My Life Would Suck Without You

By the way, I'm sorry if I offended you in any way but saying the word "suck" in this post. It's just a really good song by Kelly Clarkson. (This is the song.) Today is Father's Day. Of course, for me it's Grandfather's Day, because my dad has been in Heaven for about eight years. Still, I just want to thank the Lord for providing everyone with dads, even though sometimes we don't appreciate them. But hey, if there were no fathers, we wouldn't be here! Our lives really would suck without them! Like my pastor said today, a father's responsibility is to "Love, Lead, Provide, and Protect". Dads, we just want to thank you for everything you've done to make us into better people.

One other person who I can't imagine not having in my life is my little brother, Kendru. He makes life a fun ride (well, most of the time). For example, on Wednesday my mother made a strawberry smoothie. All of the kids love it with whipped cream. Wait! Flashback time. I used to eat whipped cream from a spoon. One day, a friend was over and pushed the spoon on my face, so there was whipped cream all over my face! Okay, back to the more recent past. So, Kendru decided to do what I had done years before. I don't know why, but it was bothering me, so I shoved it in his face. (Don't worry. It didn't hurt him.) It was hilarious! This is a picture.

What I Like About You

...you tagged me! Hehe! "What I Like About You" is one song that the band Everlife covered. (Here is the song.) Now back to the tagging. Both Rachael and Chelsea tagged me, and but I'm afraid that right now I only have enough time to answer one--it's about an hour till midnight. So here are my answers for the first tag post I've read. Whoever reads this should post their own answers on their blog and tell me they did so. :D Don't forget to be a curl up in your bed and read your Bible!


Sound of Music Favorites

When the "dog bites" and the "bee stings", what do you eat to comfort yourself?
Ice cream, French fries, and did I mention, ice cream!

What cheers you up when you're feeling sad?
Emails or IMs from friends, good books and music, and praying to the Lord.

Instead of schnitzel with noodles, what do you like?
Anything yummy?

Which season do you like?
I like summer and winter the most!

Brown paper packages or letters from friends?
You get to decide that. ;)

Doorbells or ringtones?
Doorbells are awesome, but so are ringtones. Plus you can get ringtones of your favorite music. Still, I love ringing doorbells... Don't make me choose!

Never Alone

Okay, guys. Before I get the to actual purpose of this post, I have some things to tell you about this blog.

1. I am going to try to make the titles of my posts the same as a title of a song.
2. I am going to try to post at least one picture or video along with each post.

There you go. And so I continue. "Never Alone" is a song by the Christian band BarlowGirl. (Click here to listen to the song.) This song reminded me of how I'm never alone, because God is always by my side. Another thing that reminds of this marvelous fact is a necklace I received from my aunt for my 8th grade graduation. There are pictures of the necklace at the bottom of this post. I am giving this piece of jewelry symbolism. The pendant--which is a tree--represents my life. Do you see how there is a hole in the middle where the branches come out of? That hole in the middle stands for Jehovah (or the hole that He fills in my heart). The branches are my goal in life: to bear fruit for the Lord. Like Jesus says in John 15:4, "Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me...", someone must remain "in" Jehovah if he or she wants to bear fruit. Sure, the symbolism isn't perfect, but I still think that this is a good reminder of how the Lord always watching me, and I need to do what glorifies Him in all I do and say.

I AM IN HIGH SCHOOL!

I made it! I have finally graduated into high school. Wednesday was the graduation. It was a miracle that I won the academic award. There are many great students in my class who are so smart! But personally, I think my favorite award was the Christian Character Award. The 6th, 7th, and 8th graders voted for this award. Thank you for voting for me! And a bunch of my family came down from Seattle to Shelton just to see me. My younger cousin, who recently moved, came as well! (She left before the pictures.) I was so thankful and excited! We went to Denny's and I got home at 11:00.


I know it sounds all good, but it really isn't. I have to leave the only school I've ever known. I've been at Mason County Christian School for ten years, and I'm not ready to leave it behind. When the 7th graders prayed for the 8th graders yesterday, my friend had streams of tears running down her red face. It was then that the crying started. All in all, I think I cried about five times. I went to Dairy Queen after the last day of school (which was yesterday) and I still had tears in my eyes. My other friend was there, and after she ran up to me, I cried again. I am going to miss everyone from my school so much! The only way I will survive is if I keep letting God be the Captain of my life. HELP ME, LORD!


And I want to clarify that the guy in the picture (underneath my hand print) is NOT my boyfriend. I do NOT have one and probably won't for a while.