rolled around to lunch time. I didn’t want to stay for lunch I wanted to go home with my mom and be done for the day, like kindergarten. Until the day I met my best friend, Sarah. From that day out we were inseparable. We would have sleepovers in tents, ride four-wheelers and the lawn mower – because that was super cool, it was like driving a car – we would play in our play houses for endless hours, and she always made it to my dance recitals in the summer.

Seth grew up in Elkhart/Goshen area and attended Elkhart Christian Academy. Seth …

Earlier this Autumn I gave my self high expectations to start blogging more. At the end of  the hectic soccer season I logged into my WordPress site to find that every little detail that my heart ever poured out was gone. My posts to my best friends, my life, but most importantly the post I wrote a day after my proposal. The post that was every little detail from one of the best days of my life. Although I was a bit frustrated that this happened, it’s technology and I could either drag my feet about it forever or give my blog a fresh new start. This is where I am today, I’m ready for a fresh start, so how appropriate to blog right before twenty-twelve turns. My wonderful fiance also was ever so willing to change the looks of my blog with in the next few weeks, so keep …