The Best Five Years

"There is no such thing as an ordinary life." - L. M. Montgomery I was exploring the recesses of my google docs files, and I came across these little ditties. They are not too old, but they were slightly better than I remember.  The Blur of Time I had a thought. Time is just going by How strange What Happened? What Changed? A moment is simply a moment. But is it? Or is it a blur? I tend to not decide. It is what it is. How much is imaginary? How much is real? What is there to see? What is there to feel? Mechanical? Or not? Life passes by. Just a dream, But not a lie. In truth, be there some, It is the ticking of a clock. Whose clock? That is the question. Rather, a decision. The consensus being that one ought to choose. For himself, for his thoughts. Let them brink on reality. Let not the reality be too defined. Let his thoughts float away- away. Some have called it freedom. Some have called it insan...

"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers." - Anne of Green Gables      October: What a crazy month! It has been going swimmingly for the most part, many writing assignments, Biology tests, and other schoolwork. As far as what I'm involved in, the list goes on and on. It suffices to say that I am quite busy and happily employed with what I am doing.      October. I think that fall is the sweetest time of the year. The leaves are turning, and the sky is unpredictable. Some days, it is crystal blue, and others, it is dark and mysterious. At night, the sky is cold and peaceful, and a feeling of calm resonates in the stars- stationary and embodying perfection.      Nothing extraordinary has happened this month which begs mention, so I shall include some poetry or other nonsense to occupy my readers in its place. (This is a creative piece that I turned in for my English class a couple weeks ago.) Fireflies and So...

"Every night I lie in bed  The brightest colors fill my head  A million dreams are keeping me awake I think of what the world could be A vision of the one I see  A million dreams is all it's gonna take  A million dreams for the world we're gonna make." -The Greatest Showman  Sitting on the porch at twilight, the summer wind wafting through the trees, and the last rays of deep sun silhouetting the trees, I write. I'm rather tired, to be honest. My kitten is demanding my attention, and I can't seem to find a comfortable position for writing this. There. Pride and Prejudice piano airs are smoothing my nerves.  Last week I went on a Mission Trip to the Native American Reservation up in Okanogan and we did a "VBS" for the kids up there. It was my third year doing that. Every year there are new things that happen while I'm there, and I learn a lot.  So much has gone on in our family that I barely know where to begin. I would rathe...

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

"Your pain has changed me Your dreams inspire Your face a memory Your hope a fire Your courage asks me what I'm afraid of And what I know of love" -Sara Groves A short note on things I've been thinking about lately. A lot has changed in the past year, and it has not been easy. I have definitely experienced pain and grief on several levels, and I just wanted to share a quick note on the insight that I am discovering.  My pain is unique, but that does not make it any more devastating than somebody else's, and the more I look around, the more I realize that everybody is struggling in their own individual ways.  It was just something that I realized. I am not the only one going through something, and that as much as it pains me to write this, life is simply hard, and it will not ever be perfect or calm, for this earth is fallen, and until Yeshua's return, our calling is not to live easy and frivolous lives but to live for Him and do the things he ca...

"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...

"One of the poets, whose name I cannot recall, has a passage, which I am at this moment unable to remember, in one of his works, which for the time being has slipped my mind, which hits off admirably this age old situation." -P.G. Wodehouse That's about how I feel about the quote I am looking for right now... It was something like "In times like these, one has only oneself to..." and then it ends, and my mind is singing opera and laughing hysterically whenever I ask it anything serious. So much for sense.  We're off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of Oz! (Well, actually, we're off to see Texas, but wherein lies the flaw in this minor difference of word choice?) This has been a pretty crazy week(month, really, since I haven't posted) because we are all doing school, there events such as soccer, running, prom planning meetings, and piano, and mom is trying to finish up two weeks of school so that next week we can pack. Along with that, ...