Once Upon A Reality
We must face tomorrow, whatever it may hold, with determination, joy and bravery." -Mr. Edward Magorium
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Small
Like when you have always counted on being able to see your friends when you visit...not anymore
Or when you realize now that you not only love her posts, but you look forward to them and let them inspire you...please don't stop
And the simple arrangement of a family would mean so much, that even when someone you look up too talks about you are sad, but know they are telling the truth...thanks Bednar
Even the everyday quotes you used to read, but stopped, and when you hear them again, you realize how much you miss them..."It's better to look up."
And now that everything has changed, is changing you wish you still had those things, and you don't want them to stop...but they have, and you only have regrets of taking them for granted, but you also have the memories of the good times
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Dear Soldier
I hope you know how much I love you. I may not know your name, or your age, not even your station. But I do know that you would sacrifice yourself for me. This means so much more than you could ever know. Thank you for our freedom, and our choices. It is because of you that we are who we are as a country.
I am 14 year old girl, go to an amazing school, live in a beautiful house, and have a wonderful family. I feel so lucky; we have so much here in the United States. Because of you I can go to this school, I can like the kid I like, and I can go to the church that I go to. Because of you we have freedom.
I have a brother going into the military. He feels that he has no worth other than that he can help to save his country. I want you to know, even if there isn’t any proof, that your family and friends love you and miss you. We are praying for you and hope for your safety. I love you, our families love you.
Love, Hannah Smith
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Stupid, Jerks, Mean
Not the fact that boys are stupid (cause they are)
Not that they are all jerks (cause they for sure are)
Not even that they are mean (cause they are without a doubt)
No, its that we like them anyways
Cause they are boys, and we are girls
This is the most depressing fact of my life
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Stake Dance
With the boy you liked
Your hands linked-sharing the same connection
Both of your hearts are beating
Beating full of adrenaline, to the rhythm of the music
Keeping you swaying, keeping you smiling
And nothing could be more perfect
Accept one thing
The awkwardness
And though it may seem silly
I write to you in hope that you will reply to this one request
Answer this one question
What are good questions/topics (past the whole getting to know you stage-cause we are past that) that people can discuss (hopefully more meaningful questions)??
Now imagine that night
Everything is perfect
We ask the questions,
We discuss the topics
And it really was the best last song
The best night
Imagine that...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Secrets
And we must keep them
We tell no one
Either we are afraid of what they will say
Or what they won't
Some are so dark and deep
We are scared of them ourselves
Empty weight
Like rocks in a backpack
Soon we either forget them
Or know we never will
There are secrets we have
And we must keep them
For a friend
For a lover
Even for a family member
It could hurt
So we keep them inside
And cover them with useless trash
Like a picture
On the outside, appearing just right
While on the inside everything is but picture perfect
There are secrets we have
And we must keep them
There may be a moment
When things seem right
To admit
To broadcast
To confess
It seems easy
Like abc
But it never is
No-it never is
These are the secrets we have
And we must keep them
Secrets
Memories
Thoughts
Ideas
Opinions
They make up who we are
And unfortunately, sometimes, who we are not
We keep them because we also have love
And do not desire to hurt
In the right moment
We may jump or take a picture
Because these are the secrets we have
And we will keep them
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Remember??
But I don't care what they say
I'm in love with you
They try to pull me away
But they don't know the truth
My heart's crippled by the vein
That I keep on closing
You cut me open and I
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding
I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
You cut me open
BONDS.....or UNITY???
Apples to Apples (CANADA-i still don't get that?)
Psych
Rosting Marshmallows (I won...without a doubt!)
Cutting through who-knows-who's backyard (We're all Mormon right?!)
Telling scary stories (Scritch Scratch)
Dressing up like pioneers
Baking (Did you see how many cookies we went through in 1 night?)
Hiking for longer than we slept (Dang-Kirsten was so lucky!!)
Eating popcorn
Making awkward conversation (gee-lets not do that again! k?)
You going somewhere? (Uhhh...yeah)
Though not necessarily in this order...
