The Dream Jar

Another dream is put in the jar 

The little girl who started it has come so far

She started off with light dreams about fun dares 

Slowly they have turned to heart felt prayers

Things she wants to do, things she wishes she had

Things that will be happy, and things she knows will be sad

Heart cry’s for things to change

Pleadings when things were strange

Hopes for things she knew could never come true

Prayers for friends and people she knew 

Once and awhile there would be a fanciful one 

But she would always regret it and say “why should this be done 

When there are so many hearts out there breaking

So many people whose faiths are shaking 

Things that I could help if only I would so something about it 

If only I would set my eyes on the greater things and never quit 

Because when I leave this world for good

I want to leave it the best I could”

So another dream is put in the jar 

Showing again that this girl had come far

Because she’s determined to make a difference in the lives around her 

And they’ll have the jar to show people what her dreams were 

The Snippets Tag

First off I would like to thank Savannah, because she said anyone could do this tag, so I believed her. ;D

- The Rules -

1. Include the graphic Madeline created or link to Madeline in the post 

2. Answer all the questions, however you want to. Creative interpretation is the key here! You can use the book you're currently working on to answer the questions, or other books you've started or have written. 

3. Tag 2-5 other bloggers 

1. Share your most gripping, fascinating, and hooking first line of a story. 

I stood in the crowded ballroom, surrounded by people, all of whom thought I was someone different than who I really was. 

-Masquerade 2014-

I'm not really great at writing opening lines. =P

2. Share a snippet that made you want to shout to the world that you're SO. HAPPY. 

“I love this show!” Travis smiled.  

“Ugh, I hate this show.” Nancy sneered at the screen. 

Both Travis and I leaned over to look at her with raised eyebrows. 

“How can one girl hate so much?” Travis said in disbelief. 

“I don’t know, she probably had a lot of practice with my cat.” 

“How can you learn hate from a cat?” 

“My cat hated everything … well, except tuna and my bed.” I said, shrugging. 

“Hey, Nancy, do you like tuna?” Travis asked, looking over at her.

“What?” She asked. 

“Never mind.” 

-Where Did the Super Glue Come From 2014-

3. Share a snippet that gives you a bit of insight into one of your most favorite characters ever. 

 “That’s just it.” I said, “There are so many people at stake here, more than me and Eric, or even the people at A.C.T. Every single person in this world has an impact on the people around them and people like Eric are just sending those around him to bad things. I know I’ve lived a life for God, even if I haven’t followed him perfectly, but I think I’ve made a difference. All those people at A.C.T. have a difference to make as well. They are saving lives every day. Maybe this will give people a chance to come to Christ and to bring others to him also. I don’t want to shirk my duty today if it means the countless life’s of the people who will be affected.” 

For a moment, I just stood, watching David process what I had said. I was scared to death, but I knew now this was what I was supposed to do. And who knew, maybe there would be a way out. 

“You certainly had an impact on me.” He said. 

“I’m glad. And I am so thankful for our friendship.” 

He smiled “I’ve got a feeling, Mandy, that God’s still got a lot planned for you.” 

“Selfishly, I hope so to.” 

-Just Your Ordinary Spy 2016-

Mandy is my favorite character I've ever written about and here, in book three I really feel like I get to her core.

4. Share a snippet that gets you beaming with pride and you're just like 'yep, I wrote that beauty'.  

That day Jackie actually did pretty well at improving her act. In fact, for two weeks she amazed her dad with how much she minded him. But, soon the memory of the heart mistress was not so fresh on her mind and she began to think of it as a weird dream. Soon, she fell back into all her old habits, and some new ones to. Each one distressing her dad, and each time she did something wrong, a tiny piece of the heart fell off. Seven months later there was only a tiny sliver left, and it had turned to a faded red. Jackie Groff’s heart was slowly blowing away to nothing, and she had chosen to ignore that fact. Instead, she went on her way, doing what she thought was making her happy, but deep down in was only inflicting her pain, making her heart grow smaller every time. 

-Heartless 2015-

Yeah, this may sound odd, but I really loved my style here.

5. Share a snippet of genius, deliciously witty dialogue between your characters. 

“Good, now let’s get back to that matter at hand.” I smiled.

“Cute pun.” 

“Stop goofing off.” 

“Why?” 

“Because I told you to.” 

“That’s no fun.” Travis pouted.

“All right, you can goof off again.” 

“Yeah!” 

“Just don’t yank my hand off, okay?  I don’t want to spend tonight in the hospital.” 

“You’re right, you might wrinkle your dress.” 

“And you might rumple your perfect hair. How much hair gel did you put in it this morning?” 

“Only a half-bottle. I wanted it to look nice all day long.” 

“Well it certainly looks stiff.”

“Kinda like Nancy?” 

“Cut it out, Travis.” 

