Arie Belle Blog

I am sitting here in the back yard of my grandparents house reflecting on my life on this beautiful October afternoon, just finished watching General Conference  and now I'm listening to all my hipster indie music while writing this blog post. Technically this blog post is a day late and I was planning on writing something yesterday but I got caught up in a bunch of things, like buying myself a pair of glasses and watching Conference and then hanging out with my best friend Madeleine and then we did a photoshoot (the photos will be posted very soon) and my glasses are super hipster and perfect for me. I'll attach a photo at the bottom of this post as well to show off my good looks. Now enough random chatter, lets get on to this blog post. 3 years is really not that long of a period of time in the long run. But my 3 years is also such a long time and so many things can happen in 3 years time. For example 3 years ago yesterday (10/4/11) something crazy happened in my life. Som...

That night I slept better then I had in weeks, For the first time in days I hadnt stayed up worrying, crying, and thinking about how bad everything was. That night I felt peacefulness in my soul, I felt at ease.  Six a.m. the following morning I awoke, I awoke to two strangers in my door way, and my parents hiding in the hall behind them. Someone said to get dressed quickly. I did as I was told, I was not afraid of them, even though you would be. There was an older man, and a mid-twenties girl The man was ex-military, either navy or marines  The girl was his daughter.  I guess "kidnapping" was a family business to them. The girl stayed in the room while I got dressed She told me not to bring anything important with me, I did anyways, I brought my engagement ring, the matching necklace, a journal and a pen.  and that was all I had as I walked out my front door never to re...