i've heard there are over 400 churches in my city. i believe it, sometimes it seems like there's a church on every corner. i checked the phone book, and there are 6 1/2 pages (front & back) of churches listed. When i relized i needed to find a new church, knowing there are so many wasn't a comfort. How was i to find the one church God wanted me in, with so many all around me?
i found where i belong, but it seems like it's taken me my whole life to get here. Something really ironic is that my grandparents really love Southside Baptist Church, and took me when i was little. i don't remember the church, but i remember their missions house where my grandparents stayed. i spent so many weekends there, but we would always go to my parents church on Sunday morning. So, except for the missions house, i pretty much forgot about Southside, it was just a church i drove pass in a town with over 400 churches. My family started attending a church in Fair Grove, and they've been there for about 7 years. i'm not gonna list all the reasons i left, it isnt important. All that's important it that i needed to leave. i spent over two years looking for a church. i visited many of my friends churches, and while i might have learned a lot, and really liked it, it just wasn't 'right'. i didn't have peace about it, i knew God had a place for me, i just hadn't found it yet. i had almost given up trying churches, i thought maybe God was trying to tell me to stay in my dad's church.
That's when a friend invited me to a lock-in at her church. That she even invited me was pretty cool, cause we had never actually met. She's in the Praise & Worship band, and i'm in choir, so we were facebook friends, but hadn't ever met. What's even more cool is that i decided to go! i don't usually go to stuff where i don't know anyone. But it sounded like fun, and i thought "Why not?". So, friday nite i pulled into the church parking lot, and you know what? Yep, it was that same church my grandparents always said was so great. After meeting my friend (who has since become one of my best girlfriends) i had a fantastic night!! i connected with so many of the kids, literally overnite; it was great! i really got to know them, and even agreed to go to camp with them. This was like half an hour after meeting them. i started going to their youth group on Wednsday nites, and then going to the Sunday morning services.
The lock-in was the first weekend in June, it's now the end of August and i plan on joining the church soon. After 3 months, i've found that i love this church, i find something new i like everytime i'm there. The people are amazing, i'm learning and growing so much. But most importantly, God has shown me that this is where i belong. This is my church.
Aug 30, 2010
Aug 28, 2010
My Angel
♪ I've heard it said, that people come into our lives for a reason bringing something we must learn. And we are led to those who help us most to grow if we let them. And we help them in return ♪
i remember his smile. His smile could light up a room. One look from him and i knew i was loved, even when i felt the most unlovable. i miss his laugh the most. Just hearing him laugh made you look around and smile. And he loved to laugh.
He is my big brother. He is my best friend. He is my greatest support. He is the one always pushing me to go after my dreams. He is the one that believes in me the most. He is the one that loves me the most. He is the one person i can't live without. Except that i am. i have no choice, you see. God decided his time here was finished.
Some of you may say "What big brother? You don't have a big brother." Well, you're wrong. Just because you never knew him doesn't mean he never existed.
He came into my life when i needed him the most. i felt alone and unloved. My parents were having problems, and didn't see what was going on in my life. They didn't see the bullies, the mean girls. They didn't hear the taunts, or see the cold stares. They never heard the whispering, the laughing. They were to busy with their life to notice mine falling apart. i can't say i'm angry with my parents. If i hadn't needed him so badly, maybe i wouldn't have ever met him.
He showed me that i was loved. By someone that didn't 'have' to love me. By him, but more importantly, by God. He showed me that i matter. That i'm not just a kid, that i'm someone special. He showed me i deserve to be loved at a time i didn't believe i was worth anything. He made me laugh. He held me when i cried. He told me stories, and all about his life. He listened to me, like no one has ever listened to me. He made me feel that i was the most important person in his life.
He was 19 and i was 12. An unlikely combination, but somehow it worked for us. For a short while, he was my life. And my whole world was made better with him in it. He wasn't perfect. But i see no reason to list his imperfections. That wasn't what made him so special.
He was 4 months shy of his 20th birthday when he died. As i write this i am only 4 months away from my 20th birthday. i will outlive my older brother. It will be 7 years this Christmas. i sometimes wonder why he had to die so young. His life was just starting. He could have done so many amazing things. Touched so many more lives. i know God has his reasons, i just wish i could have said goodbye.
