a letter

It's rainy and gray today, and there's a lovely chill in the air. But I still miss you. It's when I walk around among a crowd of people that it's the strongest. Not loneliness, just that I remember all the jokes we made and the things we did and the fun we had. I don't mind being alone in a crowd, but I'd rather be with you.

Because we really are pretty awesome, aren't we?

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a little thanksgiving note

I'm thankful

For my brother, my sister, my mother, my dad

For the way the sun looks beaming out from under heavy clouds, deep and gold and dim

For Netflix instant streaming

For my friends, who didn't disown me when I skipped town, but kept me as one of their own

For our trampoline: I waited over a decade for it, and it has been completely worth it

For freedom

For my God, who never turns His back on me, even when I insult Him, and second-guess Him, and flat out disbelieve Him. If I ever said the things to my friends that I say to Him, I would alienate them all. But God never takes back His grace.

Turkey is awesome, but Thanksgiving is a day of thanks, of prayer, and of peace.

Be blessed. :)

questions

If I were a monster, would you wince when you looked at me?

If I were a freak, would you stare?

If I were a leper, would you say unclean?

And if I was lost

Would you help me get free?

~ "Monster" by The Almost

Credit baresilver

excitement!

Isn't this amazing? It's by Rochelle Donald. Check out the rest of her beautiful work here.

Yes, tonight I am going to see Harry Potter. (How did you guess? :) I have high hopes that it will be wonderful and dark and brilliant and witty. Because Harry deserves nothing less!

In other news:

I won the poetry contest!

I'm awfully excited about that, too. This is shaping up to be a pretty good weekend. :)

there's autumn in your eyes

Will this be the last plane ride in your swing?

The harvest moon has come

And with her sadness brings

My mom says it's too cold to play

So I'm just waiting here

Thinking on our sunny days

But now there's autumn in your eyes

I just wanted a chance to say goodbye

A final burst of summertime

I just wanted a chance to say goodbye

There's nothing quite as hard

Or easier than time

My world is coming down

And no one seems to mind

Where I once played there's no sound

And all your pretty leaves have fallen to the ground

And now there's autumn in your eyes

I just wanted a chance to say goodbye

A sad farewell to summertime

I just wanted a chance

to say goodbye

From the north the icy breath is all around me

Blowing and snowing

Changing you

~ "A Chance to Say Goodbye", Children 18:3