June 3rd

June 3rd was the last time I blogged.

Can you believe it?

I missed this. I missed being able to say whatever was on my mind at the moment. I missed writing.

Lots of bloggers would say something along the lines of "So much has happened since I last posted anything!" but really for me, nothing has. I worked. All summer. That was pretty much it.

Then at the end of August I tried out for the musical. I got a lead.... It's stressful. Since school has started I haven't been able to catch my breath, and on Friday night I had an emotional breakdown. It probably didn't help that I had a fever and pretty much everything else, physically, wrong with me, but I couldn't stop crying. Would somebody, anybody at all, like to tell me how I'm going to be able to handle all this? Because I'd really like to know. First week of school, and I was already DROWNING. 

Today was good. I take mental notes. That's how I work. I should get a planner, but I wouldn't look at it or use it anyways, so what is the point of that? Anyways, today finally seemed somewhat normal. School went well, and even though I have a pile of homework and papers to fill out, at least I'm finally starting to get into a routine. I had tonight off from musical practice too, which was good. I needed a break.

I've had a sore throat lately. Maybe from all the singing I've been doing. Or maybe because I like to talk a lot, but I've been resting my voice today. Although it may just be a lame excuse for not talking to people as much as I normally do, it sure has been nice to have a little break.

Phew.

Happy Junior year to me. 

This post has been all over the place. Sorry readers. It's just everything in one. Maybe next time it won't take me three months to blog. Well..... maybe it will.

Studying and shows

Among all the studying lately for finals, my sister played Belle in Beauty and the Beast this weekend for her middle school. Wow. I am blown away. Maddie was so perfect. Her solos, her acting. Perfect. I wish every single person in the world could have seen it! I was so proud of her, and so was everyone else that came to watch it.

Now I am off to go study. Yuck. I hope you are all enjoying your June so far. Only three days in, and it's already been lovely.

Here are some pictures from the show. Enjoy!

Update

Beautiful.

 Babies are beautiful. Or handsome I should say. Some close friends of ours just had their first son. Peter is his name. He is so precious.

Needless to say, I absolutely love him to pieces. 

Anyways, here are just a few pictures from Easter, and the Promise that I never got around to putting on here!

Jaylah and I.

Maddie and I with puppies on April 8. They are much bigger now!

All black. All white. Polar opposites! ;) 

The kids with my dad's parents on Easter morning.

I hope everyone's life is as beautiful as mine is. Tell me what you've been up to!

Puppies

You could say our house is a little crazy right now. Why, you ask?

We have these littles running around.

Wordless Wednesday

Love love love

Hello, everyone! Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. I've missed you all.

Today I stumbled across a blog of a very Godly man who posts things like "What God says about kissing" and "How should we, Biblically, treat someone who has wronged us", you know. Things like that. Well let me just tell you. He left the comment box open for people to let him know how they felt about the subject. Mostly the comments were filled with drama and personal experiences. Most of which, I'd prefer not to repeat.  But the way one so called "Christian" treated another so called "Christian" disgusted me. One of the most important things God talks about is love. There are 393 scriptures in the Bible that mention or contain the world love. I would say that's a lot. We are so quick to judge someone else when we don't agree with them, but really God calls us to love. To lay it at His feet, to walk away, and to pray for them. That would be more influential to that person that you disagree with anyways. Wouldn't it?

One of my favorite verses lately is Galatians 2:20.  


"I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."

Wow. I don't know about you. But wow. Once we say yes to Christ, it isn't about us. It isn't about what we want, or how we feel. No, I don't always feel like loving people. And of course we make mistakes. But what makes us set apart, is loving when it's most difficult. 

After all, it isn't our job to condemn people, but yet it is the Holy Spirits' job to convict.

Eggs and Tulips

Happy spring everyone!

It's almost Easter. You know what that means. For most people it means, coloring eggs, getting candy, and spending time with your relatives. But for me it means thanking Jesus for laying his life down for me, and picking up that sin laden cross and carrying it all the way to the hill of Golgotha. He died there. For me. So that I could know fullness of life. In Him. What greater gift could we have? I love Easter time. It's my favorite time of the year. One of the reasons being that, our Church has a Easter production called The Promise. It's a blessing to the people in our community, and a blessing to me. Sometimes it's easy to forget what Easter is about, because of what society has made it about. But when you're in the word, and portraying the best story ever told, you can't help but remember. It pierces your heart in a way I can't explain.

Our Choir, and the angels. I'm the angel on the far right.

Praise the Lord

I am overjoyed with thankfulness.

Yesterday I got a text from my dad saying that my brother, Andy, had gotten into a car accident. There wasn't much detail, so I started to cry. It's not much fun to be sitting in class crying. People you look at you funny! Anyways, that's besides the point. A couple texts later my dad sent me a picture. And I thought for sure that my brother was in a state of critical condition. It turned out that he lost control of the wheel because he was on gravel, flew into the ditch, and flipped. Four times. How terrifying. I can't imagine anything like that happening. I'm happy he was wearing his seatbelt. I'm so thankful that he is okay. He has a broken clavicle bone, and his car is totaled. But it's better to pay for a new car, and some medical bills than to pay for a funeral. Thank you, Jesus for protecting him. To You be the glory.