My Angel, i miss you so much, i think i always will. You changed me. i wouldn't be who i am today without you. You were my saviour, my protector, my brother, my friend. i love you. So, my Angel, i have finally done what i could never do when you were with me. i have spoken the truth. i love you. i always will. Someday i will tell you, when we're together again. But till then, please know, i love you.
♪ It well may be that we will never meet again in this lifetime. So let me say before we part so much of me is made of what I learned from you. You'll be with me like a handprint on my heart. And now whatever way our stories end I know you have re-written mine, by being my friend...♪
Playlist: What Hurts The Most
Playlist: What Hurts The Most
Choir!
I'm pretty excited about choir this year. i know it will be very different from last year, but that's what i want!! i want a completely different experience. So, here are my goals for choir this year:
- Learn to read music.
- Sing at every practice and concert. (i tend to just mouth the words...)
- Talk to every kid in choir at least once.
- Spend time with my friends.
- Be on time every week.
- Don't skip theory...unless its a really good reason. like i'm bored, or if my friends skip too :p
- Try out for a solo. (i don't want a solo, i just want to try out for one)
What about you? Have you ever been in a choir? What did you love/hate about it?
Aug 25, 2010
Top 40 ways to be Annoying
This was an article in The Herald, my high school's newspaper. It's pretty funny, i dare you to do 3 of these this week!!
- Drumming on every available surface.
- Singing the Batman theme incessantly.
- Stapling papers in the middle of the page.
- Hiding dairy products in inaccessible places.
- Setting the alarm for random times.
- Smacking your gum, as loud as possible.
- Leaving your Nine Inch Nails tape in great uncle Ed's stereo, with the volume properly adjusted.
- Publicly investigating just how slowly you can make a "croaking" noise.
- Changing channels five minutes before the end of every show.
- Leaving someone's printer in compressed-italic-landscape mode.
- Buying a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute entire streets.
- Paying for your dinner with entirely pennies.
- Tying jingle bells to all of your clothes.
- Imitation everything someone says, as a question?
- Repeating the following conversation a dozen times: "Do you hear that?"... "What?"... "Never mind, it's gone now."
- Demanding that everyone address you as "Conquistador".
- Pushing all the flat Lego pieces together tightly.
- Informing others that they exist only in your imagination.
- Asking people what gender they are.
- Replying to everything someone says with, "That's what You think."
- Licking the filling out of all the Oreo s and placing the cookie parts back in the tray.
- Following a few paces behind someone, spraying everything they touch with a can of Lysol.
- Deliberately humming songs that will remain lodged in students brains, such as: "Feliz Navidad", "Who Let The Dogs Out?", or the Mr. Rogers theme song.
- While making presentations, occasionally bob your head like a parakeet.
- Lying obviously about trivial things, such as the time of day.
- Wearing a LOT of cologne.
- Singing along at the Opera.
- Continuously reciting annoying phrases, such as, "Sticky wickit isn't cricket."
- Scuffing your feet on a dry, shaggy carpet and seeking out victims.
- Not adding any inflection to the end of your sentences, producing awkward silences, with the impression that you will be saying more at any moment.
- Hollering random numbers, while someone is counting.
- Inviting lots of people to other people's parties.
- Sniffling repetitively.
- Insisting on keeping your car windshield wipers running in all weather conditions, "To keep them tuned up."
- Claiming that you must always wear a bicycle helmet, as part of your "astronaut training".
- Practicing making fax and modem noises.
- Purposely crashing into walls and insist it never happened.
- Telling people you are from the future and that they will die within 24 hours.
- Claiming you have split personalities and are arguing wit yourself.
- Running around, screaming and flailing your arms like a lunatic.
True Love
i don't believe in true love. i don't believe in love at first sight. i don't believe we have a 'soul mate', that one person we're destined to be with. i don't believe in destiny either, but that's another subject. i don't believe love is a fuzzy feeling we have no control over. "I can't help it, i love him." Not true. Love isn't some crazy, passionate, emotion you can't control. True love is a choice. True love is when you decide to put someone else above yourself. To care more about their needs, wants, their happiness, and their life more than you care about your own.
i believe we, as fallen humans, are so consumed with ourselves, so full of pride and arrogance that we are not capable of true love. We are so caught up in our own needs and wants that we can't truly put another above ourselves in our affections. We are a fallen people. What was once part of God's plan is no longer possible for us. The most we will ever experience is a lesser love, one where we may care a great deal for someone, but it isn't unconditional and unbreakable as true love is.
