Called to Serve

my best friend left for his mission today!! he entered the Provo MTC at 12:30 pm :) my heart is so full of love yet completely torn because this means not being able to see him for two years. i feel like the only way i knew i could let him go was because this church... The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints... is TRUE!!!! there is no way to doubt it. i would not let my best friend, my whole world and life, LEAVE me for 2 years just to preach some doctrine. And he's not just preaching any doctrine, he's preaching THE doctrine; the true and full restored truth and my missionary is worthy enough to serve. i am SO PROUD of him! i've never been happier or more terrified in my life. people say time changes things, that love doesn't last - can't last - through a time like this, but i'm here to say ~ it's FALSE. i know without a doubt in my mind that i will wait for him:)

i will wait for him because he is everything i have ever wanted. he is everything i have ever needed and i cannot imagine life without him. maybe i'm a love struck teenager with huge plans that seem impossible. i don't know how to tell you what i feel, but i know that with the Lord's help, he will guide and help both of us become closer than ever before. 

this was the letter i gave to my missionary this morning, just a few hours before he left for the MTC:

Dear Elder Cook,

You don’t even know or realize how many lives you've changed, how many hearts you've touched, and how many people look up to your Christ-like example. Your spirit and personality is adored by every single person who knows you, and I am especially grateful that the Lord placed you into my life when He did. This year was truly the greatest of my life, and it was all because of you. Thank you for the memories I will hold in my heart forever… thank you for being my best friend and for loving me even with my countless imperfections. You will be dearly missed, but the places you go and those whom you serve will be extraordinarily blessed by your presence and incredibly strong testimony. I know that the Lord will be by your side constantly because you are a valiant servant. He will send the angels to guide and protect you if you continue to give this mission all of your heart, might, mind and strength.
I love you and I will miss you. But most importantly… I will see you soon♥

Here's to a New Beginning...

my name is Myranda Thurman. i am currently 17 years old and i will be 18 in May. i have a crazy passion for photography, so i made this blog to share my own images, but also to turn it into an "online journal," if you will. the images posted will hopefully inspire and spark memories of your own (in ways which i see through my lens), and the random life stories in-between will be written from the heart ;) i hope you enjoy what i have to share.

within the next few months, i will embark on a whole new journey! Senior Year is coming to an end and after that it's change, change, change! it's time to grow some wings cause i know momma is bound to push me out of the nest anytime. honestly though, i don't know how to feel about it. growing up? i remember being little and saying i wanted to grow up, but now that it's here.... i want a refund! i want to run bare foot in the sprinklers again and sell lemonade until i make my fortune; $5.00. i want to sleep outside under the stars with my best friends just to wake up smelling bacon cooking inside. i want to close my eyes and dream the dreams of castles and fairy's and princesses until i actually believe i'm there. i miss being a kid, ya know? i miss feeling safe; like there was nothing in the world that could ever tear me down. now, thanks to society and lack of human empathy, a young woman such as myself- or young man - is expected to be something they're not. needless to say, it's all kind of overwhelming and hard to deal with, but i have to believe that everything will be okay somehow. 

as for the first post of this newly established photography/journal blog, i won't bore you too much with highlights about me or anything like that right now. i'm going to assume that you will make your own judgments and figure my personality through the way i express myself on here. i just hope to keep you entertained and that you enjoy the blog as much as i know i'm going too! 

♥M.N.T

ps- these are me! straight hair-fyi takes about an hour to achieve. the natural curl, about 5 minutes ;) also, one more thing. a personal habit nonetheless, i don't capitalize my "i's," or really anything for that matter. have you noticed? hope it doesn't bother you! ;)