February 2012
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3-in-1!
This creative challenge has been a great time so far! What hasn’t been so great is my continuity when it comes to posting! Here are the results of Saturday, Sunday and today.
Creative Challenge #5 - Writing Tea
On Saturday I spent the afternoon all over the Vista golf course sitting in a cart, suggesting golf clubs, enjoying my company and basking in the sunshine. It was such a nice day...
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Typing Tea (and Creative Challenge #3)
Writing is something I have been doing since early childhood.
Telling stories has been the bouquet of balloons that keeps my feet off of the ground. Especially in the times where life just wasn’t pretty. Knowing that something so much more beautiful existed —even just in some other realm of thought and emotion— made even the most traumatic experiences endurable.
Poems, short...
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Creative Challenge
Life is absolutely beautiful.
We have so many opportunities each day to enjoy that but if you’re anything like me, you may just take it for granted.
Maybe you work really hard. Perhaps you’re amazing with your loved ones. Maybe you are totally selfless in helping your community. Whatever you do, I’m sure you’re amazing, darling!
But is something missing?
Ya know, we...
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“”I’d rather impact the world and never be remembered than to leave...”
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January 2012
11 posts
“God has victory for the victims ♥”
– I want you to know that today and always -S
We'll Build A Life.
I was looking over some old photographs today. Life moves so quickly, but at the same time, it’s easy to think back on every single day that has passed.
The photo above was taken about 747 days ago. I was standing on the observation deck of the Hoover Dam, being completely amazed by the great height. I was enamored of the progress of the bypass bridge project. A project I had been...
Feelings When You're Falling
You know that feeling you get when you Love someone?
That feeling you have for a boyfriend, girlfriend, husband or wife. That feeling you have for your children. That feeling you have for your best friends or your siblings. That feeling you have for someone that you admire. For someone that you really want to get to know…
Do you know that feeling I’m talking about?
It’s those...
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The Third.
Hello!
Here is the final part of my 2011 in review. Have a nice day. That is all. -S
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August________________________
Lone Pair. A pair of worn shoes found in front of the Post Office.
The Line. The road
August was a pretty exciting time, it was full of new experiences and opportunities for everyone around. A lot of things changed,...
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Dancer In The Dark.
Hello!
Here is the second installment of 2011 in Review. No, I don’t have a good transition into this post. Thank you kindly for noticing its clear lack of one. If you feel like reading it, do it. If you don’t, that’s cool too. I’d probably still get coffee with you either way… Okay. Bye! -S
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Your Apartment. The first barbecue of the...
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Close Your Eyes.
Hello everyone!
This is my first real post of the new year. I hope you all are having a great one and I wanted to say a huge thank you for the encouraging messages and emails about the baptism and all of that. I really do appreciate it, one was so sweet it actually made me cry (I’m looking at you, Amanda M) and there were other really great things said so thank you! As always if you ever...
““We have opportunities for which we should give thanks. An error we refuse...”
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December 2011
4 posts
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Guest Post: Bigger Dreams
Hello!
“…Why should I be fearful of the journey ahead or jaded by the paths behind? No, I believe this coming year is one that should be celebrated, a year where every opportunity should be seized and relished…”
For today’s post, we’re going on a field-trip. This week I’ve been given the wonderful opportunity to write a guest post on The Broken Piano...
“I hope you don’t mind,
I hope you don’t mind
that I put down in...”
– Life is special.
It’s got its ups and its downs. It’s got surprises, some twists some turns. It’s infinite. It’s whimsical. It’s memorable. It’s just so wonderful… especially when you have Love.
Tonight the “ninja game” came to a close...
Quiet is Loud.
In a world of excess, greed, jealousy and poor self-esteem everything is so very loud.
Talk has become cheap. Wait time is an inconvenience. If respectful negotiating doesn’t do the trick, the world presents examples of how to yell, storm and berate until you get your way (don’t know what I mean? Work some sort of customer service job for just a few months).
So, go home and relax....
““And we know that for those who love God all things work together for...”
– This passage brings more satisfaction to me than a cold glass of water in my greatest thirst. I am so thankful that God continues to prove this word to be true, time and time again in my life. On the highest hill or deep in the lowest valley, whatever is happening this always brings me life and I...
November 2011
4 posts
“As the Father has Loved Me, so have I loved you.
Abide in My Love. If you keep...”
– Today, this hit me pretty hard.
Haven’t you ever just wondered why God Loves you?
Lately, I’ve been wondering that more than I ever have before.
I mean, He Loves YOU. YOU! Even though you’re so simple and defiant and entitled. You can’t do anything on your own. It’s...
Manifesto.
If you could change anything in the world, what would it be?
If you could declare anything in the world,
what would it be?
Would it be loud?