As humans, we want what we can't have. "The grass is always greener..." and all that. i think that's why there are so many songs, stories and films about love. We're searching for what we don't, and can't, have.
What this means for me is that i will never 'fall in love'. i will never be in another serious relationship. i will never marry. i either put my all in something, or nothing at all. If i can't have true love, i don't want love at all. i'd rather live my life alone than settle for anything less then true love. i know i'm not capable of love, i've learned that. And i certainly don't deserve it. So i will simply not love at all. But of course it couldn't be that simple could it? As soon as i decided i don't believe in true love, i wanted it all the more. i devour fairy tales and love stories by the dozen. i crave love songs, listening to them as often as possible. As much as i tell myself i can't have love, i still long for it. i will never settle, i will never give in to a lesser love. But i know myself, even if i don't believe it is possible, i'll never give up hoping for it. i will spend the rest of my life searching for the unattainable treasure of True Love.
i believe we, as fallen humans, are so consumed with ourselves, so full of pride and arrogance that we are not capable of true love. We are so caught up in our own needs and wants that we can't truly put another above ourselves in our affections. We are a fallen people. What was once part of God's plan is no longer possible for us. The most we will ever experience is a lesser love, one where we may care a great deal for someone, but it isn't unconditional and unbreakable as true love is.
As humans, we want what we can't have. "The grass is always greener..." and all that. i think that's why there are so many songs, stories and films about love. We're searching for what we don't, and can't, have.
What this means for me is that i will never 'fall in love'. i will never be in another serious relationship. i will never marry. i either put my all in something, or nothing at all. If i can't have true love, i don't want love at all. i'd rather live my life alone than settle for anything less then true love. i know i'm not capable of love, i've learned that. And i certainly don't deserve it. So i will simply not love at all. But of course it couldn't be that simple could it? As soon as i decided i don't believe in true love, i wanted it all the more. i devour fairy tales and love stories by the dozen. i crave love songs, listening to them as often as possible. As much as i tell myself i can't have love, i still long for it. i will never settle, i will never give in to a lesser love. But i know myself, even if i don't believe it is possible, i'll never give up hoping for it. i will spend the rest of my life searching for the unattainable treasure of True Love.
Aug 24, 2010
Random Stuff
This is pretty popular, i've gotten it in an emaill several times. It's still pretty funny tho, hope it makes you laugh!
Why, Why, Why ---
Do we press harder on a remote control when we know the
batteries are getting dead?
Why do banks charge a fee on 'insufficient funds' when they
know there isn't enough money?
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four
billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal
injection?
Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when
you throw a revolver at him?
Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
Whose idea was it to put an 'S' in the word 'lisp'?
If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use, the
bubbles are always white?
Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?
Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes
that something new to eat will have materialized?
Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with
their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put
it down to give the vacuum one more chance?
Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end you first try?
How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?
When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with
a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, 'It's all
right?' Well, it isn't all right, so why don't we say, 'That hurt, you
stupid idiot?'
Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's
falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?
In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in
summer when we complained about the heat??
How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?
Considering all the lint you get in your dryer, if you kept drying your clothes would they eventually just disappear?
Does a clean house indicate there is a broken computer in it?
On electric toasters, why do they engrave the message "one slice"? How many pieces of bread do they think people are really gonna try to stuff in that slot?
Is it true that the only difference between a yard sale and a trash pickup is how close to the road the stuff is placed?
If at first you dont succeed... Don't try sky diving!
Why, Why, Why ---
Do we press harder on a remote control when we know the
batteries are getting dead?
Why do banks charge a fee on 'insufficient funds' when they
know there isn't enough money?
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four
billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal
injection?
Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when
you throw a revolver at him?
Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
Whose idea was it to put an 'S' in the word 'lisp'?
If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use, the
bubbles are always white?
Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?
Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes
that something new to eat will have materialized?
Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with
their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put
it down to give the vacuum one more chance?
Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end you first try?
How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?
When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with
a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, 'It's all
right?' Well, it isn't all right, so why don't we say, 'That hurt, you
stupid idiot?'
Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's
falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?
In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in
summer when we complained about the heat??
How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?
Considering all the lint you get in your dryer, if you kept drying your clothes would they eventually just disappear?
Does a clean house indicate there is a broken computer in it?
On electric toasters, why do they engrave the message "one slice"? How many pieces of bread do they think people are really gonna try to stuff in that slot?