Sea of Green

Happy St. Patrick's Day everybody. This day is very special to our family. We are mostly Irish, and my mother loves green. Like really loves green. Anyways, today it was 80 degrees out. 80. Do you hear that? Yeah, I know. Crazy. We spent most of the day outside enjoying the nice weather. We also spent some of the day at the St. Patrick's Day parade. My sister has the lead in her school's musical, and so she was in it. As Belle, from Beauty and the Beast. That was so fun, and there was a huge turn out because of the beautiful weather. Then after that, we went to McDonalds to get Shamrock shakes, to support the green-ness of the day. Then we came home, and grilled out for supper. All in all it's been a great day. I know that I haven't really been blogging much, and updating my life. So I thought I'd just give you a quick glimpse at what I've been up to. Also the Promise is coming along just swimmingly, and it isn't even two weeks until the first performance! How exciting. The promise time is my favorite time of year. And yes it is Promise time!


P.S. I thought this posted Saturday night after my computer's battery died, but I guess it never did! Oh well.

The Ides of March

I can't believe it! The weather. The sunshine. The smell of spring is in the air. And it is so so beautiful. So beautiful indeed.

Blankless

Where do I start? So much has happened since the last time I've posted. My life has been all over the place, you could say. The day I posted was a sad sad day for me. Some of my friends got into a car accident, and I had no idea that until an hour after I wrote on here. I looked back the other day and saw what I wrote. It was sort of weird to think I was writing about death not even knowing what happened that morning...

Anyways, on the positive note.. I've had a very good couple of weeks. We recently went on ski trip for our youth group, and I became closer with friends, and more importantly, closer to Jesus. Also it was just Valentine's Day! I love Valentine's day. Not for the couples or for the lovey dovey-ness of it all. But just so I can make the people in my life feel special and loved. I made all of my teachers at school cupcakes. Their faces light up when I gave them. It made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Like how you feel when you make other people feel good. And not just by a compliment or a quick smile in the hall.. But actually taking your time and doing something special for them. I loved every moment of it. I also spent V-Day with my best friend. Yeah, I know I talk about him a lot. But I don't really have any friends quite like him! Anyways, we had a fancy dinner together, with my family and then we did homework. Fun night, right? It was actually mostly fun. Besides the homework part. :)

In conclusion, I'm not real sure how to feel lately. My heart feels so much sorrow, and yet at the same time I'm a happy person. I always have been, and I always will be. God doesn't make mistakes. And even though this is hard to comprehend and make sense of, all things work for good for those who love the Lord.

Morning

Goodmorning, world! I'm delighted to be awakened by your presence this morning. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fall asleep and just not wake up in the morning? I'm sure it would be the most peaceful way to die. I've wondered about that sometimes. With each morning, I wake up and silently thank Jesus for letting me have just one more day. One more day to make a difference, one more day to love someone. Just one more day. If we truly lived our life as if it was our last day, I think we could do great things. Don't you?

~This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. - Psalm 118:24~


Thank you, Jesus, for this day.

February

Happy February, everyone.

~Wishing it was summer.~

Special

I have a lot of special people in my life. People that I can count on. People that I know are always going to be there for me. These people are my loved ones, my friends, my family. You name it, and that's what they are. 

I know these pictures are kind of at random, but each and every single person in all of these photos means the world to me. They all have a special place in my heart, and I'm so thankful to call them my friends. I love that they're apart of my life, and there would be a bunch of little holes in my heart if I didn't have them.

~P.S. I have many more people in my life who are special to me, but I just can't seem to find pictures. Darn!~

Friends

The other day a school friend and I were talking, and out of the blue she goes "Well you know Melly... not all friends are as close as you and Drew." It made my heart happy to know that not only do I see something special in our friendship, but other people see it too. Drew, you'll never be replaced in my heart. Thanks for being here for me. I will never take you for granted, best friend.

Fill me up God

Ephesians 3:19 - And to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.


Need I say more?

Fun kids

For those of you that do babysit. You'll understand this post.

Last night I was babysitting for some friends of mine. Yes, I do see them as friends, not as old people. Anyways, their kids are wonderful. They have kids that you WANT to babysit, and spend time with. They have wonderful manners and they are so polite. Plus, they feel like family, and it's always more fun to babysit for people you feel are family, right? So last night we played games, ate supper, played more games, had a dance party, and just had fun spending time together over all. I was sad to put them to bed. But as they crawled into bed, we prayed. Hearing those sweet little voices pray to Jesus made my heart melt. It reminded me to have faith like a child. It reminded me not to come to God, with these big words, that in the end, does anyone really care about anyways? I knew that Jesus heard those prayers last night. It was special.

~Maddie with Sylas, and me with Ivy.~

I love these kids. With my whole heart.

Long drive

Crazy!! Just recently I drove all the way to Red Wing, Minnesota. With a friend. Just a friend. I felt like I was growing up, way too fast. Anyways, we went to Red Wing to see some dear friends of ours. They recently moved there to become senior pastors of a little church just 20 minutes outside of Red Wing. It was a wonderful visit, and I enjoyed every second of it. And when it was time to pack up and say goodbye, I was sad. But my heart felt peace, knowing that every thing that had happened was supposed to happen. There were no mistakes when God called them there, and now I see that. I'm so thankful for the time I got to spend with them, and I can't wait to see them this summer.

~Oh and for all of you that were wondering, I'm currently fasting from facebook, and won't be on until the 28, or maybe longer. Hooray for self determination, and getting closer to Jesus.~