The Best Five Years

Now isn't this unfortunate folks, I am writing my second post, and already I cannot decide on a quote to use. Being this the case, I suppose I must, ahem, enlarge my list. Doing this will, of course, not help me in the long run, but it still sounds like a good idea. Here this goes. (Way too much later) Nope. I just cannot decide on a quote. Well, I'll just jump right into it. Okay. This week(Monday through Friday)  I was at Youth Camp. It was an amazing experience, and it was just what I needed right before the kids arrived. I felt that I was in the eye of the storm, the moment of peace before the hurricane. I did not have an easy year last year, and I am not expecting an easy one with the kids coming so soon. This time in between that I could devote undividedly to God was just really special. Right now Grandma is here, and we are doing *fun stuff* like weeding and preparing everything for the kids. I say this with sarcasm, but it must be allowed that it is not all bad and it...

In every post (I hope to post at least once a week) I will begin with a quote that seems to fit the time. Here is the first one: "Novelists should never allow themselves to weary of the study of real life." -Charlotte Bronte I am starting this blog to track and remember several things, first; I will record my life story from fifteen to nineteen years old. This reason is that of something I once heard, which I believe was from the Anne of Green Gables books which said that fifteen to nineteen were the best years of a girls life. It feels strange to be this old because I always thought of that line and of being "mature" or "grown up."  Second, because my family is adopting four kids from Bulgaria and they will be here by August 1st. I think that this topic will be something of interest to readers, as it is rather unusual for a family to do that, just like that. I will be recording conversations, anecdotes, and things like that which will, I hope, interest...