Is it true that the only difference between a yard sale and a trash pickup is how close to the road the stuff is placed?
If at first you dont succeed... Don't try sky diving!
A Knotty Post
i like making things. i love sewing, and scrap-booking, but my latest 'thing' is making jewelry. i love making hemp jewelry, and friendship bracelets. Its so fun, and the finished product is so pretty!! Some people think its hard, but its really just a pattern of knots. Once you learn the pattern its easy (for me, anyway). Its a great project to do while watching tv, or listening to the radio. Sometimes i even work on a piece in the car if i'm not driving! And of course its super fun with friends!!
The top is a friendship bracelet, and under that is a hemp anklet.
A necklace i made out of metal rings and some really cool mother of pearl kinda things :p Its one of my fave pieces, i love it!!
The top is a friendship bracelet, and under that is a hemp anklet.
A necklace i made out of metal rings and some really cool mother of pearl kinda things :p Its one of my fave pieces, i love it!!
"Dance with me, Daddy?"
My dad doesn't dance with me. Ever. He says he doesn't like dancing. That's fine. i completely understand, i didn't like it either till recently. But he's never danced with me. Not at the weddings we've been to, he didn't take me to the Father/Daughter dance at my school, not even as a little girl playing princess did my dad ever dance with me. My dad and i work on cars together, we talk about cars, science stuff, and movies. Sometimes we'll watch an episode of NCIS or CSI together. That's pretty much it. He doesn't know much about me, i don't know much about him. i wish it could be different. i wish i could tell him anything, let him know what i'm thinking, what i'm feeling. We just don't have that relationship. Maybe we will someday.... i don't really think so tho, we seem to be growing father apart, not closer. There's this song by Steven Curtis Chapman, "Cinderella". i love it, and hate it at the same time. It always makes me cry. i wish it could be like that with my dad.
She spins and she sways
To whatever song plays
Without a care in the world
And I'm sitting here wearing
The weight of the world on my shoulders
It's been a long day
And there's still work to do
She's pulling at me
Saying "Dad, I need you
There's a ball at the castle
And I've been invited
And I need to practice my dancing
Oh, please, Daddy, please?"
So I will dance with Cinderella
While she is here in my arms
'Cause I know something the prince never knew
Oh, I will dance with Cinderella
I don't want to miss even one song
'Cause all too soon the clock will strike midnight
And she'll be gone...
She says he's a nice guy and I'd be impressed
She wants to know if I approve of the dress
She says, "Dad, the prom is just one week away
And I need to practice my dancing
Oh, please, Daddy, please?"
So I will dance with Cinderella
While she is here in my arms
'Cause I know something the prince never knew
Oh, I will dance with Cinderella
I don't want to miss even one song
'Cause all too soon the clock will strike midnight
And she'll be gone
She will be gone
Well, she came home today with a ring on her hand
Just glowing and telling us all they had planned
She says, "Dad, the wedding's still six months away
But I need to practice my dancing
Oh, please, Daddy, please?"
So I will dance with Cinderella
While she is here in my arms
'Cause I know something the prince never knew
Oh, I will dance with Cinderella
I don't want to miss even one song
'Cause all too soon the clock will strike midnight
And she'll be gone
She spins and she sways
To whatever song plays
Without a care in the world
And I'm sitting here wearing
The weight of the world on my shoulders
It's been a long day
And there's still work to do
She's pulling at me
Saying "Dad, I need you
There's a ball at the castle
And I've been invited
And I need to practice my dancing
Oh, please, Daddy, please?"
So I will dance with Cinderella
While she is here in my arms
'Cause I know something the prince never knew
Oh, I will dance with Cinderella
I don't want to miss even one song
'Cause all too soon the clock will strike midnight
And she'll be gone...
She says he's a nice guy and I'd be impressed
She wants to know if I approve of the dress
She says, "Dad, the prom is just one week away
And I need to practice my dancing
Oh, please, Daddy, please?"
So I will dance with Cinderella
While she is here in my arms
'Cause I know something the prince never knew
Oh, I will dance with Cinderella
I don't want to miss even one song
'Cause all too soon the clock will strike midnight
And she'll be gone
She will be gone
Well, she came home today with a ring on her hand
Just glowing and telling us all they had planned
She says, "Dad, the wedding's still six months away
But I need to practice my dancing
Oh, please, Daddy, please?"