Thursday, July 21, 2011
SONG
Catching teardrops in my hands
Only silence as it’s ending
Like we never had a chance
Do you have to make me feel like
There’s nothing left of me
Chorus
You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I’m made of glass
Like I’m made of paper
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper (2x)
Verse 2
As the smoke clears
I awaken and untangle you from me
Would it make you feel better
To watch me while I bleed
All my windows still are broken
But I’m standing on my feet
Chorus
You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I’m made of glass
Like I’m made of paper
And go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper (2x)
Bridge
Go run run run
I’m gonna stay right here
Watch you disappear (yeah ohh)
Go run run run
Yeah it’s a long way down
But I am closer to the clouds up here
Chorus
You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I’m made of glass
Like I’m made of paper (ohhhh)
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Divorce
Questions
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Daisies?
Is it that time again?
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Good Times
Monday, May 16, 2011
Advanced Recital
Monday, May 9, 2011
English Class
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Wicked
I think I'll try
Defying gravity
And you can't pull me down!
But till I try, I'll never know!
Too long I've been afraid of
Losing love I guess I've lost
Well, if that's love
It comes at much too high a cost!
I'd sooner buy
Defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye
I'm defying gravity
And you can't pull me down
Monday, April 18, 2011
Lash Out
Friday, April 15, 2011
Seasons
It's like someone's shuffled your deck of cards, and you have a chance to draw a whole new hand, and everything's fresh and you get to have another start at making new friends.
-Madeleine
Its kinda true, ya know? Like, I get a whole new chance to start life. I guess I'm even a little bit lucky.
The thing is everyone is a little bit right. Mom is a little bit right about how I will always have my family, no matter where i go. Madeleine, about how i can really just start over. Ross, how it will be fun. Even Ecclesiastes, about how for everything there is a season. And all these little rights, i guess, add up to one big right. So maybe, this will work. Maybe this is okay. Maybe this really is right.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Do you ever wonder
Monday, March 28, 2011
That should be me
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Shoes
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Reality
Friday, March 4, 2011
Love
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Pray by JB
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Live Your Life
(Stop looking at what you ain't got and start being thankful for what you do got)
(Let's give it to 'em, baby girl!)
Where you from, who you know, what you make and what kind of car you in
Seems as though you lost sight of what’s important with the positive
And checks until your bank account and you up out of poverty
Your values is a disarray, prioritizing horribly
Unhappy with your riches cause you're piss poor morally
Ignoring all prior advice and forewarning
And we mighty full of ourselves all of a sudden aren't we?
(Hey, hey, yeah) You're gonna be a shining star (That's right)
(Yeah, okay, yeah) With fancy clothes and fancy ca-ars (Hey, hey, hey, yeah)
(See, yeah)And then you'll see, you're gonna go far (Go, hey)
Cause everyone knows (They know), just who you a-are (Okay, now)
(Hey!)So live your life, (Ay!, Ay ay ay)
You steady chasing that paper
Just live your life (Oh!, Ay ay ay)
Ain't got no time for no haters
Just live your life (Ay!, Ay ay ay)
No telling where it'll take you
Just live your life (Oh!, ay ay ay)
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Combined Young Women and Young Men
Monday, February 14, 2011
Why?
Friday, February 11, 2011
Moroni 7:45
Moroni 7:45
And charity suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not, and is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, and rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth, beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Hot Rod
- Ahhh...gotta love Rod.
- Rod Kimble: My safe word will be whiskey [enunciates the h].
- Kevin Powell: [confused] Sorry, Rod, what was that?
- Rod Kimble: [same pronunciation] Whiskey.
- Kevin Powell: [still confused] Don't you mean whiskey?
- Rod Kimble: Hwat?
- Kevin Powell: You're saying it weird.
- Rod Kimble: Saying hwat hweird?
- Kevin Powell: All of it.
- Rod Kimble: Hwere do you get off?
- Kevin Powell: I just don't get why you're saying it that way.
- Rod Kimble: Hwy am I saying hwat hwat hway?
- Kevin Powell: Forget it.
- Rod Kimble: I hwill! I hwill forget it!
