lemons + lemonade.

Life is going to throw you days that really suck. 

I pride myself in being a really positive person and always focusing on the good in things. 

But sometimes, there are going to be days, or weeks, or months that just totally suck. 

You heard it here, from the girl laid up in bed with her face and neck covered in Benadryl cream due to some mystery sickness.

And that's okay. 

I'm learning it doesn't make you any less of a positive person to look at a day or week or month and just think, "yeah, that was terrible." 

Because that's life. 

But I'm also learning to be really thankful for all the good days and weeks and months, because there are a heck a lot of those, and they blow the bad days totally out of the water. 

This month has been so bad at times that I've wanted to scream "ARE YOU KIDDING ME SEPTEMBER?!" on quite a few occasions, but it's also been freaking fantastic. 

I've spent a lot of time up here, and learned that it's a really cool place to hang out right before it storms:

I've spent a lot of time snuggling with this guy:

And really, any month where this happened can't be classified as a bad month:

There's been a lot of blurry car-selfies:

And a lot of late nights trying our best to act our age instead of going to sleep at 8:30 like our bodies are desperately telling us to do: 

So yeah, this month has kind of sucked. It's been full of car wrecks and sickness and crazy unexpected bills and broken down vehicles and mean people and crappy days that you just have to cry about.

But it's also been full of family and friends and pushing myself out of my comfort zone. It's been full of squeezing in date nights with the love of my life and early mornings laughing together about how deliriously tired we are. It's been full of sunsets and sunrises and cheers and dancing and remembering just how much of a privilege it is to be alive.

Sometimes life gives you lemons. And when that happens, it's really important to stop and remember all the times that life gave you lemonade. 

So bring it on. The lemons and the lemonade. Because life, no matter how full of days that make you want to scream, is really, really, really freaking beautiful. And that's worth remembering.

Has your month been full of lemons or lemonade?