So I will dance with Cinderella
While she is here in my arms
'Cause I know something the prince never knew
Oh, I will dance with Cinderella
I don't want to miss even one song
'Cause all too soon the clock will strike midnight
And she'll be gone
Friends
This is my opinion of what a friend should be:
A friend should be encouraging. They should always be encouraging you to be a better you, to try new things and expirience life.
A friend should be loving, they should accept you for who you are, no matter what. They should never try to change you into what they want you to be. (this is different from wanting you to be a better person, this is manipulating you to be someone false)
A friend should be independent. They should be able to think for themselves, and not depend on you for eveything.
A friend should be someone you can confide in. They should be someone you can trust with anything. You should be able to trust them not to tell anyone, unless its to help you (like if you're thinking about suicide or running away or something. a real friend will tell someone who can help, not just watch you go down).
A friend should be someone you can have fun with!! Someone you can totally relax and be yourself around.
A friend should take an intrest in your life, and the things that are important to you. They dont have to love it, or even like it, but they should be willing to try something new if its important to you. And you never know, you might be surprised and find out you like something you never thought yo would. i know i did!!
The friend i've just described is perfect. No one is perfect, so all i'm saying is that we all should try to be this kind of friend. i'm trying, even tho i know i'll fail sometimes. But i know my friends will forgive me when i fall, and help me back up. They're just awesome like that! =D
i've been looking for friends like this for a long time, and i've found some. It's an amazing group of kids!! They accept me for me. They dont judge me on what i used to be like, or who i was with. They encourage me to be myself, and to be independent. i can tell them anything, we can talk for hours and still have so much to say. Or we can be quite together and it isnt awkward, its just quiet, and thats ok! i love them so much and i'm so glad they reached out to me. i never would have tried to become part of their group, if they hadn't been so welcoming to me. Because of them, i'm free to be whoever i want to be, and i still have friends!! A new concept for me. i pray i will be as good a friend to them as they are to me.
A friend should be encouraging. They should always be encouraging you to be a better you, to try new things and expirience life.
A friend should be loving, they should accept you for who you are, no matter what. They should never try to change you into what they want you to be. (this is different from wanting you to be a better person, this is manipulating you to be someone false)
A friend should be independent. They should be able to think for themselves, and not depend on you for eveything.
A friend should be someone you can confide in. They should be someone you can trust with anything. You should be able to trust them not to tell anyone, unless its to help you (like if you're thinking about suicide or running away or something. a real friend will tell someone who can help, not just watch you go down).
A friend should be someone you can have fun with!! Someone you can totally relax and be yourself around.
A friend should take an intrest in your life, and the things that are important to you. They dont have to love it, or even like it, but they should be willing to try something new if its important to you. And you never know, you might be surprised and find out you like something you never thought yo would. i know i did!!
The friend i've just described is perfect. No one is perfect, so all i'm saying is that we all should try to be this kind of friend. i'm trying, even tho i know i'll fail sometimes. But i know my friends will forgive me when i fall, and help me back up. They're just awesome like that! =D
i've been looking for friends like this for a long time, and i've found some. It's an amazing group of kids!! They accept me for me. They dont judge me on what i used to be like, or who i was with. They encourage me to be myself, and to be independent. i can tell them anything, we can talk for hours and still have so much to say. Or we can be quite together and it isnt awkward, its just quiet, and thats ok! i love them so much and i'm so glad they reached out to me. i never would have tried to become part of their group, if they hadn't been so welcoming to me. Because of them, i'm free to be whoever i want to be, and i still have friends!! A new concept for me. i pray i will be as good a friend to them as they are to me.
Fabric, Thread, and Needles, Oh My!!
i love creating things, especially with fabric. i make some of my own clothes, mostly just redesign stuff, but it's still really fun! This is a t-shirt i made out of three different colored tees. it was the first thing i made, so I'm pretty proud of it, even if it inst perfect (shhh, don't tell).
i want to be in costume design someday, like on Broadway or the West End in London. i don't want to work in Hollywood, like in the movie industry, i prefer the rush of a live production. There's nothing like backstage of a play, with 90 seconds to change an outfit or redo makeup. i love a challenge, and this setting offers the perfect one for me. I've thought about all different kinds of careers, this one is prolly the most challenging I've considered, but it's also the only one that excites me. The only career that i can see myself still loving years from now. i'm going to go to a Design School in my city, and hopefully, start an internship at a local theater. i hope to work in London someday, but i only want to live there for a few years (more about traveling later). 