-Where Did the Super Glue Come From 2014-

6. Share a snippet that leaves you breathless, in a cold sweat with action-induced intensity. 

The alarm still rung above in an annoying incessantly while Matt started to pick the lock. Now it was my turn to watch my clock as I watched him twist and turn a little tool in the door knob. 

Suddenly the alarm stopped. I stood still for a moment as it caught me off guard.  If I had thought it felt tense before with the alarms ringing, it was nothing to what I felt now. The whole building felt deathly silent. My own heartbeat rang in my ears and I wished I could get rid of its ever present noise. Even the turning of Matt’s tool in the lock seemed to make too much noise. Suddenly he pulled it out and slowly turned the knob, opening the door while making as little noise as possible.

-Just Your Ordinary Messenger 2016-

7. Share a snippet of a most interesting first meeting between your characters. 

“I wonder if there are people who really act like that?” I said as a commercial came on.

“Most likely.” I turned and looked at the guy who now had an outstretched hand. “Hi, I have no clue who I am.” 

I laughed as I took his hand. “Good, because I don’t know who I am ether.”

“I see we’re in here for the same reason.” He chuckled “It does seem odd not to know what to call each other.”

-Am I Forgetting Something 2014-

Consider yourself tagged, if you'd like!

Part ll of Encuragment From Job

Here is part two: 

33:12-18

For God is greater than any human being. So why are you bringing a charge against him? Why say he does not respond to people’s complaints? For God speaks again and again, though people do not recognize it. He speaks in dreams, in visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they lie in their beds. He whispers in their ears and terrifies them with warnings. He makes them turn from doing wrong; he keeps them from pride. He protects them from the grave, from crossing over the river of death.

33:26

When he prays to God, he will be accepted. And God will receive him with joy. 

37:23

We cannot imagine the power of the Almighty

42:2
. I know that you can do anything, and no one can stop you.

(I also like it how the NIV puts it.)

I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted.

I Live For Moments Like This

I gaze up at the moon 

My heart fills with awe 

My Daddy made that 

I live for moments like this 

I hold my best friend 

For the first time in years 

A laugh escapes me 

I live for moments like this 

I write a page 

Filled with my heart 

It fills me with peace 

I live for moments like this 

I let my hair fall in my face 

I grin behind its cover 

Feeling accepted and loved 

I live for moment like this 

I lay in the grass

Getting soaked to the bone 

The camera shutter clicking away 

I live for moments like this

I hold a babys finger

It smiles at me

We both laugh

I live for moments like this 

I dance down a sunshiny path 

Not caring what others think 

My feet bare and my hair wild 

I live for moment like this 

I read a passage in my Bible 

I blink at it a few times amazed

My Daddy wrote this for me 

I live for moments like this 

I laugh so hard my stomach aches 

But I couldn’t care less about the pain 

Joy spilling over in my heart 

I live for moments like this 

But sometimes there are those days 

Where no moments like that come 

And I begin to wonder 

What am I living for today? 

Tears course down my cheeks 

I think I’ll give up this time

But a voice inside says 

I live for moments like this

I feel like I’m about to drop 

But there is still lots to do 

I wish someone else would do it 

I live for moments like this

I feel the anger boiling

I ball my fists at my side

Trying now to let it out

I live for moments like this

I dunk a washcloth water again and again

A feverish sibling is leaning against me 

There are so many things I could be doing 

I live for moments like this 

I can barely hold my eyes open 

But I keep on texting 

As the heartbroken friend talks 

I live for moments like this

I hold a screaming child on my shoulders

Another wails in my lap

I’m about ready to scream myself

I live for moments like this

I shove the bike peddle down 

My legs about giving out 

No strength is left in me 

I live for moments like this

I listen as she talks away

About so many hard things 

I wish I didn’t have to listen 

I live for moments like this

I search desperately for an answer 

It seems so far out of my reach 

Tears spill on my Bible 

I live for moments like this

I’ve begun to realize 

That I don’t just live 

For the good moments in life 

I live for the bad as well 

Because God is using everything 

For my greater good 

So no matter what is going on  

I live for moments like this

You live for moments like this

Cakey and a New Mug

Well guys, I've got like nothing to report. Life is getting into a pretty good rhythm of complete spontaneity. Meaning I have no idea what is going to happen next. ;D This last week has involved an awful lot of babysitting. Rebekkah tried to get the oldest, a twenty month year to say my name and it came out as Cakey. I told her I'd rather remain nameless then go by Cakey. ;) But then again it might not be to bad to go by a name related to surgery sweet stuff. What do you think?

In random events I got myself a mug that looks like a camera lens. It is super awesome. I've got one problem though, all my friends keep going "Oh, you got a new camera lens!" Yeah, kinda not. I was twirling it and someone started freaking out because I was mishandling a lens. Its been really funny actually.

So guys, I need inspiration desperately, what is going on in your week? Share your funniest event, please!