behind the scenes

well, it finally happened. i got my first nasty email this morning. i wrote back to the girl without being mean (even though i kind of wanted to). i actually thanked her for reading. haha! then i tried my best to brush it off, but, i'll be honest, it's kind of thrown me a bit. i don't understand why people find it necessary to tell you they don't like you or your blog. if you don't like it, please don't read it. ignore me. but don't say mean things, please. i'm a very sensitive girl, and mean comments hurt my feelings.

i really thank God though that this is not the norm by any means. this blogging community has been so incredible for me. i get a lot of emails from you guys. and besides this one, they have all been incredibly uplifting, encouraging, and personal. i love that you feel comfortable openly telling me things about your life. i love that i've inspired even one of you! i never thought of myself as inspirational! hearing that just encourages me to keep living my life the best way i know how, to keep loving the guts out of levi, and to keep searching for the good and the positive in all things and situations. my blog has given me a place to be myself at all times. it's a place where i can showcase my quirky, sometimes weird, personality. the post below is a perfect example of that. i love that you guys accept me for who i am and appreciate me. it makes every day so much sweeter and happier. 

i'm definitely not going to let the comments of one unhappy girl get to me or change how i do things around here. i've got plans for this blog, and it is here to stay, so all the haters out there should just accept this and keep their unkind words to themselves. i have enabled comment moderation though. i don't want to let other people's negativity seep into this blog. i think it's safe to say that none of us wants that here! so if you guys are wondering where your comments are, don't worry. they're in my inbox, and i will approve them as quickly as i can.

and just so i'm not hinting at my future plans for the blog without giving you any kind of clue as to what i'm talking about, i'll tell you this - i've thought a lot about the title of my blog. it's becoming less relevant to the life levi and i are currently living (hopefully, it stays that way!). i've thought about changing the title, but i have decided against that. instead of changing the title, we will be changing our lives. we're taking the good fortune we've had and sharing it with others in need since we know just how it feels to be in that position. right now, we really don't have much in terms of money or resources, so we're doing this in very small ways. but as this blog and our good fortune continue to grow, we will be giving back in bigger ways. i believe that God's biggest commandment to us is to love Him and love others. i remind myself of this every single day and try to live my life according to that principle (and trust me, i often fail miserably). i think the world would be an even more beautiful place if we all tried to live this way.