This is a classic redesign project: jeans into a skirt, but i made it mine with a few fun little details like the applique on the pocket.
Aug 23, 2010
21 List
i'll be 21 in a year and 4 months!! Wow!! So here's my list of things i want to do before i get old and boring....jk! There's a star next to the ones i've already done. i've still got a lot left tho, better get started!
Things To Do Before I Turn 21:
Learn To:
Rollerblade
Hotwire a car
Ice skate
Bake a perfectly sinful chocolate cake
Play an instrument
Sing on key*
Change a flat tire
Fly a kite*
Pick a lock
Use chopsticks correctly
Play poker
Places/Visit:
A big city i've never been to
Take a road trip*
Volunteer at a soup kitchen
A drive in movie theater
A foreign country*
Be in two places at once
See a band i really love*
Swim in the ocean*
With Someone Special:
Talk on the phone for more than 2 hours
Watch the sun set
Dance a slow dance
Say "i love you" and mean it*
Random:
Ride a farris wheel*
Go sledding
Read all the books on my book list
Stay out all nite with a friend
Keep a houseplant alive for more than 6 months
Milk a cow
Have my fortune told
Dye hair a funky color*(bright blue)
Sneak out of parents house to meet friends*
Skip school*
Stargaze*
Build a snowman*
Play in the rain
Sing karaoke
Build a sandcastle*
Prank call someone*
Pay for a meal with only coins
Pick and eat an apple right off the tree
What about you?? What's on your list?? =D
Things To Do Before I Turn 21:
Learn To:
Rollerblade
Hotwire a car
Ice skate
Bake a perfectly sinful chocolate cake
Play an instrument
Sing on key*
Change a flat tire
Fly a kite*
Pick a lock
Use chopsticks correctly
Play poker
Places/Visit:
A big city i've never been to
Take a road trip*
Volunteer at a soup kitchen
A drive in movie theater
A foreign country*
Be in two places at once
See a band i really love*
Swim in the ocean*
With Someone Special:
Talk on the phone for more than 2 hours
Watch the sun set
Dance a slow dance
Say "i love you" and mean it*
Random:
Ride a farris wheel*
Go sledding
Read all the books on my book list
Stay out all nite with a friend
Keep a houseplant alive for more than 6 months
Milk a cow
Have my fortune told
Dye hair a funky color*(bright blue)
Sneak out of parents house to meet friends*
Skip school*
Stargaze*
Build a snowman*
Play in the rain
Sing karaoke
Build a sandcastle*
Prank call someone*
Pay for a meal with only coins
Pick and eat an apple right off the tree
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Prince Caspian
Prince Caspian
i read Prince Caspian for about the 17th time recently. i didn't have any particular reason for reading it, i just really love this book! Prince Caspian is the fourth book in the Chronicles of Narnia, written by C.S. Lewis. In this book, the four Pevensie children are called back to Narnia, after being away for about a year. They soon find that, due to the time difference between Narnia an their own world, hundreds, maybe a thousand years have passed since their reign. Once the children arrive at Cair Paravel they encounter Trumpkin the Dwarf. He tells them all that has been happening in Narnia the last few years. The children learn Narnia is in disarray, the Telmarines have invaded and silenced all the old Narnians. Prince Caspian is the leader of the old Narnians and, though a Telmarine, he is a follower of Aslan. After Trumpkin finishes his story, the children discuss the quickest way to get to Aslan's How, the ancient mound where Caspian's army is stationed. Once they finally agree on a route, they have to prove to Trumpkin that they are not merly children but, in fact, the High Kings and Queens of Narnia. After they have out shot, and beaten Trumkin in swordplay, he finally believes them. They all decide to stay at Cair Paravel that night, and start for the camp in the morning.
This book impacted my life in an interesting way. i have been in a Christian setting all my life, but i have had a hard time understanding, and loving Christ. i always saw him as a Judge, never as a loving, caring Deliverer. That was where i was until i started reading, and studying these books. The Chronicles of Narnia are a supposal of the Bible, so if Aslan is a supposal of Christ, i can't help but love him. Aslan is everything i have ever wanted Christ to be, and so many people agree that Aslan is an excellent vision of Christ. So, these books, and this one in particular, have helped to strengthen my faith, and shown me what Christ is truly like. That is why this is my favorite book.
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