Would you need permission? Would you beat any odds?
man·i·fes·to/ˌmanəˈfestō/
Noun: A public declaration of policy and aims
Synonyms: proclamation - declaration
Someone tell me, what would it be? Because I’d like to contribute to the...
Fleeting Fashion
The world is always changing.
Everything is always becoming more advanced. Things need to be faster. They have to be bigger. They have to be smarter, louder, prettier, skinnier, shinier, straighter, stronger, fancier! This is what makes things “better”.
In our heads, the bigger toy is the better one.
The greater amount = the greater the value!
The more popular= the more important!
The one...
October 2011
4 posts
...What You Say, I'll Say
The list included:
You Are Good. I Could Sing of Your Love Forever. Blessed Be the Lord God Almighty. Where You Go, I’ll Go.
This morning I got to do worship in Lake Havasu at the new church of Rev. Joe Cude; one of my mentors and a dear friend.
It was a very refreshing experience. I enjoyed the people, the setting is beautiful and the message was one of the best I’ve heard in...
Lessons Already Learned
It’s funny.
Of every person in the world, you would not assume the poor, lowly or disadvantaged would be prideful.
You would think they would be humble because they have seen the lowest of lows…
You would think they would be honest because they have seen worldly realism…
You would think they would be hopeful because they see a better example set before them…
And...
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“A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls”...”
– Selah. Guard your heart with Love. Keep a sound mind in thinking for yourself. Be wise about your decisions. Stay holy. (the devastation that may come from the other option is not worth it… trust me)
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“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year”
- Ralph...”
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LtRB
September 2011
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Why Burn Poor & Lonely?
Alone, I hide in the small cupboard in one of the bedrooms on the second floor. Laughing to myself. It was so far away. They would never find me. Hide and Seek has always been one of my favorite games. Especially in such a foreign place. As a child, I went with some friends from church to the wooded property of their grandparents. We stayed in the large home of her grams and gran and played...
August 2011
2 posts
...But Nobody Wants to Die
I am in a strange state of mind tonight.
I know, I should be working on an article. I should be reading a bible verse. I should be sleeping.
I should be doing anything else… but I can’t stop thinking.
Tonight my mind is gripped with the thoughts of death.
What a touchy subject.
Tonight I am joyful, but my heart is beating with sorrow.
Someone I cared deeply about passed away...
Well When You Go,
It’s amazing that you kind of don’t realize how much faith you have until you need to act in it. But what of it, then? Are we only faithful when the outcome NEEDS to be positive?
I’m sick of living a “please, God!” life. I find I’m considerably happier in the moments I’m living to please Him.
I am truly so refreshed by life. In the next few posts, I will...
July 2011
5 posts
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Onward TwentyTwo, I Have Watched the End.
Today is one I shall never forget.
Handed death but today, I choose life.
A number means little to me. Items have lost their appeal. A numb taste remains in my mouth and just as the very first day of my life, today I feel as though I have resolved to a new beginning.
In the past few years, I have allowed myself a luxury that turned out to be a lie. For I have allowed my mind to wander...
....In Nobody's Eyes But Mine
This is a post I’ve been wondering if I wanted to write, much less leave open for others to read. If you decide to read on, please do so with compassion and understanding of my reasoning. I’m not looking for a debate. I’m not looking for an argument. I’m not looking for an evaluation. I’m not looking for a hug or one of those passing sympathetic glances. I’m not...
One Single Star
It is on my heart, and my most sincere prayer that this moment stay fresh inside of me for all the days of my life.
It was just after 3AM when I wrote this initially. While many of you were sleeping. Grabbing hold of those brave adventures and unruly mysteries. All of those sweet aspirations and quite “impossibly good” things that I only hope your dreams are full of each night.
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“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the...”
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(I do not own rights to this photo)
Let the Revival Begin.
June 2011
7 posts
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““Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My...”
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(This passage made me cry like a little girl today. I have never known a greater Love in my life, and here I am, taking it for granted each and every day…)
Let the Revival Begin.
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Watch“Perception”
I began editing up a film short this week.
I’m pretty happy with it. It’s working title is “Perception“ though I am not crazy about that name.
I posted a rough, cringe-worthy edit of it online. You can watch it above since I would like to share it with you all if you’re interested.
Initially, this was just meant to be a short that ran...
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A Day Without Laughter...
“Smile though your heart is aching, smile even though it’s breaking when there are clouds in the sky you’ll get by, if you smile through your fear and sorrow, smile and maybe tomorrow, you’ll see the sun come shining through for you. Light up your face with gladness, hide every trace of sadness although a tear may be ever so near that’s the time you must keep on...
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“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do...”
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“I’m finding that the people who complain the absolute most are always the...”
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Think about it.
May 2011
14 posts
