Blessings come in many sizes,
Often they are big surprises:
Sometimes large but mostly small,
They are perfect for us all.
Lil' Blessings is waiting near,
For the time when it's to appear;
It will be done in God's perfect timing,
Please forgive our impatient whining.
Don't be worried, frazzled, or stressed;
With Lil' Blessings we'll still be blessed.

On October 21, 2014, my family and I visited the Pempena Hutterite Colony. Being invited is a rare and unusual for most “outsiders”. In the colony we learned how they operate under the “Boss”, how the children grow within the colony walls and how they earn money.

How the colony operates is that everyone pitches in their time for the welfare of the colony. The girls work in the kitchen from the age of 15 to 45. Ladies above the age of 45 usually retire and tend to their own gardens and quilting businesses.

Desperate

Desperation
Is
Not a dress
That I ever want to
Don
A turn-away-from-everything
Senseless need for
Something
Gone
Or crying out in the
Fervent hope
That someone will
Take notice
It's everywhere
It's getting deep
I never want
To know it

Hold Back

Bite my tongue to keep myself from looking
Skimming through
I could go searching but it's just so
Wrong
And so I won't
And still I won't

Dreamaleam

I. Linguist
i gravitate towards words that
provide a certain image
just a flash of color
like clarity is aquamarine
and nomadic is grainy like sand
i think of these words this way
because it helps me to understand them
why is generous deep red
and why is decoding slate grey
i like the click of the tongue that comes
when you say the word colloquial
the hard c, the clear l, the qu unquestionable
maybe this is why i’m a linguist
i like how people talk.

Ne're a day goes by
That I don't close my eyes
And sigh, wishing you were here.
But God knows the future
Just like He knows the past;
And even if I don't understand,
God still has a perfect plan.
He holds today and tomorrow:
Just like He held yesterday,
His Divine will is perfect,
And in my weakness He strengthens me.
I can have joy even when I cry for you,
And I can sleep in peace at night.
I know that I may see you someday,
Even if someday isn't tomorrow,
Someday farther in the future,

In the Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis creates a fantastic Secondary World for readers to enter. Its magical tales of adventure has had children and adults alike captivated for decades. In this paper, I will be exploring the worldview of Narnia, the nature of that world and how the actions of few individuals affect the well being of the larger population. I will also be explaining similarities between events that happen in Narnia and events recorded in the Bible. We will first explore the god Lewis created to rule over Narnia.

Halfway Happy
My eyes soak in, 
The sight of your face, 
An image of you halfway happy, 
Smiling. 
My lips turn up into a smile, 
Heart strings tugging, 
Something seems to be missing, 
Somewhere something in my chest, 
Somewhat empty. 
Am I now just feeling the pain? 
Is this how a break up is supposed to feel,
Or am I just making it all up? 
How can I know, 
When I've led myself to feel, 
To believe, 
In one thing when really I was hiding, 
My true feelings.

Glass Heart

Galatians 5:22,23 kjv
"The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."

1)Are you really ready for 111 questions?
Absolutely! 
2) Where are you taking this test at?
My phone. On Apricot Pie.
3) Was your last real relationship a mistake?
No, it was a great learning experience.
4) Who did you last say “I love you” to?
Mommy probably... Or my daddy.
5) Do you regret it?
No, but I definitely understand the feeling of regretting saying "I love you" to someone too soon, or when it isn't really love. 
6) Have you ever been depressed?