Ten Years, One Week

Its been ten years and one week since I was saved. So, instead of rambling on for a long time, I wrote a poem for y'all (Which happens to be rather long. Oh well.).

It’s been ten years

One decade

It seems so long ago 

And it seems like yesterday 

I was on my bed

At what used to be late at night

I asked for God to join me 

And come into my heart

I was the last one in my family 

And in ten years 

I’ve had three best friends 

I’ve grown up 

I’ve traveled to twenty different states

I began to write 

I took up photography

I met amazing people 

I learned so much

Like nothing is what I thought it would be 

That life changes 

When you least expect it to 

I didn’t know what I was getting into 

I didn’t know it would bring heartbreak 

I didn’t know about the healing 

I never thought about betrayal 

Of losing friends 

I didn’t know 

How much I’d rely on my God 

To pull me through 

But here we are 

Ten years later 

Grown up and broken 

But deep inside 

I still hold a seven year old 

With childish faith 

That God would make everything better

And deep down I know 

Even though things have changed 

They’re just as they should be 

And I wouldn’t change a day 

Of the last ten years and one week

So guys, tell me, how did you get saved? Please comment below and tell me!!

15 Thoughts from My Jumbled Brain.

Editing

I've got brain fry. I can't keep it on one subject very long right now. So, y'all get a random list of 15 things I was thinking about. 

1. Editing is harder then it looks.

2. Coloring on your editing makes it better. 

3. Lindsey Stirling has amazing music. 

4. And I don't like violin, so don't ask me why I like Lindsey Stirling.

5. My body has decided sleep 24/7 is the way to go.

6. My brain also wants me to stay up late.

7. Dancing in moonlight is the best. 

8. Poetry at midnight. Enough said. 

9. I don't know how people keep up with so much work. 

10. I can't even keep up with my little pile of work. 

11. Reviewing books is amazing. 

12. Trying not to think about how close NaNo is. 

13. The teen girl blogging community is the best.

14. I really wish traveling was cheaper. 

15. My dog caught a mouse. I think he believes hes a cat.

Sorry about how jumbled this post is. 

The Fight

Photo curtsy of Unsplah.com

This is a slightly fictionalized version of a real conversation I had with a friend.

Someone asked me

What the fight was

Why I keep saying

I’m in a battle

I wanted to tell them

All that had gone wrong

I wanted to spill my heart

I wanted to show them the fight

But instead I asked

How they could view life

As anything else

The battle is real

The struggle continues

But sometimes I forget

That not all of life is fighting

I need to take a breath

Take a rest from the fight

And put it all into the hands

Of the One who made me

Because I might fight

But He fights harder

I might struggle

But He already won the battle

I might loose

But He never will

I might stumble

But He will uphold me

Someone once asked me

What the fight is

And I had to reply

It is Gods.

Q&A Part Two!

Well guys, here is part two of the Q&A with Micaiah!!

Visit her blog here: Adventures Beyond the Horizon

What did ya'll think?

September Highlights

I love all the Texas Strong stuff, so when I saw this banner I had to get my picture with it.

Hello everyone! Can you belive its October already? It seem ridiculous to me that September is over already, but here we are!

I don't know if you noticed, but there is a new design up on my blog! I was preparing to change some things about my header and I discovered that one of the font's I've been using is copyrighted. So I'm in the process of taking that font completely off of my blog. While I was at it, I made myself a new, cleaner header and I cleaned up the pages. The Extraordinary Blogs is what has changed the most. I updated a lot of information on there. What do you think? 

I got super, super frustrated with my work in progress, Flight From Kelar. Now, I am honest enough with myself to admit I would never give up on a project completely, but I really did feel like throwing it against a wall. Thankfully I didn't have it printed out yet. Editing has just been a pain with this project. But I'm happy to say after many frustrations, I'm finally making progress in my editing.

I also edited my July camp project; Healing Rain. This one didn't really need much work, so it was a nice break to be able to just whip through it. 

Me and my siblings had a day to ourselves, so we took advantage of it. We played freebie, ate pizza pockets, and drank lots of soda. We also played 2 ½ hours of Bring Your Own Book, which is quickly becoming one of my favorite games. If you don't know about this game, its basically Apples to Apples with books instead of cards. Its amazing. 

Made stuffed peppers. Why is this on my list of highlights? Well, I don't try out very much in the kitchen, but I decided I wanted to try stuffed peppers. I forgot to read the instructions until after I was done making them, and I left out a couple steps, but they ended up really good!

My sister Sarah and I cleaned the house really well while watching Star Treks. There is no a much better way to get through couch cleaning, scrubbing of floors, and endless dusting like Star Trek Next Generation. ;)

My sister Grace and I watched Leap in theaters for the second time. We may be in our late teens a early twenty's, but kids movies are still our thing. 

Our family and some friends went to Dunkin Donuts together. I'm more of a Krispi Kream girl myself, but donuts are pretty much good wherever you get them. Plus it was awesome hanging out with my friends

I spilled water on my brothers computer and it survived. That was a big praise God!

  

This is my little buddy who kindly posed for me outside of a shopping center. 

My graduation announcement! (It looks a little better with my last name in there. ;)

Lindsey from Grace Blossoms Photography and BFCG took my senior photos! That's those photos that are now on all my profiles and on the blog! If you want to see her post on the shoot, you can look at it here. I'll be posting some soon. Lindsey is such an awesome photographer and a really sweet girl. I'm telling you, I don't like being in front of the camera, but she made it easy! I was so excited to get these done!!

I officially graduated! As some of you may know, I haven't been doing school for a bit now. I've been working on my life skills and career options. Well, I finally officially graduated high school! *throws confetti* 

My favorite book from this month was The Red Signal by Grace Livingston Hill. It was so lovely and had so many tidbits about WWI. It gave me a really good feel for the time. 

My least favorite was Choosing Real. I didn't even finish it. The style just wasn't me. I don't normally mention two, but let's just say that Over Maya Dead Body did not live up to my expectations at all.

 There were so many good posts this month, I couldn't include half that I wanted to. 

Stay Totally Graced 

Enough Summer of 1999

Hey Dreamer Adventure Awaits

Summer Wrap Up Audrey Caylin

How Many Times A Purpose and a Promise

Walking the Streets of Settle Elizabeth Anne

The Q&A is Here Adventures Beyond the Horizon

3 Tips To Battle Perfectionism Scattered Scribblings.

End of the Year Goals and September Highlights A Writers Faith