- Rod Kimble: Woah, whiskey! Whiskey! Whiiskeeeeeeeeeey! Whiskeeey! Whiskeeeeey! [runs into a parked RV]
Monday, January 10, 2011
The Charge of The Light Brigade
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
'Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns!' he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
'Forward, the Light Brigade!'
Was there a man dismay'd ?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Some one had blunder'd:
Their's not to make reply,
Their's not to reason why,
Their's but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.
Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turn'd in air
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wonder'd:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reel'd from the sabre-stroke
Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro' the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.
When can their glory fade ?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wonder'd.
Honour the charge they made!
Honour the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Wedding Dresses :)
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Blog
a blog is about your life, continuous, it doesn't/shouldn't/couldn't end after on year. a blog isn't like a book. where you can just end one story and start on the next. it is a continuous, full of twists, turns, dilemmas, answers, changes and adventures. It is life in writing form. That never ends.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Christmas!
7 Days...
‘Til when? You ask.
10080 Minutes...
‘Til when? You ask.
604800 Seconds...
‘Til when? You ask.
60400000 milliseconds...
‘Til when? You ask.
‘Til when? You ask.
Persistently
Confusedly
Impatiently
‘Til when? You ask.
Once again,
Persistently
Confusedly
Impatiently
‘Til when? You ask.
But this time,
I answer...
‘Til presents
‘Til memories
‘Til grateful smiles
‘Til family
‘Til Christmas
Friday, December 17, 2010
LOVE
Is it worth it?
The pain?
The being confused?
Is it worth it?
The risk?
The being worried?
Is it worth it?
The hurt?
The being broken hearted?
Is it really worth it?
Falling in love?
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Books
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
To say
I must be having a hard day
Its nothing special
Duh
But honestly, what do they know?
Maybe, its not what they say, but what we hear
Relief
Just Relief
Relief that it’s over
That the inevitable has finally happened
Relief that the suffering wasn’t prolonged
That nothing more could have happened
Relief, that I am thankful
Not angry, not depressed
Just Relief
Friday, December 3, 2010
Festival of Trees
Monday, November 29, 2010
Adult Truths
Adult Truths (sorry adults)
1. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your
computer history if you die.
2. Nothing stinks more than that moment during an argument when you realize
you're wrong.
3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was
younger.
4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.
5. How are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
6. Was learning cursive really necessary?
7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on # 5. I'm pretty sure
I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the
person died.
9. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.
10. Bad decisions make good stories.
11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work
when you know that you just aren't going to do anything
productive for the rest of the day.
12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I
don't want to have to restart my collection...again.
13. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks
me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that
I swear I did not make any changes to.
14. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not
to answer when they call.
15. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.
16. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or
Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay.
17. I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.
18. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.
19. How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just
nod and smile because you still didn't hear or understand a word they
said?
20. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team
up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong,
brothers and sisters!
21. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get
dirty, and you can wear them forever.
22. Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still
not know what time it is.
23. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car
keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on
the Donkey, but I'd bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
The Christmas Tree
Christmas Trees...
The smell
The sight
The beauty
The memories
The good times
The picky choosing
All proving that 3 hours of browsing was not in vain...thank goodness
Friday, November 26, 2010
Black Friday
Black Friday
12:00 (am-let me remind you) standing in a mile (almost) long line to get to old navy. Freezing our behinds off. Almost literally.
1:00 (still am) standing in another line-thank goodness it’s in the store this time…
2:00 (you guessed it-am) am home after an hour of getting lost-through streets parallel to each other…how sad, I know
3-5:00 (am-really) thankfully, sleeping
6-8:00 (am) shopping at the mall, half delirious from lack of sleep
9-11:00 (am still-thankfully) getting my beauty sleep
12:00 (pm-finally) do you know how hungry you are after shop-til-you-drop shopping? And after a deep night’s sleep, really, you can’t blame me for
1:00 (pm-after a long day) guess. Guess what we do next? Guess. Shop. As if we need more of it.
2-5:00 (pm-no way!) sttttiiilll sssshhhhhhhoopppinngggg…………and dropping
6:00 (pm) eating food from the gods-macaroni and cheese and toast