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The Best Five Years

This is a blog dedicated to the years between fifteen and nineteen, which L. M. Montgomery describes as, "The best five years of a girl's life."

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- June 15, 2018

This is my kitten, Moses. She is named after the children's story by James Herriott.

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Coffee and Summer

- June 12, 2018

"The noblest art is that of making people happy." - P. T. Barnum A lot has been going on recently. School is almost over, and all of my stressful/exciting events have already happened. It was a hurricane last week, and this week it is only a misty breeze(well, except that it's like a thousand degrees outside). I joined a choir called Encore, and that has been great. We sang songs from The Greatest Showman, which I LOVE, Dear Evan Hansen, and a medley of Irving Berlin's songs as well. It was really neat to be a part of show choir because there was just so many talented people that we had an amazing time just singing and dancing. I will never forget it! School is all done except for Chemistry, which I am still finishing up, and I look forward to a full summer of excitement. It's hard to believe, but it has almost been a whole year since I started this blog! One of the five years down, four to go! Hooray! Plus, when I am sixteen, I will have my driver's lic...

Several Poems from this Summer

- August 18, 2021

Here are a few of poems that I've written this summer. A Butterfly Among the Greats The day began cold. I was out in it too early Or maybe I was there just right. Sitting in my chair They spoke of the greats But I, listening with only half an ear Was thinking about small things And the consequences of a cold day. My light sweater with its brown buttons Was certainly perfect for you then. I sat as still as I could Hoping the sun and the heat of that Haven would save you. They talked of men and heroes The weak among the brave. They talked of the divine love And of the wings to be got. But I only thought of protecting The delicate pair that you already had. It was already so perfect This short life that you lived: The isolated transformation You, getting your wings. I think Plato would have approved. So was it really so bad that I only thought then, Of you? To live another day: That was my hope for you. You...

Evangelism: A Reflection on Bede

- September 12, 2021

In everything that the Christian does, they need to be approaching Evangelism with the mindset of speaking the truth to unbelievers. In Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People, Bede mentions a man named Aidan, saying, “Neither respect nor fear made him keep silence about the sins of the rich, but he would correct them with a stern rebuke” (Bede, III.5, pg. 117). A Christian’s w ords and actions must align with the truth they are living out of in order to convince other s . To speak rather than remain silent is itself an action. Non -C hristians often accuse Christians of being hypocritical, and rightly so. It is my experience that often, Christians are trying to sell a message that they themselves don’t buy. When Bede mentions Aidan, he writes, “ the best recommendation of his teaching to all was that he taught them no other way of life than that which he himself practiced among his fellows” (Bede, III....